Operate real estate office, or work for commercial real estate firm, overseeing real estate transactions. Other duties usually include selling real estate or renting properties and arranging loans.
U.S. Workers
49,590
Median Salary
$72,280
10-Year Growth
+3.3%
Annual Openings
9,700
Typical entry: High school diploma or equivalent
19 of 19 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Generate lists of properties for sale, their locations, descriptions, and available financing options, using computers.
AI: Fully automatable - Computers and AI can fully compile and generate property listings with locations, descriptions, and financing options from available databases and feeds.
Compare a property with similar properties that have recently sold to determine its competitive market price.
AI: Fully automatable - AI/AVM systems can ingest MLS and sales data, adjust for features and market trends, and produce competitive pricing analyses at scale.
Monitor fulfillment of purchase contract terms to ensure that they are handled in a timely manner.
AI: Fully automatable - Contract deadlines, contingencies, and task workflows can be tracked and enforced automatically with integrated reminders, document checks, and escalation logic.
Arrange for financing of property purchases.
AI: Fully automatable - Automated underwriting, lender-matching platforms, and digital application workflows allow AI to arrange financing for many routine property purchases end-to-end.
Arrange for title searches of properties being sold.
AI: Fully automatable - Ordering and coordinating title searches is a transactional, routinizable process that can be fully automated through integrations with title providers.
Give buyers virtual tours of properties in which they are interested, using computers.
AI: Fully automatable - AI-driven 3D/VR tours, photogrammetry and interactive guided walkthroughs are mature enough to provide full virtual property tours via computers.
Maintain working knowledge of various factors that determine a farm's capacity to produce, such as agricultural variables and proximity to market centers and transportation facilities.
AI: Fully automatable - AI systems can ingest agricultural, soil, climate, yield and transport/market data continuously and produce up-to-date assessments of a farm's productive capacity.
Sell, for a fee, real estate owned by others.
AI: Partial - AI can automate marketing, lead generation, valuation, and document prep for property sales but cannot fully assume licensure, fiduciary duties, and all in-person negotiation responsibilities required to sell others' real estate.
Obtain agreements from property owners to place properties for sale with real estate firms.
AI: Partial - AI can generate outreach, prepare listing agreements, and manage e-signature workflows, but cannot entirely replace the relationship-building, persuasion, and legal/ethical responsibilities involved in securing owner listing agreements in every case.
Act as an intermediary in negotiations between buyers and sellers over property prices and settlement details and during the closing of sales.
AI: Partial - AI can draft offers, provide negotiation analytics, and suggest settlement terms, but cannot fully serve as a licensed intermediary handling nuanced negotiations, legal settlement procedures, and closings across jurisdictions.
Supervise agents who handle real estate transactions.
AI: Partial - AI can support supervision with performance metrics, training and compliance monitoring, but cannot fully assume managerial, legal, and people-management responsibilities.
Manage or operate real estate offices, handling associated business details.
AI: Partial - AI can automate many operational tasks (accounting, scheduling, marketing, reporting) but cannot fully manage all human, legal, and strategic responsibilities of operating a real estate office.
Maintain knowledge of real estate law, local economies, fair housing laws, types of available mortgages, financing options, and government programs.
AI: Partial - AI can continuously aggregate and summarize laws, programs, and market data but cannot substitute for licensed legal advice or nuanced local professional judgment.
Check work completed by loan officers, attorneys, or other professionals to ensure that it is performed properly.
AI: Partial - AI can flag errors, inconsistencies, and omissions in professionals' work but cannot fully certify legal or financial adequacy that requires licensed review.
Rent properties or manage rental properties.
AI: Partial - Many administrative and tenant-management functions can be automated, but physical maintenance, on-site interactions, and discretionary decisions still require humans.
Maintain awareness of current income tax regulations, local zoning, building and tax laws, and growth possibilities of the area where a property is located.
AI: Partial - AI can monitor regulatory changes and analyze economic indicators for growth potential but cannot replace expert legal/tax interpretation and local planning judgment.
Develop, sell, or lease property used for industry or manufacturing.
AI: Partial - AI can handle market analysis, modeling, marketing and transaction paperwork for industrial property but cannot manage physical development, on-site construction, local approvals, and closing responsibilities end-to-end.
Appraise property values, assessing income potential when relevant.
AI: Partial - AI models can produce valuation estimates and income-capitalization analyses but cannot legally replace certified appraisers or their on-site inspections in many jurisdictions.
Review property details to ensure that environmental regulations are met.
AI: Partial - AI can analyze documents, maps, and regulatory databases to flag potential environmental compliance issues but cannot replace site-specific inspections, sampling, or expert certification.