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Should you build, buy, or combine?

Answer 10 questions about your technical resources, business requirements and time to value. Get a recommendation for your next real estate AI workflow, the trade-offs behind it, and what to validate before committing.

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10 questions · 3 min · No email

Step 0 · Choose a workflow0 / 10 answered

Which real estate workflow are you evaluating?

Evaluate one workflow at a time. The best approach may differ across functions in the same organization.

How this assessment works

Three separate dimensions

There is no single overall score. Each stage feeds its own dimension, so strategic fit is never blended with technical capability.

  • Strategic differentiation3 questions · 0–6
  • Internal build readiness5 questions · 0–10
  • Time pressure2 questions · 0–4

How answers are scored

No scores 0, Partly scores 1 and Yes scores 2. “Not sure” is not scored: a lack of information is not evidence that a capability or requirement is missing, so it is never treated as No.

The recommendation rules

  • Internal build worth evaluating only when differentiation is at least 4, readiness at least 8, time pressure at most 2, and both long-term engineering ownership (Q4) and funded maintenance (Q8) are at least partly in place.
  • Buy a specialized solution when differentiation is 2 or lower, unless owning the code is a mandatory requirement.
  • Buy a foundation and tailor the workflows in other cases with differentiation of 3 or more. It is also the provisional starting point when code ownership is mandatory but build readiness is insufficient; in that case vendor feasibility must be verified first.
  • The same rules apply to every workflow. The selected workflow only changes examples and wording.

Why a result can be inconclusive

With one or two “Not sure” answers, every possible value is tested. If the outcome never changes, it is shown as provisional; if it does, the result is “More information needed” and the answers that matter are highlighted. With three or more, no recommendation is shown.

Limitations

This is a practical evaluation framework built on self-reported answers. The thresholds are editorial decision aids, not statistically validated predictions. It is not an independent vendor certification, an audited readiness score, or a substitute for a detailed TCO and technical evaluation.