The Definitive Authority on Commercial Real Estate AI
BestCRE is a partnership of senior commercial real estate practitioners, capital markets veterans, and AI technologists. We publish institutional-quality market intelligence, evaluate 400+ AI tools through the 9AI Framework, and provide direct advisory services across the full CRE value chain.
What BestCRE Does
Market Intelligence
Institutional-grade sector analysis anchored in primary data from CBRE, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, and CoStar. Every article advances a thesis sophisticated investors cannot find in a brokerage report.
AI Tools Database
The most comprehensive evaluation of AI tools serving commercial real estate. 400+ tools reviewed through the 9AI Framework across acquisitions, underwriting, property management, capital raising, brokerage, and 15 additional disciplines.
Capital Markets Advisory
Direct advisory for sponsors, operators, and investors. Debt placement across hundreds of active lender relationships, equity capital raising, acquisition sourcing, and AI agent deployment for CRE workflows.
Latest Analysis
- LandScout AI Review: Entitlement Intelligence That Finds Development Activity Before It Hits the Market
LandScout AI turns county agendas and minutes into a parcel-linked entitlement pipeline. Best for developers and acquisition teams in covered counties. 9AI Score: 29/45 — strong workflow value, light integrations. - CRE AI Lease Abstract Workflow: How to Build a Claude Skill That Does the Work in 5 Minutes
Manual lease abstraction takes 4 to 8 hours per document and costs up to $250 per lease when outsourced. A Claude Skill built in under five minutes collapses that workflow entirely — and it follows your standards, your formatting, and your analytical priorities every single time. - AI Erased $12 Billion from CRE Brokerage Stocks. Here’s What That Actually Means.
Wall Street erased $12 billion from CBRE’s market cap during record earnings. The sell-off wasn’t about fundamentals — it was a verdict on labor-intensive business models. Here is what sophisticated CRE capital should read into that signal.
Built for the Entire CRE Ecosystem
Over one million licensed commercial real estate professionals operate in the United States. BestCRE serves the full spectrum — from investment sales brokers closing nine-figure transactions to syndicators raising their first fund, from institutional asset managers optimizing large portfolios to brokerage teams building AI-powered sales systems.
Sponsors & Syndicators
Capital stack optimization, equity capital raising, investor relations systems, and deal-level advisory across all commercial asset classes.
Brokers & Agents
AI tools for prospecting, transaction management, market analysis, and sales scaling. Coverage across investment sales, leasing, and mortgage brokerage.
Investors & Family Offices
Independent market intelligence, asset class analysis, and direct access to BestCRE advisory services for portfolio strategy and capital deployment.
Technology Companies
Independent AI tool reviews evaluated through the 9AI Framework and placement in the definitive CRE AI tools database covering 20 sectors.
The 20 CRE Sectors
BestCRE covers AI tools and market intelligence across 20 commercial real estate disciplines — from acquisitions and underwriting to sustainability, insurance, and investor relations. Every sector has practitioners on our team who operate in it daily.
BestCRE is an independent editorial and advisory platform. We do not accept advertising or referral fees that would compromise the independence of our analysis. Learn more about BestCRE or contact our team.