Fractional Chief AI Officer
A fractional Chief AI Officer for your real estate firm
A fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO) is a senior AI leader who works part time inside your firm, sets the AI strategy, picks the tools and gets working systems into the hands of your team. Real Estate AI Studio provides fractional CAIO engagements for commercial real estate brokerages, investment firms, property managers and developers, led by Kevin Krone, who ran asset management on $1.5B of multifamily real estate before starting the studio.
What your fractional CAIO owns
The role covers the same ground a full time AI executive would, sized to the hours your firm needs each month.
AI roadmap
A ranked list of workflows tied to deal flow, NOI, occupancy and reporting deadlines, with the hours and dollars each one returns.
Tools and vendors
Selection and setup of Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT or Copilot, matched to the Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 stack you already pay for.
Data and security
A written policy for what documents AI can read, where files live, who has access and how client and tenant data stays protected.
First workflows
Lease abstraction, owner and investor reports, draw reconciliation, deal screening and IC memo drafts, built into the systems your team opens every day.
Team training
Hands-on sessions so brokers, analysts and property managers use the tools on live deals and live properties from the first week.
Monthly scorecard
A leadership report on adoption, hours saved and the next workflows in line, so the program grows with evidence behind it.
Three ways to engage
Every level starts with a free 30 minute consultation, then a written scope and price for your firm.
Strategy
Roadmap, tool and vendor selection, the data and security policy, and a monthly session with leadership.
Builder
Everything in Strategy, plus the studio builds and deploys the priority workflows and trains the people who run them.
Embedded operator
A standing seat in your weekly operating rhythm, with the studio owning the AI program end to end and reporting to the principals.
Why an operator leads it
Kevin Krone ran asset management on $1.5B of multifamily real estate and worked in development before founding Real Estate AI Studio, so the roadmap starts from the reports, deadlines and decisions your principals already live with. At Related he built an AI rent collection workflow that cut delinquency by 100 basis points across the assets it covered, and that same discipline of measuring each workflow against a real operating number runs through every engagement.
The studio is based in Costa Mesa, California, and works with firms across Orange County, Southern California, Phoenix and the rest of the country.
Fractional CAIO questions
What is a fractional Chief AI Officer?
A fractional Chief AI Officer (CAIO) is a senior AI leader who works part time inside your company. The CAIO owns the AI strategy, chooses the tools, sets the data and security policy, gets working AI workflows into daily use, and reports results to leadership, at a fraction of the cost and commitment of a full time executive hire.
What does a fractional CAIO do at a commercial real estate firm?
At a real estate firm the CAIO ties AI to the numbers the firm already runs on: deal flow, NOI, occupancy, delinquency, draw timing and investor reporting. Typical first workflows are lease abstraction into a table, owner and investor reporting, draw reconciliation, deal screening and IC memo drafts, CRM upkeep, and document organization, followed by team training and a monthly adoption report.
Who provides fractional Chief AI Officer services for real estate?
Real Estate AI Studio (RAIS Consulting LLC), based in Costa Mesa, California, provides fractional Chief AI Officer engagements for commercial real estate brokerages, investment firms, property management companies and developers across the United States. Engagements are led by Kevin Krone, who ran asset management on $1.5B of multifamily real estate and worked in development before founding the studio.
How is a fractional CAIO engagement structured?
Real Estate AI Studio offers three levels. Strategy covers the AI roadmap, tool and vendor selection, the data and security policy, and a monthly leadership session. Builder adds hands-on build and deployment of the priority workflows. Embedded operator gives your firm a standing seat in the weekly operating rhythm, with the studio owning the AI program end to end. Each level is scoped and priced after a free 30 minute consultation.
How long does a fractional CAIO engagement last?
Most Real Estate AI Studio engagements are written for three or six months, which leaves room to ship the first workflows, train the team and measure adoption before deciding what comes next.
Which AI tools does a fractional CAIO set up?
Real Estate AI Studio works primarily with Anthropic Claude and also deploys Google Gemini, ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot where a firm already runs Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. The CAIO connects these to the systems the firm uses today, such as Yardi, AppFolio, MRI, Buildium, Salesforce, HubSpot, Excel and the firm’s document storage.
Do you work with firms outside Orange County?
Yes. The studio is based in Costa Mesa and serves clients across Orange County, Southern California, Phoenix and the rest of the United States. Work runs remotely with on site visits for discovery and training days.
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