How to Start Using AI in Real Estate: Small Moves Every Realtor Can Make (with Jeff Loyd)

If you want to know how to start using AI in real estate without buying 40 tools or a $999 masterclass, this episode is your on-ramp. Mike Mills sits down with Jeff Loyd — President and co-founder of Cloud Team Realty, one of the first DFW brokerages built AI-first from the studs up — for a hype-free, practical look at where agents should actually begin.

No robot butler named Chad required — just a few basics that give you your time back: using AI to learn (and making it cite its sources), role-playing tough client conversations, building your own simple tools, and automating the boring, repeatable work that quietly eats your week. Jeff shares real examples — a role-play prompt that saved an agent's full commission, a compliance bot that tracks CE credits so no license lapses, and using AI to crunch MLS data on a tricky listing price — while making the case that the human relationship is still what closes the deal.

Whether you're AI-curious or AI-overwhelmed, you'll leave with a clear first step.

In this episode:

• Why "you don't need 40 tools" — the three basics to start with
• Making AI cite its sources so you can trust but verify
• Role-playing clients to sharpen your pitch (and protect your commission)
• Projects vs. chats vs. cowork — what each one is, in plain English
• Real automations: CE-credit tracking, brand audits, MLS pricing analysis
• Where Zillow's AI push leaves agents — and why relationships still win
• Jeff's #1 rule: if you can do it manually, do it manually first

Guest: Jeff Loyd — President & co-founder, Cloud Team Realty · cloudteamrealty.com · jeff@cloudteamrealty.com

Host: Mike Mills — Mortgage Banker, GVC Mortgage (DBA Core Community Mortgage), NMLS #756263 · mikemillstx.com New episodes weekly — follow so you don't miss the next one, and if this helped, share it with an agent who needs it.