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CRM in real estate: features, best platforms & adoption guidelines
February 10, 2026
Real estate CRM systems enable agents and brokers to manage marketing campaigns and property listings more effectively, optimize sales and customer service operations, and ultimately close more deals and boost customer retention.
Itransition provides a full range of CRM services to help real estate agencies and brokerages adopt customer relationship management software aligned with their unique needs and requirements.
Key CRM software capabilities for real estate
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Marketing & lead management
- Multi-channel marketing campaign orchestration
- Marketing automation, such as automated posting and content generation
- New lead capture from multiple touchpoints (website, social media, etc.)
- Lead segmentation for targeted social media and email marketing
- Lead scoring and prioritization based on engagement, personal details, and other metrics
- Listing management, including listing creation, monitoring, and matching with suitable buyers
Sales management
- Contact management to consolidate, track, and store contact information and data on respective properties
- Sales pipeline management, including sales task planning and lead progress tracking
- Sales process automation, including automated follow-ups and visit scheduling
- Multi-channel customer communication (IP telephony, email integration, etc.)
- Contract management (document generation, invoicing, contract status tracking, etc.)
- Sales quota and referral commission management
Customer support
- Automated case management, such as case routing and escalation of high-priority cases
- Customer portals equipped with chatbots and AI agents for self-service ticket submission, case status monitoring, etc.
- Field service management to schedule property maintenance and other on-site activities
Analytics & reporting
- Customer analytics to monitor sentiment, engagement, and other metrics
- Marketing campaign performance and ROI tracking
- Sales and revenue forecasting based on sales prices, team member KPIs, property days on the market, etc.
- Location intelligence (lead and property location monitoring, visit tracking, etc.)
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Best real estate CRM on the market
Real estate companies looking to implement a CRM solution within a relatively short time frame, with reasonable upfront costs while dedicating minimal maintenance effort in the future, can choose one of the many CRM platforms available on the market.
This market-leading cloud-based platform offers a wide range of generic CRM features, out-of-the-box integrations, rich customization options, and real estate-oriented extension packages, which make it easy to tailor to the business needs of realtors.
Key strengths & capabilities
- AI-powered marketing automation, including automated lead segmentation and content generation
- Email marketing, web content, and in-app experience personalization based on customer data
- Sales force automation covering account and opportunity management, quoting, contract management, and other workflows
- Sales pipeline tracking to monitor deal progression with the help of real-time alerts and sales dashboards
- Multi-channel virtual buyer assistants and service tasks automation powered by Salesforce’s embedded AI (Einstein), enabling 24/7 client engagement
- Salesforce Agentforce powering autonomous AI agents for lead engagement, follow-ups, case handling, and workflow execution across sales and service processes
- Advanced analytics to monitor marketing campaign performance, forecast sales, and track sales team KPIs
- Mobile app enabling agents to manage listings, property visits, and other tasks from their smartphones
- AppExchange app marketplace offering real estate-specific add-ons and integrations with Zillow and other relevant data sources or services
Limitations
Expensive modular licensing and a steep learning curve
Pricing
- Multiple tiered plans for each product starting at $25/user/month
- Billed annually, except for specific starter plans (monthly or annually)
- 30-day free trial
Microsoft’s suite of CRM and ERP products can be a good fit for realtors in need of a comprehensive business solution thanks to its broad feature set, artificial intelligence capabilities, customization opportunities, and industry-specific add-ons.
Key strengths & capabilities
- Customer data platform to create client profiles and group clients into segments based on shared attributes, helping track tenants, buyers, or property owners and keep communication logs
- Сustomer journeys personalization to engage clients with tailored content, messages, and recommendations on suitable property listings, open houses, or property-related services
- Sales pipeline management features to define sales action sequences and monitor sales tasks with the help of automated updates
- Property listings management to manage and track property details (e.g., location, price, size, features) and with the help of custom workflows to notify agents when a listing needs to be updated or when a property is sold
- Copilot-powered scoring models for lead and opportunity ranking and prioritization
- Copilot-driven recommendations on the best next sales actions to close deals
- Sales analytics features covering conversation intelligence, sales performance tracking, and revenue forecasting
- Self-service and automated customer support capabilities, including AI-powered chatbots, case summarization, and intelligent routing, enabled by Copilot Studio
- Deep integration with Power Platform, allowing teams to automate processes, build custom real estate workflows and apps with low-code tools, and analyze data using Power BI reports
- Microsoft AppSource online marketplace with a wide selection of real estate apps for Dynamics 365
Limitations
Complex configuration and limited ready-made integrations with third-party apps
Pricing
- Multiple plans for each product
- Full licensing guide available on the Microsoft website
- Billed monthly
- 30-day free trial
This open-source platform provides an ensemble of highly customizable CRM and ERP applications that real estate companies can use to create an industry-oriented customer relationship management solution.
