How much does REI Today AI cost for landlords?

REI Today AI is free to start. The free plan includes property management, lease tracking, maintenance requests, and marketplace access. Paid plans with AI chatbot features start at $29/month — significantly less than AppFolio ($280/mo minimum) or Buildium ($58/mo).

Is REI Today AI free for contractors and handymen?

Yes. Contractors and handymen can join REI Today AI 100% free — forever. No fees, no commissions. You set your own rates and get paid directly via Stripe.

How does REI Today AI match landlords with contractors?

Our AI analyzes the maintenance request, contractor availability, ratings, and proximity to match property owners with the best-fit verified contractor — often within the same day.

How many properties can I manage with REI Today AI?

REI Today AI is designed for small landlords managing 1 to 100 units. All plans support unlimited properties and units within your portfolio.

Can tenants submit maintenance requests through REI Today AI?

Yes. Tenants can submit maintenance requests with photos, set priority levels, and track status from open to completed. Landlords receive instant notifications and can assign contractors directly from the marketplace.

What makes REI Today AI different from AppFolio or Buildium?

REI Today AI is built specifically for small landlords (1-100 units) who self-manage their properties. Unlike AppFolio and Buildium which target large property management companies with high minimums, REI Today AI starts free, includes an AI chatbot assistant, and has a built-in contractor marketplace.

How to Automate Wholesaling: Workflows, Tools, and a Stack That Scales

Wholesaling rewards speed, but automation rewards clarity. If you automate chaos, you just scale chaos.

This guide breaks wholesaling into stages, names the automations that actually help, and shows where human judgment still earns its paycheck.

The wholesaling workflow, end to end

1) Lead capture

Leads arrive from lists, PPC, organic, referrals, driving for dollars, and partners. Automation should:

Create a single record per property/seller thread
Tag the source
Assign ownership

What not to automate: merging duplicate conversations without a human check.

2) Qualification

Automation can schedule callbacks, send initial SMS sequences, and route hot leads. It cannot replace motivation and situation discovery.

3) Offer and negotiation

You can templatize offer language, but offers should reflect real numbers. Automate reminders, not judgment.

4) Contract and escrow

Use e-sign and checklist automation. Keep exceptions visible.

5) Disposition

Buyer outreach, blast lists, and follow-ups are automation-friendly—if your CRM stages are disciplined.

The automation stack that works for most teams

CRM as system of record (stages, tasks, notes)
Communications (dialer/SMS/email) integrated into CRM where possible
Calendar scheduling links for appointments
Document generation for repeatable paperwork
Accounting handoff for assignment fees and expenses

Where teams break (and how to prevent it)

Brittle Zaps: if one field rename breaks five workflows, you do not have automation—you have liability.

No metrics: automation without reporting hides weak lead sources.

Over-messaging: speed is not the same as spam. Compliance and reputation matter.

AI that helps (without pretending it closes deals)

Modern AI is strongest at:

Drafting follow-up messages from bullet notes
Summarizing long SMS threads for a acquisitions manager
Turning messy notes into next-step tasks

That is different from promising autonomous negotiating. Use AI to reduce admin time, not to remove accountability.

Rental operations: the leak most wholesalers ignore

Many wholesalers also hold rentals or work with landlord clients. After the wholesale fee, the real risk is operational drag: late rent, maintenance delays, and contractor coordination.

If you are expanding into buy-and-hold, consider an operations platform like REI Today AI for maintenance workflows, messaging, and rent collection—separate from your acquisitions CRM.

Implementation plan: 7 days

Day 1: define stages and mandatory fields
Day 2: import leads + dedupe
Day 3: build two SMS/call follow-up templates
Day 4: disposition buyer tags
Day 5: weekly KPI dashboard (lead source, appointments, contracts)
Day 6: train the team on one daily routine
Day 7: delete automations you are not actually using

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If your next bottleneck is rental operations—not seller outreach—start free as a landlord on REI Today AI and explore pricing.