This week in Dallas, we attended the IMN Real Estate Asset Management Conference, where TeleCloud President Logan Brown moderated a panel on “Intelligent Operations: Leveraging Technology, AI, and Data to Optimize CRE Asset Management.”
With fast-changing environments and even faster-changing technology since AI has entered the picture, everyone is discussing the best way to apply it. AI is growing quickly across every industry, including asset management, and many teams are scrambling to understand the best way to adapt. The panel revealed some healthy discussion around how to approach AI adoption right now.
The Debate: Build Now or Wait?
Panelists disagreed on how hard teams should work to make AI tools integrate across messy data and legacy systems.
Some argued that it is worth pushing forward and investing the time now to build integrations and gain early advantages. Others suggested holding off until AI improves at handling imperfect data, warning that moving too fast can waste valuable time and capital.
Both sides had valid points. In the end, no one advocated standing still.
The Common Ground: Start Experimenting
Despite different philosophies, all five panelists agreed on one thing: if you are not experimenting with AI yet, you will be late to adapt and lose advantages.
AI may not be ready to take over all your data yet, but understanding the opportunities and where you can make progress comes from testing in your own environment, seeing what works, what does not, and where human expertise still matters most.
Practical Takeaway: Run a Side-by-Side Test
One of the most actionable ideas came from this discussion:
Give a real project to an analyst and the same project to AI.
Then compare the results. Identify where AI moves faster and where your team adds judgment or context. Use those insights to refine workflows and find your balance between human skill and machine speed.
It is not about replacing people. It is about using AI to make them more effective.
Why It Matters
The future of asset management will not be defined by who has the most technology. It will be defined by who learns fastest.
Organizations that start small, test often, and measure results will be the ones that turn AI from a buzzword into a true operational advantage.
A special thank you to everyone who participated in the panel!
- Logan Brown – President – TeleCloud
- Chris Antenesse – VP of Engineering – PredictAP
- Stephanie Grayson – Co-Founder & CEO – Cambio
- Mark Limpert – Founding Principal – Orion Real Estate Partners
- Jonathan Shopay – Managing Director, US Real Estate – Harbert
- Jeff Wilson – Founder & CEO – Pereview Software