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Would you trust AI to find real estate for you to buy or rent?

2 points by D___R___ ↗ HN
I’m curious how people feel about delegating real estate search to AI — not just filtering listings, but actually understanding your needs, preferences, and constraints.

Imagine an AI system that: - Knows your budget, commute, lifestyle, and personal priorities - Analyzes thousands of listings and filters out irrelevant ones - Evaluates each option by multiple factors (price dynamics, neighborhood safety, infrastructure, noise, air quality, etc.) - Provides only the few listings that truly match what you want - Explains why each recommendation fits you

Would you trust such a system to handle your property search or even make recommendations automatically? Or would you still prefer to review and decide manually?

I’m exploring how much trust people would give an AI agent for property search and evaluation, and what concerns might stop them from using it.

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JohnFen
> I’m curious how people feel about delegating real estate search to AI — not just filtering listings, but actually understanding your needs, preferences, and constraints.

I don't think that there exists a system that can actually understand those things.

CableNinja
Id rather have an AI that can filter out the bullshit scams and actually find me something thats not wasting my time.

Ive been tryin to move out of this place for like 2 years, free time is a factor, but the other half is that every other listing i find is either a scam, seems like a scam, or the rent is so absurdly high for an area it doesnt make sense to be.

thomasrp
Scam listings are the worst. I work at https://stream.estate (we're trying to solve this with data analysis), but honestly even with all our filters, your gut is still the best scam detector. The easy tells: price way below market, stock photos, vague addresses, or pushy requests for money before viewing.
gus_massa
It may be good to make a few recommendations, but I'd make the final decision manually.
recursivecaveat
Nobody is going to lock in the choice of where they're going to spend 12+ hours a day every day for years without reviewing the available information themself. Even if my partner did the selection themself, I would still look through their results. So the question is: "would I trust an AI to sort a list of properties?" The answer is sure. Platforms have stuff like price and location already. What they can't do is more fuzzy stuff like "has a lot of natural light". So there is some value there I think. That said I don't think there's a product. It seems like just a feature for an MLS system.
D___R___
That’s a really good point. Thank you. Out of curiosity what kind of insights would actually make the choice easier for you? Which criteria or factors would you personally find most useful when evaluating properties?