20. How AI Is Changing Real Estate Investing | Jake McKinney on Automation, Data & Building a Lean Business

In Episode 20 of Let’s Buy The World Podcast, Evan Darnell sits down with Jake McKinney, a real estate investor, rancher, and AI systems builder with deep roots in Amarillo, Texas. Jake shares his journey from managing a family cattle ranch to building a real estate portfolio, flipping homes, wholesaling, creating notes, launching a property management company, and eventually using AI to solve major business bottlenecks.This episode dives into how artificial intelligence is reshaping real estate investing, from executive assistants and custom agents to automated lead management, data scraping, marketing systems, transaction coordination, and business operations. Jake explains why AI will not replace relationships, but it will give serious investors a major advantage by reducing friction, improving efficiency, and helping lean teams do more with less.If you’re a real estate investor, wholesaler, property manager, or business owner trying to understand where AI is headed, this conversation breaks down what’s possible now and how the future of real estate may be built around human relationships plus smart AI systems.