Systems Proposal

Building the foundation
your business needs
to scale without slipping.

After our conversation, I have a clear picture of where your business is today and where it is headed. You are growing fast, you have the right instincts, and you have the right processes in place. What is missing is the infrastructure that keeps everything running consistently when you get busy. That is exactly what I want to build with you.

Prepared by Daniel Ekemini Ekong
Prepared for Matt McMenamin, Bramlett Partners
Date May 2026
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Overview

What I heard, and
what I propose to do about it.

From our conversation, a few things stood out clearly. You are five months into Austin and already have five closings under your belt. You know how to work leads when you are focused. But you also told me honestly that after three or four follow-up attempts with no response, you lose steam. You know the data says it takes five to twelve touches to convert a lead. The gap between where you stop and where a conversion happens is where business is quietly walking out the door. On top of that, you lost 53 five-star Google reviews when you relocated, and you have two El Paso deals running completely off the books with no system around them. These are all solvable problems.

The core problem I am solving
Your business currently depends entirely on your personal energy and memory to keep leads warm. When you are busy closing deals and doing transaction work, nurturing stops. The system I am building changes that so leads are touched consistently and intelligently whether you are in a showing, on a call, or spending a Sunday with family. And when a lead is finally ready to have a real conversation, you get a clear signal to step in at exactly the right moment.
Project 01
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Lead Nurturing and Follow Up Boss Automation
An intelligent multi-touch system that keeps leads warm automatically and tells you the exact moment to step in personally.
Project 02
Automated Post-Close Review System
Every closed deal automatically triggers a personalised review request so your Google profile rebuilds itself one closing at a time.
Project 03
📊
Pipeline Visibility Dashboard
A weekly report that shows you your lead volume, pipeline health, and follow-up consistency without you ever having to dig into the CRM.
Project 04
📍
El Paso Deal Tracker
A lightweight transaction management system for your off-books El Paso pipeline with automated deadline reminders.
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Lead Nurturing and Follow Up Boss Automation

Project 01 — The core system. This is the foundation everything else builds on.

Why this is needed
From our conversation, you described your current lead process clearly. Leads come in from three places: open houses via QR code scan, high funnel leads through the brokerage portal, and web form call-ins. When a lead arrives, you do an initial three-step touch — a call, a text, and an email. After that, Follow Up Boss creates tasks to keep you going. But you were honest about what happens next: after the third or fourth attempt with no reply, you lose steam. You keep going, but the energy drops. Meanwhile, those leads are not dead. They are just not ready yet. The research is clear that most real estate leads convert somewhere between the fifth and twelfth contact. You are stopping at four. This system covers the rest automatically, in a way that still sounds like you and not a robot, and then hands the lead back to you at precisely the right moment.
The full workflow from lead arrival to warm handoff
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Trigger
Lead enters Follow Up Boss from any source
Whether the lead scanned your QR code at an open house, filled out a form on the brokerage website, or came through the high funnel portal, they land in Follow Up Boss. The moment a new lead record is created, Follow Up Boss fires an outbound webhook, which is a real-time data signal that tells external systems something just happened. This is the starting gun for everything else.
Follow Up Boss FUB Outbound Webhook
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Routing
n8n receives the webhook and identifies the lead source
n8n is an automation platform that I use to build the intelligent logic that sits around Follow Up Boss. It receives the webhook, reads the lead data, and immediately determines where the lead came from. An open house lead who met you in person gets a completely different message sequence than a cold portal lead who has never interacted with you. The routing logic I build ensures every lead gets the right treatment from the very first touch.
n8n Webhook listener Lead source routing logic
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Instant Response
A personalised email and SMS fires within minutes of the lead arriving
Speed to lead is one of the single biggest factors in real estate conversion. Studies show that contacting a lead within five minutes makes you nine times more likely to engage them than waiting thirty minutes. Right now, if a lead comes in at 11pm, they wait until morning. With this system, they get a warm, human-sounding message within minutes regardless of the time. I write these message templates in your voice, not generic AI copy. They reference the Austin market, who you are, and what you can do for them. The email goes through Gmail, the SMS fires through a connected messaging service. Both are logged back into Follow Up Boss automatically.
n8n Gmail SMS via Twilio FUB API logging
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Nurture Sequence
Follow Up Boss Action Plans take over the structured drip
Follow Up Boss has a built-in feature called Action Plans, which are automated sequences of emails, tasks, and stage changes that run on a time-based schedule. I configure these Action Plans specifically for each lead source. For a cold portal lead, the plan might run for 90 days with carefully spaced emails and task reminders. For a warm open house lead, it is shorter and more personal. These plans handle the consistent, time-based touches. The key setting I turn on is automatic pausing when a lead replies, so the sequence stops the moment they engage and no one ever gets a nurture email mid-conversation with you.
Follow Up Boss Action Plans FUB Automations Email drip sequences Task triggers
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Behaviour Monitoring
n8n watches for signals of intent from the lead
While the Action Plans handle the scheduled sequence, n8n is running in the background monitoring for behavioural signals. These are moments where a lead is showing interest even if they have not replied: they clicked a property link multiple times, they opened three emails in one day, or they browsed activity spikes on listings you sent them. Follow Up Boss surfaces some of these signals natively, and I build n8n workflows that watch for them via the API and interpret them as intent. This is what makes the system intelligent rather than just mechanical.
n8n FUB REST API Lead activity monitoring
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Human Handoff
You get a personal alert the moment a lead is ready for you
When a signal of intent fires, whether it is a reply to an email, a response to an SMS, or a spike in browsing activity, n8n immediately sends an alert to your phone. Not a generic notification. A specific message that tells you who the lead is, what they did, and why now is the right time to reach out personally. Something like: "John Smith just replied to your follow-up email. He has been looking at 3-bed homes in South Austin. Now is your moment." You step in and do what you do best. The system does not try to replace that conversation. It just makes sure you are never having it at the wrong time.
n8n SMS alert to your phone FUB task creation
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Logging
Every interaction is logged back into Follow Up Boss automatically
Every email sent, every SMS fired, every signal detected is written back to the lead's record in Follow Up Boss via the API. Your CRM stays clean and current without any manual entry. When you open a lead's profile before your call, you see the full picture of every touchpoint they have had. You walk into every conversation informed.
FUB REST API Automatic note logging Activity timeline

