Robocalls, ringless voicemails and AI: Real estate enters the age of automation

Southern California's real estate market is as cold as the snow currently adorning the peaks of its mountains. And deals are few and far between. In slow markets, the agents at the top -- those with experience, connections and plenty of clients -- typically maintain a modest but steady stream of business. It's the agents at the bottom -- those just getting into the industry who've only managed to close a handful of sales -- who starve. As those agents have grown more desperate for leads, they're trying alternative ways of finding them.