AI Consulting for CRE

Your commercial real estate team is still doing by hand what AI already does well.

Most commercial real estate teams know AI matters. Few know where it fits. I show you the exact points in your deal process where hours disappear, then build AI into the tools you already use. I run the same systems on my own retail center.

See where AI fits Book a discovery call

Everyday work across acquisitions, leasing, asset management and marketing. I help your team build these.

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AI consulting and builds across the tools you already use
ChatGPT Claude Grok Outlook Excel Salesforce
Where AI fits

Five places commercial real estate teams lose hours every week

You don't need an AI strategy to start. You need to see which parts of your deal process are repetitive reading, retyping and chasing. That's where AI pays off first.

  1. 01

    Find

    Today

    Waiting on brokers, scanning listings, building owner lists by hand.

    With AI

    Owners in your submarkets ranked by likely-seller signals, refreshed every month.

  2. 02

    Screen

    Today

    An analyst reads every OM to find out most deals were never a fit.

    With AI

    Every OM checked against your buy box with a one-page memo before anyone opens it.

  3. 03

    Underwrite

    Today

    Retyping rent rolls and T-12s into your model and hunting for errors.

    With AI

    Clean, standardized data dropped into your model with risks already flagged.

  4. 04

    Present

    Today

    Days spent building investment packages, IC memos and investor decks.

    With AI

    Packages and a private deal site drafted straight from your underwriting.

  5. 05

    Follow up

    Today

    Deals and broker follow-ups slipping through the cracks of an inbox.

    With AI

    Every deal logged and every follow-up drafted, so nothing goes quiet.

Where to start
Free tools01

I want to try it myself.

Free Claude skills, online tools and checklists you can use on your next deal this week.

OM Quick Screen · Claude skills · Online tools Browse the free tools
Build02

I want it built for us.

Custom agents, document review and automations built around how your team already works.

AI agents · Document intelligence · Automation See what we build
Guidance03

I don't know where to start.

Most teams start here. We find where your team loses time and map what to fix first.

Workflow audit · Roadmap · Training Book a discovery call
What we build

AI built around how your firm works

Four ways AI shows up in a commercial real estate firm. Most teams start with one and add the rest over time.

CRE focused

Claude Skills & AI Agents

We build custom Claude Projects and AI agents tailored to your firm's specific workflows, from lease abstraction bots to deal screening assistants.

Claude ProjectsCustom PromptsAI Workflows
CRE focused

Document Intelligence

Automate the review, extraction, and analysis of leases, PSAs, loan docs, and more. Cut hours of manual review down to minutes.

Lease ReviewDue DiligenceRisk Flagging
CRE focused

Workflow Automation

Connect your CRE tools, like CoStar, Yardi, Salesforce and Excel, with AI-powered automations that eliminate repetitive tasks and reduce errors.

Process AutomationTool IntegrationTime Savings
CRE focused

AI Strategy & Roadmapping

Not sure where to start? We audit your current workflows and build a prioritized AI adoption roadmap so you invest in what actually moves the needle.

AI AuditRoadmapChange Management
AI agents for commercial real estate

Agents do the legwork. You make the calls.

An AI agent is AI that can work through a series of steps on its own: read the email, open the attachment, pull the numbers, check them against your rules and report back.

You set the rules. It does the repetitive work your team does today by hand.

Example agentThis is an example of a custom CRE inbox agent.

Custom CRE Inbox Agent
Example
  1. 9:02

    New email from broker: Maple Grove Plaza OM

  2. 9:02

    Opened 10-page OM and rent roll

  3. 9:03

    Pulled 14 tenants, NOI and asking price

  4. 9:03

    Checked against your buy box: fits 5 of 6

  5. 9:04

    Flagged: 41% of rent rolls in 24 months

  6. 9:05

    Generated pro forma and deal analysis for your review

  7. 9:06

    Memo sent to you. Your call.

Example agent with illustrative data, not a real property

Other potential agents

A few more examples of agents we can build around your team's work.

Inbox Deal Agent

When

A broker emails an OM.

It does

Opens the attachment, pulls the numbers, checks them against your buy box and logs the deal.

You get

A one-page memo in your inbox before you have read the email.

Lease Abstraction Agent

When

A lease, amendment or estoppel lands in the deal folder.

It does

Reads every page and pulls rent, escalations, options, CAM terms, co-tenancy and exclusives.

You get

A clean abstract and every critical date on your calendar.

Owner Research Agent

When

Every month, for each target submarket.

It does

Finds properties that fit your criteria, identifies owners and scores how likely each is to sell.

You get

A ranked call list with the reason each owner is on it.

Due Diligence Agent

When

A deal goes under contract.

It does

Builds the checklist, tracks what has come in, reads each document and flags gaps or red flags.

You get

A daily status report and nothing slipping past the deadline.

Investor Update Agent

When

A deal hits a milestone or month-end.

It does

Pulls the latest numbers and notes, then drafts the investor update in your voice.

You get

A ready-to-send draft for your review, not a blank page.

Tenant Watch Agent

When

Every week, across your portfolio.

It does

Scans news and filings for closures, bankruptcies and expansions tied to your tenants.

You get

An early warning on tenant risk before it shows up in the rent roll.

You stay in control

Agents draft and flag. Anything that goes to a broker, seller or investor waits for your approval.

Your data stays private

Set up on business-tier AI accounts and your own systems, configured so your deal data is not used for model training.

Works in your tools

Your inbox, deal folders, Excel models and CRM. No new software for your team to learn.

Work with me

Start small. Prove it on one task.

Three ways to work together. Most teams start with the audit.

012 weeks

Workflow Audit

We find where your team loses the most time and rank what to fix first.

