Delmarva.ai

Sample deliverable · fictional composite

Workflow Review: two-person coastal real estate team

This is a sample deliverable, not a customer result. It shows the kind of practical recommendation a business owner can expect.

Delmarva.ai Workflow Review

Prepared as a public sample for evaluation purposes.

Business context

  • Fictional/composite business: two-person coastal real estate team.
  • Service area: Delaware beaches and nearby Eastern Shore communities.
  • Current tools: website form, shared inbox, CRM, spreadsheets, Facebook/Instagram, calendar, and phone/text.
  • Lead sources: referrals, website, listing portals, social media, signs, and repeat clients.
  • Main concerns: missed follow-up, manual re-entry, irregular database nurturing, and limited owner visibility.

Current workflow

  • Lead source → manual review → CRM entry → personal follow-up → separate social/content process → owner status check.

Observed friction

  • Leads are not consistently routed.
  • Database follow-up is irregular.
  • Manual export/import between systems creates stale data.
  • Social content depends on owner availability.
  • No dependable owner visibility exists without asking staff.
  • Customer communication is split across systems.

Recommended first workflow

  • Address lead intake and follow-up first. Create one intake path that classifies the source, confirms required fields, creates/updates the CRM record, assigns the next human owner, and summarizes open follow-up for the business owner.

Tools worth keeping

  • Keep the CRM if the team already trusts it and it stores contact history.
  • Keep the shared calendar if appointments depend on it.
  • Keep current social channels; fix the batching and approval process before changing platforms.

Tools worth connecting, configuring, or replacing

  • Connect website forms and tracked lead sources to the CRM where possible.
  • Configure required fields and statuses before adding automation.
  • Replace spreadsheets only where they duplicate CRM records or hide owner visibility.

Safe automation opportunities

  • Intake classification
  • Follow-up reminders
  • Draft generation for non-sensitive replies
  • Lead routing
  • Daily or weekly status summaries
  • Content batching prompts and approval queues

Keep human

  • Pricing
  • Negotiation
  • Advice
  • Final approval
  • Sensitive customer communication
  • Compliance-sensitive decisions

Risk and privacy notes

  • Do not paste confidential client, financial, legal, or identity documents into general-purpose AI tools.
  • Separate marketing drafts from transaction advice.
  • Review fair-housing, brokerage, advertising, and recordkeeping requirements before automating outbound communication.

First 30 days

  • Week 1: map lead sources, statuses, owners, required fields, and exceptions.
  • Week 2: configure the CRM fields/statuses and connect the highest-volume intake source.
  • Week 3: add reminder rules and an owner visibility summary.
  • Week 4: review exceptions, tighten privacy rules, and decide whether further integration is justified.

Custom software decision

  • Integration and configuration recommended. Existing tools are likely sufficient for the first workflow if the CRM can hold the source of truth and report open follow-up. A focused internal tool may be justified later if owner visibility, reporting, or lead-source attribution cannot be handled economically.