GROW WITH LIBERTAS & EXP REALTY

By Tim & Julie Harris · January 30, 2026

👋 Hey, {{first_name|real estate agents}}! Let’s get right to it.

The world you built your real estate career in is about to change so fast it’ll feel unfair.

Not because real estate is going away.
Not because housing demand disappears.
Not because “agents are obsolete.”

But because for the first time in modern history…

And I don’t mean “people aren’t smart anymore.”

I mean the thing society has always rewarded — the ability to solve problems, analyze information, and make decisions — is being commoditized.

In other words:

And that has major consequences — not just for real estate agents… but for CEOs, attorneys, doctors, consultants, marketers, analysts… basically anyone who makes money with their mind.

Today we’re going to talk about what this means for your future income, your relevance, your leverage, and the one thing no AI can replace — the thing that will make YOU more valuable than ever. 👇

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For centuries, societies were built around a hierarchy:

Those with the highest intelligence, education, and problem-solving ability rose to the top.

And that created institutions and “power structures” — corporations, universities, governments — where authority flowed upward to those deemed “the smartest.”

But here’s what’s happening now:

Like electricity.
Like the internet.
Like GPS.

Soon, being smart won’t be rare.

It’ll be a baseline feature.
A button.
A tool.

Just like Jensen Huang (CEO of NVIDIA) has been hinting at for years: we’re entering the era of accelerated computing where AI doesn’t just help humans — it will outperform them in more categories than most people can accept psychologically.

And investor Cathie Wood has been pounding the table on what this unlocks: dramatic productivity gains, lower costs, faster innovation… and entirely new industries.

Translation:

And if that scares you…

Good.

Because it means you’re paying attention.

Let’s ask a question no one wants to ask out loud:

A CEO’s job is essentially:

Now picture an entity that:

It’s not crazy to say:

Maybe not today.
But soon enough to matter.

And if AI can do that…

Then what happens to industries and organizations built around “intellectual hierarchy”?

A quiet collapse.

Not overnight with explosions.

But with irrelevance.

For generations, the world has rewarded “book smarts” and credentials.

Degrees.
Titles.
Certifications.
Institutional approval.

That era is ending.

Because when intelligence becomes cheap…

It becomes expected.

So what rises in value?

The human stuff.

The stuff that isn’t computational.

And this is where real estate agents — the great ones — win.

Because the truth is:

It was always about:

AI can give someone information.

But the human still has to decide.

Some call it intuition.

Some call it discernment.

Some call it wisdom.

Some call it the divine spark.

That mysterious “knowing” humans have that goes beyond logic.

It’s the part of you that can walk into a house and feel the emotional weight of it.
The part of you that can hear a client say “we’re fine” and know they’re not.
The part of you that can read between the lines — not with facts, but with perception.

AI may mimic it.

It may simulate it.

But the bigger question is this:

Because real estate isn’t solved by correct answers.

It’s solved by human certainty.

And certainty is contagious.

Let’s talk about the part that sounds sci-fi but isn’t.

Humanoid robots are coming.

Not because people want robots for entertainment — but because the economic incentive is unstoppable.

A robot:

At first, seeing a humanoid robot will feel surreal.

The first time?
You’ll stare.

The fifth time?
You’ll double-take.

The tenth time?

That’s how humans adapt.
We normalize the unbelievable shockingly fast.

And when humanoids become normal, the world changes structurally — because the labor bottleneck breaks.

This is what keeps people awake at night:

If AI and robots take over the mundane work…
what happens to humans?

Two possibilities:

A world where many people become economically irrelevant.

A world where humans are finally freed to do what humans do best:

Cathie Wood has talked about this directly: technological deflation + productivity surges can raise quality of life dramatically.

This isn’t just about “more gadgets.”

It’s about:

In other words:

But only for those positioned correctly.

For 30 years it has felt like progress stalled.

Yes, we had the internet.

But after that?

Phones got thinner.
Apps got addictive.
Everything got noisier.

But the average person didn’t feel a massive leap in quality of life.

Now?

Now we have a convergence:

And when technologies converge…

That is where we are right now.

Let’s bring this home.

In a world where AI can:

…what’s your job?

Here’s the truth:

It replaces:

But it elevates:

Because it removes friction, and puts the spotlight where it belongs:

So your value will NOT be:

Your value will be:

The winners will be the agents who do this:

Use AI to:

Then YOU focus on what matters:

This is how you become valuable in the AI era:

If you’re reading this as an agent, here’s what we want you to take away:

Your job is to become the person clients trust with the biggest decision of their life.

But trust will become more expensive than ever.

The next decade is going to reward a certain type of person.

Not necessarily the smartest.
Not necessarily the most credentialed.
Not the “highest IQ.”

But the person who can:

That person will win in real estate.
That person will win in life.

And that person can be you.

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