JF 3903: Using AI in Execution of Business Plans & Operations ft. Vanessa Alfaro, Bonny Wayman, and Rebecca Themelis

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4.8 • 983 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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On this episode of the Best Ever CRE Show, Joe Fairless interviews Vanessa Alfaro, Bonny Wayman, and Rebecca Themelis in part three of a three-part series on AI in multifamily real estate. This installment focuses on how operators are implementing AI in property operations such as leasing, maintenance, asset management, and investor reporting. Vanessa discusses creating AI agents and chatbots for asset analysis and KPI tracking, Rebecca explains how tools like MeetElise and Claude AI have accelerated leasing and quality checks, and Bonny shares how custom GPT bots are transforming her management of 50-unit properties. The panel emphasizes the accessibility of AI across portfolio sizes, the importance of training both humans and bots, and how embracing these tools early provides a major operational edge. Vanessa Alfaro Current role: Founder of Venus Capital & Lunax.ai Based in: Texas Say hi to them at: https://lunax.ai, https://venuspartners.com Bonny Wayman Current role: Asset Manager at Wild Oak Capital Based in: Colorado Say hi to them at: https://www.wildoakcapital.com/ or [email protected] Rebecca Themelis Current role: Real Estate Investor, Broker, and Contractor at Spot Properties Based in: California Say hi to them at: [email protected] Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at ⁠https://www.stamps.com/cre⁠. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! Post your job for free at https://www.linkedin.com/BRE. Terms and conditions apply. Try Huel with 15% OFF + Free Gift for New Customers today using my code bestever at https://huel.com/bestever. Fuel your best performance with Huel today! Join the Best Ever Community The Best Ever Community is live and growing - and we want serious commercial real estate investors like you inside. It’s free to join, but you must apply and meet the criteria. Connect with top operators, LPs, GPs, and more, get real insights, and be part of a curated network built to help you grow. Apply now at ⁠www.bestevercommunity.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, best ever listeners, how you doing? Welcome to the best real estate investing advice ever show. And this is the syndication show, multifamily syndication show. But you know what? This is more. Today's episode is the part three of a three-part series on AI. Part one was on acquisitions. How do we be more effective at finding deals, underwriting deals
0:25.1	using AI. Part two was on AI and capital raising. How do we become more effective at raising
0:31.8	money using AI? And part three is what you're about to listen to. And if you're on the best ever community,
0:39.6	it's what you're about to participate in. Fire away your questions as we're having this
0:43.7	conversation live. This is a conversation on AI and business operations. So in this scenario,
0:51.4	we've got a commercial real estate property properties, and we are going to use,
0:56.7	we're going to talk to the three panelists today on how are they using AI to effectively or more
1:04.0	efficiently operate the property, whether it's asset management, whether it's property
1:08.6	management, whether it's construction management, whether it's construction management,
1:17.6	anything in between from the property operations standpoint. So with us today, I'd like to introduce our three panelists, Vanessa Alfaro, founder of Venus Capital. She's based in Texas,
1:23.6	Bonnie Wayman, asset manager with Wild Oak Capital. She's based in Colorado. And Rebecca
1:30.8	Thamellis, she is based in California. She is a real estate investor, broker and contractor with
1:36.6	spot property. So with that being said, the outcome of our conversation is to give, you know,
1:43.1	our listeners practical tips for how you three are using AI with operations.
1:50.3	I'd like to just talk about first a tool that tool or software that you're using right now in your business.
1:58.2	So if anyone's got something, feel free to jump in and we'll just
2:03.2	go around, go around the room. Sure. I will start. Thank you so much for having us here.
2:10.3	This is a very interesting topic because I do believe that asset management and business implementation is the low-hanging fruit for actually
2:22.4	artificial intelligence.
2:24.3	And I say that because when you are working on a business plan, you have a lot of people
2:30.6	involved.
2:32.1	When you're working with your property management, there is a property
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