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EP 094: Practical AI Wins from Voice to Virtual Staging

Real Estate AI Flash

Release Date: 10/15/2025

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In this episode my guest is Vermont broker-owner Blair Knowles about how AI is reshaping daily real estate work. From using Whisper Flow dictation for faster communication to Google’s Nano Banana for twilight photos and virtual staging, Blair shares practical tools that save time and money. The discussion also covers custom GPTs for CMA prep, optimizing bios to rank in ChatGPT searches, and why now is the moment for agents and brokerages to adopt AI.

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Books/Influences

  • Rich Dad Poor Dad – Robert Kiyosaki

  • How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

  • The Defining Decade – Meg Jay

Guest: Blair Knowles

About Blair - https://www.yourvermonthomesearch.com/agents/blair/  

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ridgelinerealestateco 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blairknowles/  

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ridgelinerealestate/  

 

Host: Rajeev Sajja

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