A sign call is worth about four minutes, and you are in a showing
Somebody standing outside a listing with their phone out is the highest intent lead an agent ever gets, and they will call two more numbers before they get back in the car. An AI receptionist here is not a convenience. It is the difference between capturing that person and donating them.
From $99 a month · Robocalls are never billed
Incoming callCraig Milford“I'm outside the place on Ashwood. Is it still available?”
Qualified · Pre-approval asked · Showing booked for 6pm
- Four minutes
- How long a sign caller shops before they ring somebody else
- Pre-approved or not
- Asked on the call, because it decides whether the showing is worth the drive
- $0
- billed for robocalls and sales calls, on every plan
The call that separates a real estate agent's line from a voice
Every AI receptionist on this results page books appointments and speaks well. This is the real estate call where that stops being enough.
The caller says
“I'm outside the house on Ashwood, is it still on the market?”
What a generic AI receptionist does
A generic AI receptionist takes a name and a number and says somebody will get back to them. That caller is in front of the property right now, with intent measured in minutes, and they will have rung the two other signs on the street before your callback happens. The most valuable call an agent gets has been converted into a lead form.
What this one does
It answers the question. Still available, the asking price, the bedrooms, the taxes, the square footage, from your listing data. Then it qualifies: are they working with an agent, are they pre approved, what is their timeframe. Then it books the showing into your calendar while they are still standing there.
AI receptionist for real estate agents: what is actually configurable
Each of these is something the product does on a real call. Where it refuses to act, the refusal is the design rather than a limitation.
It answers listing questions instead of deflecting them
Price, status, bedrooms and bathrooms, square footage, lot, taxes, HOA, year built, school district. Those are the questions a sign call actually asks, and every one of them is a fact rather than a judgement. A general purpose agent does not have them and so it changes the subject to a callback.
It qualifies before it books your Saturday
Whether they are already represented, whether they are pre approved and by whom, what they are trying to sell first, and their timeframe. Showings are the scarcest thing an agent has, and an unqualified one costs an hour and a tank of fuel.
It separates buyers, sellers and vendors
A listing enquiry, a valuation request and a sign company chasing an invoice are three different calls. The valuation request is worth more than the listing enquiry and is the one most likely to go to voicemail, because it usually arrives out of hours.
It answers while you are literally unable to
In a showing, at a closing, driving. The three states an agent spends most of the week in are all states in which a phone cannot be answered, and they overlap almost perfectly with when buyers ring.
What it asks on a real estate call
Not a name and a preferred time. Each of these has an operational reason behind it, and every one of them is yours to change.
“Which property, and is it still available?”
Answered from the listing rather than guessed, so nobody is booked to view something that went under contract on Tuesday.
“Do you have a home to sell, or are you ready to close?”
The single fact a seller wants before agreeing to a showing, and the one that decides whether the showing is worth arranging.
“Are you pre-approved with a lender?”
Separates a serious buyer from a Sunday browser without any awkwardness, because it is a standard question.
“What's your timeline?”
A buyer who needs to move in six weeks and one who is looking casually are different appointments and different follow-up.
“Have you got a property to sell?”
A showing inquiry is often a valuation lead in disguise, and nobody asks because everybody is busy.
“Which other areas or properties are you looking at?”
Turns a single inquiry into a registered applicant who can be matched against everything else on your books.
What it will never do on a real estate call
You are handing your phone to software that talks to your customers when you cannot. These are the lines it does not cross, and the exact words it uses instead.
It never values a property
Not the one being viewed and not the caller's own. A figure said on the phone becomes the figure the seller expects and the number the agent has to argue down. The agent books the valuation appointment instead.
What it actually says
“I wouldn't want to put a number on it without seeing it — you'd only be disappointed either way. Shall I book a valuation?”
It doesn't disclose offers or the seller's position
What has been offered, why the seller is selling, how motivated they are, and what they would accept are the agent's information and nobody else's. The agent does not speculate, and does not repeat something it was told in another call.
What it actually says
“That's really one for the agent handling it — I wouldn't want to speak for the seller.”
It won't confirm a showing the seller hasn't agreed to
For an occupied property, an access-dependent showing is offered as provisional and confirmed once the seller has said yes. A showing arranged over somebody's head is how an brokerage loses an instruction.
What it actually says
“I'll pencil Saturday at eleven in and confirm once we've spoken to the seller — you'll get a text either way within the hour.”
The four things it answers from
Configuration rather than something a model has been asked to remember. Change one at eight in the evening and the next call uses the new value.
Valuation
Free
Showings
7 days, until 7pm
Commission
2.5%, paid at closing
Lettings
Managed and let-only
What real estate agents say before they say yes
In the words they are usually put in. Where the objection is right, it says so.
“Real estate is a relationship business.”
It is, and the relationship starts with somebody being answered. Nobody has ever built a relationship with a voicemail box, and the sign caller who reaches one has already dialled the next number before deciding anything about you.
“I do not want a bot qualifying my buyers.”
It asks three factual questions and records the answers. It does not score anybody, does not decline anybody, and does not decide who is worth your time. You get the call, the answers and the recording, and the judgement stays yours.
“My listings change constantly.”
Which is why the listing facts are data rather than a script. Update the status and the next caller hears the new one, including the honest answer that it is under contract, which is a call worth answering properly rather than avoiding.
It books into the calendar you already keep
Google, Outlook, Apple, Exchange, CalDAV. An AI receptionist that emails you a summary has built a nicer voicemail; this one creates the appointment and texts the caller.
…and a lot more besides
- Warm transfersWarm transfersAnnounced — who is calling and why, before you take the line.
- Spam never billedSpam never billedRobocalls are spotted, zero-rated, and never become a customer.
- A number per sourceA number per sourceVan, yard sign, Google listing — see which line brings the work.
- Team & on-callTeam & on-callTries you, then a second number, then whoever is on call.
- Run it by textRun it by textReply to a text to move a job, block a morning, clear a day.
- Clear a day, everyone toldClear a day, everyone toldCall off a wet Tuesday; every customer is told and re-offered.
- Never invents an answerNever invents an answerNo price or slot it was not given. It takes a message instead.
- Any trade, no codeAny trade, no codeGoal, questions and guardrails are settings, not a rebuild.
Can it answer questions about a specific listing?
Price, status, bedrooms, bathrooms, square footage, taxes, HOA and school district, from the listing data you configure, at the moment the caller is standing outside the property.
Will it book showings?
Into your calendar, respecting the times you keep clear, with a confirmation text before the caller hangs up.
Does it qualify buyers?
It asks whether they are represented, whether they are pre approved and their timeframe, and records the answers. It does not score or decline anybody.
What about seller leads?
Valuation requests are their own flow and are typically the most valuable call an agent receives out of hours. They are captured properly and routed to you rather than left as a message.
What does it cost?
From $99 a month, flat, with unlimited call flows and a monthly talk time allowance. Robocalls are never billed, and there is a free tier for testing first.
Comparing against a human answering service instead?
That is a different question with a different answer, and it has its own page: the real estate answering service, with a full real estate call played second by second.
Trades that answer the phone the same way
The same archetype, which is what the product actually branches on. Every trade has one of these pages.