Joey Ahern

Building - The AI for Real Estate

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The biggest Claude Code hack I’ve found for running an agent is using Haiku 4.5 for everything and a Sonnet 4.5 sub agent for complex work. Saves a ton of money and doesn’t drop the ball.

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@garrytan @bcherny @garrytan Thank you for asking the questions we all selfishly want to know.

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The doomsayers are wrong: America is NOT becoming a high-risk emerging market

New @BankofAmerica CIO analysis debunks the dangerous narrative comparing the US to volatile emerging markets like Turkey/Argentina.

Key differentiators that keep America strong:

• Diversified, innovation-driven economy (vs narrow EM sectors)

• Dollar-denominated debt (vs risky foreign currency debt in EMs)

• Capital magnet: $31T in foreign holdings, record $1.74T net inflows

• Geographic advantages: Great Plains, Mississippi River, Great Lakes

• Demographic edge: population growing to 420M by 2100 vs declining elsewhere

• Entrepreneurial DNA: business applications near all-time highs

While Trump administration breaks traditional molds, fundamentals remain robust. The US economy has been expanding 87% of the time since 1945.

Bottom line: Don’t buy the lazy narrative. America’s economic foundation is fundamentally different from emerging markets.

BofA maintains overweight US equities, neutral on emerging markets.

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Begin with the end in mind and reverse engineer your habits.

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Success starts in your mind.

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Most agents think they’re in the business of selling homes.

They’re not.

They’re in the business of selling the life people dream about inside those homes.

That’s why the best agents don’t just build pipelines.

They build brands.

Attention → Listings → Closings.

The agent with the most attention wins. Every time.

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Most agents think they need more leads.

They don’t.

They need fewer leaks.

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Most brokerages don’t fail because of competition.

They fail because of “later.”

Later we’ll fix the site.
Later we’ll set up PPC.
Later we’ll track our numbers.

Later becomes never.
Never becomes a “For Lease” sign.

Perfect is the enemy of shipped.

Ugly systems that work > Beautiful branding that doesn’t.

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Most real estate agents think success comes from closing more deals.

It doesn’t.

It comes from building habits that look too small, too boring, or too repetitive to matter—until they compound.

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Everyone talks about “lead gen.”

Few talk about “lead control.”

If your entire pipeline depends on referral sources like Zillow or Optcity…

you don’t have a business.

You have a dependency.

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Most friction in your business isn’t because of people.

It’s because of systems.

- Manual work that should be automated
- Tools that don’t talk to each other
- Data scattered in different places

Remove the friction → buy back your time.

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“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.” – Henry Ford

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The business you want is built as much by what you say no to, as what you say yes to.

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Hustle works for a season.

Systems buy you decades.

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In real estate it’s easy to build a business that steals your life.

Design it to give you time back—not take it away.

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Most real estate agents don’t fail from lack of talent.

They fail from lack of habits.

Big success = small habits repeated.

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Most agents don’t need more hustle.

They need more demand.

A demand engine attracts clients before you even pick up the phone.

No chasing.
No begging.
No burnout.

Build one, and your business compounds.

Ignore it, and you’ll always be stuck at zero.

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Most people get into real estate chasing commissions.

The ones who last know it’s bigger than that:

- Build systems that give you time back
- Create predictable revenue instead of chasing closings
- Turn your business into an asset that funds your life

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We're entering an era where your unique blend of local insights will build your database.

The market no longer cares about monthly newsletters with stock photos.

It's all about effectively sharing hyper-local knowledge, timing, and genuine care together.

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Your business shouldn’t depend on a referral source like flex.

Build your own lead generation.

Own your pipeline.