Heather Staff on building Street Group with her brother, how Spectre's AI predicts which homes will sell, and where AI genuinely helps agents versus where human judgement still wins.

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EP 11 · Robin Rathore

A Gavel, Not a Wand

Robin Rathore on giving agents back the auction skill they lost, why it's the vendor's situation not the property that suits auction, pricing to find five buyers not one, and his controversial view on the housing crisis.

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I don't believe the fixation on building houses is going to solve the housing crisis.

Robin Rathore · 43:04

Ross: A contrarian take worth sitting with. Empty homes are supply hiding in plain sight.

Agents using the AI propensity to sell get a 340 percent uplift in ROI versus those that don't.

Heather Staff · 04:34

Ross: Data finds the doors worth knocking. The knock is still yours.

We'll get more highly skilled agents doing the higher value work: negotiating, empathy, face-to-face.

Heather Staff · 09:12

Ross: The future agent does fewer tasks and more judgement. That is a promotion, not a threat.

Offer applicants a tech-first experience, and when they become vendors, who are they going to choose?

Heather Staff · 1:00:22

Ross: Today's applicant is next year's vendor. Serve them accordingly.

It's a gavel, not a wand. You can't just expect a property to sell because it's in an auction.

Robin Rathore · 31:37

Ross: No method rescues a lazy strategy. Auction rewards preparation like everything else.

With auction you're pricing to find five buyers, not one. It's the only method where price goes up.

Robin Rathore · 37:07

Ross: Price to create competition and the market corrects you upward. That is worth in action.