Tools and platforms for this project

Follow Up Boss
Your central CRM. Stores all leads, manages Action Plans and drip sequences, and fires webhook events that trigger the automation.
n8n
The automation backbone. Listens to FUB webhooks, routes leads, triggers personalised messages, monitors behaviour, and fires handoff alerts.
FUB REST API
Allows n8n to read and write data back into Follow Up Boss so everything stays in one place without manual logging.
Gmail
Sends personalised emails in your voice from your own address. Not a bulk mail platform. Real emails that look and feel like you wrote them.
Twilio / SMS
Handles automated text messages in the nurture sequence and personal alert SMSs sent directly to your phone when a lead signals intent.
Google Sheets
Logs all automated activity for your own records so you have a clear view of what the system is doing week by week.
5 min
Maximum time from lead arrival to first contact, even at 2am
90 days
Consistent nurturing without you having to track or remember anything
Zero
Leads going cold while you are busy with active clients
1 alert
Straight to your phone the exact moment a lead is ready for a real conversation

Automated Post-Close Review Request System

Project 02 — A fast first win with visible, measurable impact from day one.

Why this is needed
In our conversation, you mentioned one of the harder moments of coming back to Austin: when you transferred your Google Business Profile, your account was suspended and you lost all 53 of your five-star reviews. You had to start over. Reviews in real estate are not just vanity. They are trust signals that directly affect whether someone picks up the phone or clicks away. You now have five Austin reviews from your recent closings. Every single closing is an opportunity to add to that number, but only if you ask at the right time and in the right way. Right now, whether that happens depends on you remembering to do it manually after every deal. This system removes that dependency entirely and turns every closing into a review opportunity automatically.
How the review system works from close to collection
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Trigger
A deal stage moves to closed in Follow Up Boss
The moment you mark a transaction as closed in FUB, the system detects it. I set this up using a Follow Up Boss deal stage webhook, which fires immediately when the stage changes. This is fully automatic. You do not press any extra buttons or fill out any extra forms. You close the deal as you normally would, and the system takes it from there.
Follow Up BossDeal stage webhook
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Wait
n8n waits 24 to 48 hours before sending anything
You never ask a client for a review on the day of closing. They are overwhelmed with paperwork, moving logistics, and emotion. The system waits a day or two until the dust settles and they are in the warmth of their new home. I build this delay directly into the n8n workflow. The timing can be adjusted based on your preference once we see what gets the best response.
n8nTime delay logic
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Email
A personalised review request email goes out in your voice
The email references the client by name, mentions the property or the neighbourhood, and congratulates them genuinely. It then makes a simple, direct ask with a single link to your Google Business Profile review page. I write the template. You approve it. It goes out from your Gmail address so it lands in their inbox looking like you sent it personally, because in tone and intent, you did. The link is a direct link so they land exactly on the review box with one tap.
n8nGmailGoogle Business Profile linkFUB contact data
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SMS Follow-up
If no response in three days, a warm SMS reminder goes out
Not everyone checks email. Some of your clients will be more reachable by text. Three days after the email, if there is no response, a short, warm SMS reminder goes out with the same review link. It is not pushy. It is the kind of thing you might send yourself if you remembered to. The system just makes sure it always happens.
n8nTwilio SMS
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Logging
Every request is logged in a tracking sheet
A Google Sheet captures every review request sent, the date it went out, which client it went to, and whether an SMS follow-up was triggered. Over time this becomes your review pipeline tracker. You can see at a glance how many closings have generated review requests and watch your Google profile rebuild itself one deal at a time.
Google Sheetsn8n logging

Tools used for this project

Follow Up Boss
Provides the closing trigger via deal stage webhook and the client contact details used to personalise the request.
n8n
Orchestrates the entire flow from trigger to email to SMS follow-up, with the time delay and conditional logic built in.
Gmail
Sends the personalised review request email from your real address so it lands authentically in the client's inbox.
Twilio
Handles the SMS follow-up for clients who are more reachable by text than email.
Google Sheets
Logs every review request sent and tracks your review pipeline over time.
100%
Of closings trigger a review request without you having to remember
2x
Touch points per client, email and SMS, maximising review conversion
53
Reviews you lost. This system helps you rebuild that number systematically.
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Pipeline Visibility Dashboard

Project 03 — Know your numbers every week without digging into the CRM.