Key strengths & capabilities
- Automated lead capture from multiple lead sources, including emails, social media interactions, and website visits
- Lead segmentation to launch targeted email marketing campaigns
- Predictive or rule-based lead scoring to calculate the probability of a successful conversion based on historical data and defined criteria
- Opportunity management features to plan calls, meetings, or other activities for each opportunity and record these interactions for further analysis
- Sales pipeline management to set up pipeline stages and related tasks for each sales team through a drag-and-drop tool
- Customer communication management, including off-the-shelf email templates and a VoIP system featuring automated call logging and rescheduling
- AI-powered capabilities for sales and marketing, including predictive lead scoring, activity recommendations, and content suggestions, available in selected Odoo editions and modules
- Reporting dashboards to analyze cohorts, leads, and opportunities and visualize sales team KPIs
- Apps Store with dozens of Odoo-based apps featuring real estate-specific capabilities like property management
Limitations
Steep learning curve and complex customization requiring development expertise
Pricing
- Licensed SaaS version available with two plans starting at $24.90/user/month
- Billed monthly or annually, with a discount for the latter option
- Free SaaS version available (one application only, unlimited users)
REsimpli is an intuitive, all-in-one CRM platform offering listing and lead management functionality fully aligned with the needs of the real estate industry.
Key strengths & capabilities
- List stacking feature to consolidate property seller data from marketing channels and other sources and identify the most promising sellers
- Marketing automation tool to streamline drip campaigns and other initiatives
- AI-assisted lead scoring and property matching to help agents prioritize opportunities efficiently
- Real-time notifications to alert agents about new opportunities, such as leads visiting your website
- Lead management features, including customizable lead lifecycle stages and lead summaries automatically sent to agents’ mobile phones via text messaging
- Buyer management system featuring bulk email sending and buyer/property matching capabilities
- Contract management tool featuring e-signature capabilities for signing online forms and closing deals more conveniently
- KPI dashboards to track the performance and ROI of your marketing strategies (social media campaigns, SMS blasts, etc.)
Limitations
Technical issues with the telephony feature and limited customizability
Pricing
- Three plans starting at $149/month (1 user)
- Billed monthly or annually, discount for the second option
- 14-day free trial
Lofty is an AI-powered CRM solution providing real estate agents, brokers, and teams managing customer relationships with comprehensive marketing and sales management functionality.
Key strengths & capabilities
- Social media marketing tool to automatically post listings, generate listing videos, and track social engagement
- Property listing website builder with drag-and-drop controls and a library of out-of-the-box site templates
- Dynamic lead scoring to prioritize leads based on their online activity, property information, and other metrics
- Listing management feature to monitor property listings and their price variations and match them with the most suitable buyers
- AI-assisted leads engagement and analytics, allowing companies to prioritize prospects, monitor sales team performance, and automate property visits scheduling and notifications
- Mobile app featuring real-time lead updates, in-app chat, and automatic dialing
Limitations
Poor customer support and several features requiring specific add-ons
Pricing
- Three licensing plans
- Price upon request
Real estate CRM platform selection factors
Capabilities
- Off-the-shelf functionality
including real estate-specific features, covering most (or ideally all) of your CRM needs
- Customization options
including low-code/no-code tools, to modify out-of-the-box functionality in line with your specific CRM needs
- Integration capabilities
ranging from pre-built connectors to custom API development tools offered by the platform’s provider
- Mobile CRM functionality
enabling on-the-go access to data and features
Reliability
- Scalability
to serve an expanding user base and handle increasing data flows without performance issues and service disruptions
- Cybersecurity features
preventing CRM data breaches or leaks
- Compliance
with relevant data management regulations and security standards
Terms & conditions
- Pricing model
suiting your usage scenario, either per-user or tiered by feature set
- Free trials
to let your end-users test the platform before committing to it
- Managed services
provided by the platform’s vendor, including maintenance, support, and updates
- Contractual obligations
involving unexpected costs for premium services or other issues
User feedback
- User rating
on popular peer-to-peer review platforms like G2, Capterra, and Gartner Peer Insights
- User reviews
highlighting the platform’s pros and cons in terms of usability, functionality, customer support, and other factors
Examples of CRM platform adoption in real estate
Salesforce implementation for Bruntwood
A major commercial property management company in the UK teamed up with Itransition to implement a customized Salesforce CRM solution for lead qualification, property visit scheduling, contract management, and tenant onboarding. The solution, which features custom pages and business logic and integrations with third-party tools like DocuSign and CheckFront, helped our client boost conversion rates by 15% and shorten sales cycles by 10%.
