THE ARTIFACT

For $1,250, you get this.

A written audit report: every hour-eater in your operation named, timed, priced, and ranked. Credited in full toward any build.

$1,250

  • Flat fee: no hourly meter
  • Two weeks: start to written report
  • Credited in full toward any build we scope
  • Honest verdicts, including "keep human"

TALOS PROPERTY

WORKFLOW AUDIT · SAMPLE

REF · TP-2026-014

BROKERAGE · 6 AGENTS, PLANO TX

Findings: where the hours go

Zillow & site leads re-typed into CRMdone nightly, by whoever remembers

6.0 HRS/WK

AUTOMATE

Follow-up cadence tracked in a notes app34% of week-old leads never re-contacted

5.0 HRS/WK

AUTOMATE

Transaction docs chased over text7 apps involved between contract and close

4.0 HRS/WK

AUTOMATE

Comp reports assembled by handrebuilt for every listing appointment

3.0 HRS/WK

PARTIAL

Listing photos & showing feedback callsrelationship work, worth a human's time

2.5 HRS/WK

KEEP HUMAN

RECOVERABLE WITH AUTOMATION

15 hrs / week

EVERY FINDING NAMES THE SYSTEM, THE TRIGGER, AND THE ESTIMATED BUILD. SAMPLE FIGURES, REPLACED BY YOURS.

WHAT 15 HOURS A WEEK IS WORTH

From hours to dollars.

Those 15 recoverable hours, followed for a year at a $55/hr loaded admin rate. By month twelve they're worth ≈ $41,250 — paid in your own hours if nothing changes.

$0 $15k $30k $45k MO 1 MO 12 READING THE AUDIT… ≈ $41,250 / YR
$41,250
Sample audit figures: 15 hrs/wk × 50 working weeks × $55/hr. A Guardian year one costs $22,900 all-in vs $48,000+ for the same hire as an employee. The audit replaces every estimate with your real numbers.

THE DELIVERABLES

What an audit includes.

Five deliverables, one written report.

01

Lead flow & follow-up review

Every response time mapped and every dropped lead counted.

02

Client & transaction review

CRM hygiene scored and every active file tallied.

03

Operational inefficiencies

Every manual step timed and priced against your hourly rate.

04

Process mapping

Your whole lead-to-close flow, drawn on a single page.

05

Implementation roadmap

Every finding ranked by hours returned per dollar spent.

EXAMPLE FINDINGS · ANONYMIZED

What an audit actually turns up.

A composite of what a typical solo-agent report surfaces. Every line is timed, priced against your hourly rate, and ranked — so you see exactly where the hours are going before you spend a dollar automating anything.

6.0 hrs/wk

Leads re-keyed into the CRM

Portal and site leads typed in by hand, nightly, by whoever remembers. Verdict: automate.

5.0 hrs/wk

Follow-up that runs on memory

A third of week-old leads never re-contacted at all. Verdict: automate.

4.0 hrs/wk

Transaction docs chased by hand

Seven apps between contract and close, every one nudged over text. Verdict: automate.

3.0 hrs/wk

Comp reports rebuilt weekly

Assembled fresh by hand for every listing appointment. Verdict: partial.

2.5 hrs/wk

Showing feedback & check-in calls

Relationship work worth a human's time and voice. Verdict: keep human.

15 hrs/wk

Recoverable with automation

The three "automate" lines above, handed back every week — ranked by hours returned per dollar.

A COMPOSITE, NOT A REAL CLIENT · YOUR REPORT REPLACES EVERY FIGURE WITH YOUR ACTUAL NUMBERS · WANT THE 90-SECOND VERSION? THE ROI CALCULATOR IS ON THE HOME PAGE

Two weeks. One report.

$1,250 flat, credited in full toward any build. You keep the findings whoever you hire. If nothing's worth automating, the report says so.