The Real AI Story Is Physical | Quinn Edwards, PLOT | Stories from the CCIM Forum

Quinn Edwards, co-founder of PLOT (formerly the AI for CRE Collective), started his career as a commercial real estate broker at CBRE in Los Angeles, representing tenants with their office and industrial needs. At the CCIM Fall Forum in Los Angeles, he sat down with Chris Peterson of WealthBuilder 1031 to talk about how an online community that taught commercial real estate professionals to use AI grew to about 1,000 members almost by accident, why using AI to find off-market deals is the worst use case and document review, marketing and underwriting are the best, how to get past the fear of getting started, why real estate has been slow to adopt new technology, and why he believes the bigger story is physical AI: how autonomous vehicles, robotics and drones will reshape the buildings investors own. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:05 Meet Quinn Edwards 1:01 Best and worst uses of AI in CRE 1:52 From CBRE broker to entrepreneur 2:29 Starting the AI for CRE Collective by accident 2:54 Why physical AI matters more 3:50 Getting past the fear factor 5:02 Why real estate is slow to adopt tech 6:10 From AI education to PLOT Stories from the CCIM Forum is a WealthBuilder 1031 series featuring the commercial real estate professionals behind the deals. Learn more about 1031 exchanges: https://wealthbuilder1031.com