Odoo implementation for SAKR Real Estate
A Lebanon-based real estate development firm specializing in smart construction implemented Odoo CRM to automate lead management, reporting, and other processes previously performed manually. The solution, which includes two modules for property sales and procurement respectively, enabled the company to effectively manage a rapidly growing volume of real estate leads with the help of advanced features such as a customized lead prioritization algorithm.
Common real estate CRM integrations
Consider integrating your CRM software for real estate with other applications and data sources via custom APIs, built-in CRM platform connectors, or integration services like Zapier for seamless data exchange and centralized control over your operations.
Real estate CRM
Real estate portals, marketplaces & listing websites
Social media
ERP software
Accounting software
Payment gateways
Communication tools
Real estate portals, marketplaces & listing websites
like Zillow or Realtor.com to capture leads and gather property or market trend information
Social media
including Facebook and LinkedIn, to streamline promotional outreach, identify potential leads, and monitor sentiment and engagement
to ensure data consistency and process harmonization between CRM and other business functions
to ingest customer data for seamless quoting, invoicing, and revenue monitoring
Payment gateways
like Stripe or PayPal for financial transaction management and tracking, such as lease and rent payments
Communication tools
like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger to enable customer interactions directly from your real estate CRM software
CRM adoption benefits for real estate businesses
Unified data & process management
- Consolidated data on leads, customers, and properties in a centralized repository
- Visibility and management of all your customer-related business operations through a unified tool
Superior operational efficiency
- Optimized sales workloads through lead and opportunity ranking and prioritization
- Automation of client-facing and back-office operations
- Team coordination across departments through sales pipeline management and task planning
Effective lead management
- Maximized lead generation via automated audience segmentation and omnichannel targeted marketing
- Lead nurturing and conversion through lead scoring, customer/listing matching, and sales force automation
Stronger client relationships
- Improved customer satisfaction with personalized customer journeys
- Increased customer loyalty through automated support, effective field service, and faster case resolution
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Our CRM services
CRM consulting
Our consultants orchestrate and supervise your real estate CRM project to help you overcome potential roadblocks, speed up software launch and adoption, and maximize the effectiveness of the adopted solution.
CRM implementation
We help you build and implement a custom or platform-based real estate CRM solution, making sure it fully aligns with your customer relationship management needs and corporate workflows.
CRM to foster human relationships in real estate
According to the National Association of Realtors, 91% of sellers and 88% of buyers turn to a real estate agent’s help, which underscores the great role that interpersonal relationships still play in the real estate industry. CRM software can help in this regard, enabling real estate professionals to automate their clerical tasks and free up time to nurture leads and serve existing clients more effectively.
If you want to implement a robust real estate CRM solution that will help you strengthen your customer relationships and increase revenue, turn to an expert partner like Itransition.
FAQs
How does real estate CRM work?
Real estate CRM systems act as central hubs for managing leads and clients, listing and property information, marketing campaigns, deals, and customer support cases. They help real estate teams automate repetitive tasks, improve customer engagement and lead generation, and provide actionable insights for streamlining sales and promotion and closing deals faster.
What CRM do most realtors use?
Real estate companies can use different CRM platforms depending on their business size and needs. For instance, large and mid-size brokerages typically opt for market-leading platforms like Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, or Hubspot that can be extensively customized and integrated with a wide range of business software. On the other hand, small businesses and startups typically choose simpler and more affordable CRM solutions with limited real estate-specific functionality (Lofty, REsimpli, Follow Up Boss, Wise Agent, Pipedrive, etc.).
How does CRM help real estate agents?
Real estate agents can use CRM tools to organize and track leads and manage interactions with them and existing clients across multiple channels. CRM systems can also be used to manage every stage of the property sale process and automate repetitive daily tasks like sending follow-up emails or meeting notifications. As a result, such solutions help agents stay organized and efficiently close deals while providing clients and leads with highly personalized experiences.
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