What if instead of asking ourselves if AI is taking jobs, we asked- are we asking our current team to do too much?
In this episode, Pablo Gonzalez sits down with property management strategist Stacey "The Queen of the Chessboard" Salyer to unpack how treating AI as a core "teammate" allows you to break free from linear growth, solve the human capacity problem, and finally build your business into a truly valuable, sellable asset (not a "fourth child").
They cover the real economics behind fees vs. labor, the painful growth breakpoints (hello, 200→500 doors overnight), and the shift from building a job to building a sellable asset (skip the “fourth child” trap).
You’ll learn:
🤖 What an AI Manager actually owns (mandate, KPIs, placement in the org)
🤝 Why AI-as-a-team-member beats “AI-as-a-tool” for outcomes and trust
🚀 How AI becomes a true capacity multiplier (not just cost cutting)
⚖️ Growth breakpoints (like 200 → 500 doors) without over-hiring
🔑 The valuation levers: process, key-man risk, and affording top humans
Whether you’re stuck at a growth wall or rethinking your 2025 org chart, this episode gives you the language, roles, and levers to scale smarter and make the “impossible job” possible.
🎧 Listen now to learn how the AI Manager playbook turns firefighting into future-building.
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Chapters:
00:08:45 Treating AI as a New Team Member
00:10:30 Defining the Difference: AI as a Teammate vs. a Tool
00:14:00 Introducing the “AI Manager” Role
00:20:10 How AI Solves the “Impossible Job” in PM
00:23:00 Train Once, Scale Forever
00:27:30 Fees, Regulation & The Better Hedge
00:31:20 Labor Costs, Models & Managing to the Future
00:33:00 The Painful Inflection Points of Growth
00:37:30 From Risky Hiring to AI-First Headcount
00:42:00 Marketing Flywheel: Agents that Create & Distribute
00:46:00 Case Study: Charleston Ops at 97% Automation
00:56:00 Build a Sellable Business (Not a ‘Fourth Child’)
01:02:00 Valuation Levers: Process, Key-Man Risk & Talent
01:07:30 Using AI to Afford Top Humans
