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Real estate has been historically slow to modernize, but AI is changing that. The integration of artificial intelligence is transforming how buyers and sellers interact with agents, fundamentally altering competitive dynamics in the industry.

With AI reshaping daily operations of a real estate agent's business by automating tasks — from generating property listings to conducting neighborhood analyses — the agent's focus in day-to-day activities will shift.

Ryan Serhant, CEO of Serhant and reality TV star of "Owning Manhattan," says AI is already making real estate less about access to information and more about the agent building deeper relationships. He predicts a mindset shift is on its way as agents leverage AI and at the same time are forced to find new ways to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive market. "If we are all using AI and have the same level of expertise, who wins? It's the game of attention," said Serhant at the CNBC Evolve AI Opportunity Summit in New York City this past week.

Buying a home is the single largest investment most Americans make in their lives, which makes real estate a business where greater success can be achieved with greater personal touch on the part of the agent. Serhant says the big advantage he sees in use of AI is having more time for the real estate agent to provide personalized attention to their clients.

"The product in sales is no longer just the skill set," Serhant said. "It is the attention to the skill set."

His own company, Serhant, has developed a service called "Simple" for sales automation to handle daily tasks in customer relationship management, which typically consumes over 60% of agents' time.

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