0290 days

90-Day Build

We build the AI for your biggest time drain and get it running with your team.

03Monthly

Ongoing Support

We keep it working, improve it and add new workflows as you grow.

Works alongside your CRM, Excel models, inbox and data providers. Nothing gets ripped out.

Free AI Tools for CRE

Prebuilt Claude skills and setup guides from my own workflow.

Start with OM Quick Screen: upload an OM, get a one-page memo in minutes.

Browse the free tools
AI Consulting | Commercial Real Estate

Operator first. Builder second.

I started Layer One Media in 2001 with $30,000 and grew it into an agency with offices in Milwaukee and Chicago, leading digital and technology work for companies like Kohler, Nintendo, Four Seasons Hotels, Johnson Controls and Northwestern Mutual.

I own and operate a 15-unit, 30,000 SF retail center in the Milwaukee area, and I'm actively acquiring more retail centers alongside investors. Running and buying centers is where these tools come from. I built a suite of my own, like ScoreOM, to keep up with my own deal flow, and quickly saw that the whole industry is in the middle of a tool transformation.

Now I help funds and owners set up the same systems, so their teams spend time on the deals worth winning.

Commercial real estate has always been a business built on knowledge, relationships, experience, and human intuition. AI doesn't change that. In fact, I believe it makes those qualities even more valuable.

The real opportunity with AI isn't replacing the people who make our deals happen. It's buying us back time for the parts of this business we got into it for: walking properties, working the phones with owners and brokers, reading a market before it moves, negotiating the deal and making the call.

I work with commercial real estate companies to identify practical ways to integrate AI into their operations, from back-office automation and data analysis to custom tools that improve productivity, streamline workflows, and help teams operate more effectively.

My philosophy is simpleTechnology should make good real estate professionals better, not replace what makes them good.

As AI continues to evolve, having the right tools and processes won't be a competitive advantage for long. It will become table stakes. The companies that embrace these capabilities thoughtfully will be better positioned to compete, grow, and spend more of their time on the human side of the business, where real value is created.

Owner30,000 sq ft retail center
FounderLayer One Media, 2001 to 2025
FocusDeal discovery, underwriting, privacy tools, collaboration, agent tools, and marketing automation for properties
LicensedWisconsin real estate salesperson
Pen-and-ink portrait of Brody Buss
How it works

Simple, fast, and built around your team.

  1. 01

    Discovery Call

    We learn about your team, tools, and biggest workflow pain points.

  2. 02

    Custom Proposal

    We map out exactly what we'll build, the timeline, and investment.

  3. 03

    Build & Implement

    We build, test, and deploy, with your team involved the whole way.

  4. 04

    Train & Hand Off

    We train your team and make sure everything sticks long after we're done.

Contact

Let's find the hours your team is losing.

Tell me about your team and where deals slow down. You'll hear back within two business days to set up a discovery call.

Or email brody@bbg-property.com
Free Use them, share them, build on them

Free AI tools for commercial real estate.

Two kinds of free tools from my own workflow: web tools you can use right away in your browser, and AI plugins and skills you add to Claude or ChatGPT. Each comes with plain instructions.

Web Tools AI Plugins & Skills

Web Tools

Ready to use in your browser, with no AI account or setup needed.

For

Investors

Screen deals faster before you spend underwriting time.

Free web tool

Upload an offering memorandum and in about a minute get the key financials pulled out, risks flagged and a 100-point deal score. A fast first-pass screen before you underwrite.

Try it at scoreom.com →
For

CRE investment sales & marketing teams

Make listings stand out and get buyers to the property faster.

Free web toolComing December 2027

OM Viva turns any commercial real estate offering memorandum into a property video that flies in from the city, highlights the parcel, and calls out tenants, traffic counts, nearby national retail and demographics.

AI Plugins & Skills

Add these to Claude or ChatGPT and your AI knows how to do CRE work the way an experienced operator would.

brodybuss / cre-ai-skillsPublic
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Free AI skills, plugins and prompts for commercial real estate. Built and used on real retail deal flow. Works with Claude, and with ChatGPT as a prompt.

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deal-analyzer/OMs to scored deal folder, Excel rent roll and memoAvailable
om-quick-screen/OM to one-page keep, look closer or pass memoAvailable
rent-roll-analyzer/Messy rent roll to clean sheet with rollover flagsSoon
om-reverse-pricing/Back out the price that hits your target returnsSoon
tenant-credit-check/Store closures, financial news and parent company per tenantSoon
lease-abstractor/Rent, escalations, options, CAM and critical datesSoon
cre-acquisitions-plugin/The skills above, installed in one stepSoon
README.mdInstall as a Claude skill or use as a prompt
LICENSEFree to use and share
README.md
Featured skill

Deal Analyzer

Drop in an OM, rent roll and financials. It builds a complete deal folder for you: extracted data, a 100-point score with a verdict, the financials, owner research, a diligence checklist and an Excel rent roll by year with live formulas.

Builds this folder automatically

deals/123-main-st/
  01-source-documents/  OM, rent roll, T-12
  02-analysis/          scorecard, financials
    Rent_Roll_by_Year.xlsx
  03-skip-trace/        owner and property research
  04-diligence-checklist/
  05-export/            deal memo + summary page

Excel workbook

  • Rent by year for every suite, 10+ years out, built with formulas
  • Rent per SF, occupancy and rollover by year
  • Renewal options on or off with one toggle
  • OM vs. lease mismatches flagged
Open deal-analyzer on GitHub →
Want it running automatically?

The free tools handle one deal at a time. A 90-Day Build sets it up to run for your whole team.

See how we work together
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