One bright spot has been AI. It promises to help you do more with your time, from prospecting to giving clients a better experience. At least, that’s the idea.
In practice, getting it to handle a real workflow can feel clunky, slow, or not worth the effort. You ask ChatGPT or Claude for a week of social posts, and a minute later you have them. Then the work moves somewhere else, and every post gets copied, pasted and scheduled by hand.
That’s from a CYPHER Learning survey of real estate agents in September.
76%
say their companies don’t care about helping independent agents build AI skills
More than half
of those who got AI training called it broad rather than tailored to their daily work
The pressure is real, and the help hasn’t kept up. Agents are asking for AI training and tools built around the actual work: the listing presentation, the newsletter, the follow-up after an open house.
That’s what we built Agent Machine to be.
Source: CYPHER Learning, survey of U.S. real estate agents, September 2026.
Somewhere on your computer there’s probably a document full of prompts. You saved them from a webinar or a Facebook post, a few of them worked once, and the rest are waiting for a free afternoon that never comes.
We know that document well. For more than a decade, The Paperless Agent has helped tens of thousands of agents put new technology to work in their business.
And some of us never stopped selling real estate. Garry and his brother run a successful real estate business, so the team behind Agent Machine knows the job from the inside: the listing appointment, the slow month, the client who texts at 9 p.m.
When AI showed up, we did what we’ve always done with a new tool. We put it to work in our own business first, kept what earned its place, and let the rest go.
Agent Machine is where we share what survived: the AI workflows we actually use, what’s working for us, and which tools are worth paying for. It’s also where you can ask us directly when you hit an AI hurdle, and where members trade wins, help and feedback with each other.
Picture your business on a Saturday you spend showing homes. The newsletter goes out on schedule, the week’s posts publish, and the follow-up from last weekend’s open house lands in your voice, with your name on it.
Set up right, AI handles the repeatable work behind your business, and your hours go to the parts only you can do, across the table from a buyer or a seller. We’ll show you how to build it, one workflow at a time.
Will G.
Agent Machine opened in October, and the questions started the same day. Here are three from the first week, with the answers they got.
D
DeDe asked
Can AI help me post monthly market updates for the neighborhoods I serve?
Chris answered
Yes, with two conditions. Your website has to let AI see it, because our audits keep turning up sites that block AI crawlers. And each neighborhood page has to answer the follow-up questions AI breaks a search into.
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Lea asked
Could AI help me find and update my bios and profiles on dozens of sites? And is Claude or ChatGPT better for it?
Chris answered
AI can do most of it, with one roadblock: it can’t see a bio on a site that blocks AI from crawling. His workaround is a short series of prompts, starting with one that finds every site where you have a bio and makes a list.
J
John asked
How do I connect Buffer to my paid ChatGPT account? The instructions seem to be missing a step.
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Our team answered
Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT’s settings first, then add Buffer as a custom connection.
President
Builds the monthly Power Prompts and leads the live trainings.
GC
Co-founder
Still sells real estate, and answers your questions in the Forum.
KS
VP of Marketing and Product
Builds the AI automations behind our own marketing.
EB
VP of Finance and Operations
Leads development of the tech behind Agent Machine and our AI tools.
JH
Customer Support Lead
Helps when a setup or a tool gets stuck.
Agent Machine has three levels. You can start free with our guide to Claude. You can join Core for $10 a month for a new Power Prompt every month and a place to ask questions. Or you can go Plus for live training, our AI tools and direct support.
Once you join, set up your login and you’re in, on the web or in the iPhone and Android app. You can move up a level anytime from inside the app.
$10
a month
For agents who want tested prompts and a place to ask.
Forum. Ask an AI question and get an answer from our team or a member who’s been there.
Power Prompt (Monthly). A new tested prompt every month, ready to paste. October’s plans a month of social posts and schedules them in Buffer.
AI Cookbook. Our prompts, skills and recipes in one place, for ChatGPT or Claude.
Special Events. Live events we open to Core members.
$77
a month
For agents who want us building alongside them.
Everything in Core, plus:
Live Training. Twice a month, we build in-depth workflows step by step, live. Send us what you want built and we’ll build it on screen, then take your questions before we sign off. Coming up: AI Tools & Strategies on Nov 4 and Claude AI Training on Nov 18.
AI Studio. Our AI tools for real estate, trained on our team’s years in the business.
Tech Support. Real people who help when a setup or a tool gets stuck.
AI Visibility Score. See how you show up when someone asks AI to recommend an agent in your market.
Marketing Drops. A month of ready-to-post marketing: social posts with graphics and video, plus the captions.
Already a Marketing Club member? Plus is included. Get your invite
I’m new to AI. Is this for me?
Do I use Claude or ChatGPT?
How do I get in?
Can I change levels?
Who answers my questions?
For $10 a month, I don’t know a better deal in real estate.
~ Chris
Chris Scott, President, The Paperless Agent
P.S. Our next live training is AI Tools & Strategies on Wednesday, Nov 4 at 4pm ET, and Claude AI Training follows on Nov 18. Both are included in Plus.