AI agents for real estate: answer, qualify and follow up with every lead 24/7

What an AI real estate assistant does

• Instant lead response: replies to new leads from your website, listing portals, ads and social forms as soon as they come in, day or night, on WhatsApp, a phone call, email or web chat.
• Lead qualification: asks your questions — buying, selling or renting, budget, area, property type, timeline, financing status — and scores each lead with your own rules.
• Showing scheduling: offers open times from your calendar, books the showing or call, and sends confirmations and reminders.
• Follow-up that doesn’t stop: multi-touch sequences over WhatsApp, calls and email for leads that aren’t ready yet, within the limits you set.
• Listing questions: answers about price, location, features and availability from the information you give it.
• CRM sync: creates and updates contacts, notes and stages in your CRM so your team sees the full conversation.
• Warm handoff: sends hot leads to the right agent on your team, by call transfer or notification, with the context.

Why speed-to-lead matters in real estate

Buyers and sellers usually contact several agents at once, often in the evening or on weekends, while your team is showing homes. The first agent who answers with a useful reply tends to start the relationship. An AI agent covers that gap: every inquiry gets an immediate, professional first response in the lead’s language, and your agents spend their time with people who are ready to talk.

AI for real estate agents: lead follow-up on WhatsApp, calls and email

Most leads are not ready on day one. Jelliu agents keep the conversation going on the channel each lead prefers: a WhatsApp message with new listings, a reminder call before a showing, an email after an open house. When a lead replies, the agent picks up the conversation with the full history. See lead qualification, WhatsApp sales and outbound campaigns.

Who uses AI agents in real estate

• Solo agents and teams that can’t answer every call while showing properties.
• Brokerages that want a consistent first response and routing for every office.
• Property managers and rental offices that answer tenant and applicant questions and book viewings.
• Developers and new-construction sales teams running campaigns to their lists.
• Bilingual markets: one agent answers in English, Spanish or Portuguese.

How to launch an AI real estate agent with Jelliu

• Create an agent and describe its job: who it talks to, what to ask, tone and limits. Jelliu’s agents are called Bop.
• Add your knowledge: listings or service areas, FAQ, office hours and policies.
• Connect your calendar and CRM, or use the API, webhooks and MCP.
• Connect WhatsApp, a phone number, email and your website chat, then test it on your own phone.
• Go live and watch every conversation, transcript and booked showing. You can also run it <a href="/ai-agents/manage-from-whatsapp">from a WhatsApp chat</a>.

Pricing, privacy and control

Jelliu has a permanent Free plan with 15 voice minutes every month, no credit card. Paid plans start at $99/month — see pricing. You decide who the agent contacts, when and how often, and contacts can opt out at any time. Brokerages that need to keep data in their own environment can run Jelliu on their own servers or private cloud — see private deployment.

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