Real Estate Consultant · Fort Collins, CO · Member since 2022 · 291 posts · 178 votes
Trust is everything in real estate. There's now a credibility crisis with AI-generated reviews; one 2025 study found nearly 1 in 4 Zillow agent reviews may be AI-written.
The sad truth is, it takes more work creating a fake reality than living in reality.
This is unnecessary and comes from a scarcity mindset.
The agents and investors I've seen trying to find a hack the most are usually the ones who work the hardest, literally.
I'd rather have 1 deal per month and have longevity than have 100 deals done in 2026 but risk lawsuits and getting blacklisted.
The smartest work you can do is to remain trustworthy.
“Zillow isn’t alone. From Airbnb to Google to LinkedIn, AI-generated content is rising across platforms,” Jon Gillham, CEO of Originality.ai, told The NY Post.
“What sets Zillow apart is the direct impact on life-altering decisions like buying a home.”
Trust is everything in real estate. There's now a credibility crisis with AI-generated reviews; one 2025 study found nearly 1 in 4 Zillow agent reviews may be AI-written.
The sad truth is, it takes more work creating a fake reality than living in reality.
This is unnecessary and comes from a scarcity mindset.
The agents and investors I've seen trying to find a hack the most are usually the ones who work the hardest, literally.
I'd rather have 1 deal per month and have longevity than have 100 deals done in 2026 but risk lawsuits and getting blacklisted.
The smartest work you can do is to remain trustworthy.
“Zillow isn’t alone. From Airbnb to Google to LinkedIn, AI-generated content is rising across platforms,” Jon Gillham, CEO of Originality.ai, told The NY Post.
“What sets Zillow apart is the direct impact on life-altering decisions like buying a home.”
This is applicable to every kind of business, not just real estate.
This is why the number of reviews doesn't matter. It is the quality of each review and the variety of them. You can totally tell if a business cares just based on their customer interactions, social media content, customer loyalty incentives, and their ability to pay for THEIR mistakes.
All businesses are not perfect, but we can always improve, and do things better. We can't win over every customer either.
This is why customers should really interview for authenticity.. Are they breaking it down and making everything crystal clear to me? Are they setting an expectation and sticking to it? Am I a one off commission, or are they actually invested in my personal success?