David Fletcher

Artificial intelligence can analyze thousands of listings, compare prices, identify market trends, calculate estimated payments, and recommend homes that appear to match a buyer's preferences.

This is Part 7 of David Fletcher's ongoing Realty Times series exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping real estate—and why professional judgment has never been more valuable.

It is three days before closing, and an underwriting issue suddenly appears.

A woman in her mid-50s presented with an uncomfortable pulling sensation in the right neck that worsened with movement. This was diagnosed as cervical dystonia and treated symptomatically for several years through trials of botulinum toxin. As the years progressed, her symptoms worsened and evolved with the patient eventually experiencing debilitating ataxia requiring use of a wheelchair for mobility, severe dysphagia requiring the use of a feeding tube for nutrition and dysarthria requiring the need of a family member for translation. Through genetic testing, the patient was diagnosed with spinocerebellar ataxia-CACNA1A (SCA-CACNA1A, previously SCA6). The patient had an unusual presentation of the syndrome with dystonia having been the initial symptom, resulting in the patient failing to receive diagnostic clarification of her symptoms until 10 years after the onset of symptoms. Clinicians should consider SCA-CACNA1A in their differential diagnoses if a patient presents with dystonia of unknown aetiology.

A REALTOR® opens an AI tool to write a listing description. Then she uses it to shorten an email, prepare social media posts, summarize market data, and organize questions for a buyer consultation. Did she use AI once that day—or five times?

A broker receives an email an agent plans to send to a difficult client. It is polished, professional and persuasive. The broker is impressed.

A broker receives an email an agent plans to send to a difficult client. It is polished, professional and persuasive. The broker is impressed. Then the bro

Artificial intelligence is moving into real estate faster than many agents expected. It can analyze information, draft marketing materials, suggest questions, compare alternatives, identify patterns, and recommend possible solutions—often in seconds.

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