Why this is needed
In our conversation, you talked about not wanting slippage. You want to make sure that as your business gets busier, things do not start falling through the cracks. Right now, the only way to know the state of your pipeline is to log into Follow Up Boss and work through it manually. That takes time and mental energy. As you scale, you need a fast weekly view that tells you immediately where things stand without any digging. Are leads being followed up on time? Which sources are converting best? How many leads are sitting untouched for too long? A clean weekly dashboard answers all of these in one place, automatically, every Monday morning.
How the dashboard is built and populated
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Scheduled Pull
n8n pulls data from Follow Up Boss every Monday morning
I set up an n8n workflow on a weekly schedule. Every Monday morning it makes a series of API calls to Follow Up Boss, pulling your current lead data, pipeline stages, task completion records, and deal activity from the past seven days. This happens automatically with no action required from you.
n8n schedulerFUB REST API
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Processing
n8n processes and organises the data into meaningful metrics
Raw CRM data is not readable at a glance. n8n processes the data pull into organised metrics: how many leads came in this week by source, how many leads are at each pipeline stage, how many tasks were completed versus overdue, and how many leads have had zero contact in more than fourteen days. These are the numbers that actually tell you whether your foundation is holding.
n8nData processing logic
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Dashboard Update
Google Sheets updates automatically with the new week's numbers
The processed data writes into a Google Sheet I build and format specifically for your business. It is clean, readable, and structured so you can scan the whole thing in two minutes. You open it on a Monday morning, you know exactly where your business stands, and you can make decisions accordingly. No login to FUB required. No manual exports. No building pivot tables.
Google SheetsAppScript formattingn8n write back
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Alert
You get a summary email with the dashboard link every Monday
n8n sends you a brief summary email with the key headline numbers and a link to the full dashboard. Even if you do not open the sheet, the email gives you a quick pulse on your business at the start of every week.
Gmailn8n

What the dashboard tracks

Lead volume by source
How many leads came in from open houses, high funnel portal, and call-ins this week and this month.
Pipeline stage breakdown
How many leads are at each stage from new contact through to under contract and closed.
Follow-up consistency
Tasks completed on time versus overdue. Leads with no contact in more than 14 days flagged clearly.
Closings this month
Running count of closings for the month and year to date. Always know exactly where you stand.
Source conversion rate
Which lead source is producing the most closings so you can decide where to put your energy.
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El Paso Deal Tracker

Project 04 — A clean, lightweight system for your off-books pipeline.

Why this is needed
In our conversation you mentioned that you are still working two deals in El Paso, a new construction and a listing that just went live, and that you are managing them completely off the books with no CRM. You acknowledged it does not really fit into your Austin setup. These are real transactions with real deadlines and multiple parties involved. Managing them from memory or scattered notes while you are also ramping up your Austin business is a risk. A missed deadline, a forgotten task, or a miscommunication with a counterparty can cost you the deal or the relationship. This is a small, fast build that gives those deals the structure they deserve without adding any complexity to your main setup.
What the tracker does and how it works
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Setup
I build a structured Google Sheet specifically for your El Paso transactions
The sheet has a dedicated tab for each deal. Each tab captures the transaction stage, all parties and their contact details, every key date in the transaction timeline, outstanding tasks, and a notes section. It is clean and simple. Built in Google Sheets so you can access it from anywhere and share it with counterparties if needed.
Google SheetsAppScript
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Automation
AppScript sends you automated reminders 48 hours before every key date
I write a Google AppScript that runs daily and checks every key date in the tracker. When a date is 48 hours away, it sends you an email reminder with the deal name, the specific deadline, and any notes attached to that date. You do not need to check the sheet manually. The sheet checks itself and comes to you. Key dates covered include option period end, inspection deadlines, financing approval, title company deadlines, and closing date.
Google AppScriptGmailDaily trigger
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Ongoing
You update the tracker as deals progress and the reminders adjust accordingly
As dates shift or stages change, you update the sheet and the reminder system automatically adjusts. When a deal closes, you mark it closed and the reminders stop. Simple, low maintenance, and completely out of your way until it needs to flag something important for you.
Google SheetsAppScript

Tools used

Google Sheets
The central tracker. Clean, accessible from any device, shareable, and easy to update as deals evolve.
Google AppScript
The automation layer. Runs daily, checks key dates, and fires reminder emails automatically.
Gmail
Delivers the deadline reminders directly to your inbox 48 hours before every important date.