The Best Ever CRE Show JF 4056: AI Integration, Data Quality and Smarter Investing with John Chang
Oct 12, 2025
John Chang dives into how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing commercial real estate investing. He discusses how firms leverage AI to pinpoint promising trade areas and enhance decision-making, all while addressing data quality concerns. Insights on automating workflows and the risks involved, such as data leakage and hallucinations, are explored. He critiques the limitations of traditional data sources and advocates for combining datasets to gain a competitive edge. Finally, he emphasizes the importance of anticipating future market trends to stay ahead.
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Meeting Sparks AI Implementation
- John Chang recounts lunch with an institutional managing director who is implementing AI and data into investment decision-making.
- The firm is using the system to identify trade areas and prune underperforming assets ahead of competitors.
AI Goes Beyond Simple Automation
- John highlights AI underwriting that automates rent-roll integration and reduces manpower.
- He argues newer AI applications go beyond automation to enable analyses previously too complex or time-consuming.
Protect Data When Using AI
- Avoid feeding sensitive proprietary data into public AI instances to limit leakage risks.
- Use private instances or limit external data access when building models to reduce hallucination and exposure.