AI for Land Acquisition: 5 Key Takeaways from the Acres Intelligence Webinar

In a recent webinar, Acres' Founder and CEO Carter Malloy and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Aaron Shew introduced Acres Intelligence, the first AI agent purpose-built for land teams. Acres Intelligence works alongside land teams, handling site selection, market dashboards, zoning research, competitive intelligence, and quick feasibility checks.

Here are the biggest takeaways from the webinar:

1. AI is Only as Good as the Data Behind It

"If you add AI to bad data, bad data is going to win. AI can only know what is actually in the data. So if it's incorrect or inaccurate or out of date, then that's going to be what feeds into your analysis." — Aaron Shew

Takeaway: Acres Intelligence is built on the most extensive, recent, and reliable land data available, including information for 150+ million parcels nationwide, with zoning and permits, risk and environmental layers, ownership records, market indices, and more. Without that foundation, even the most sophisticated AI is just guessing.

2. Get Complete Zoning Reports in Seconds

"We're not just talking about setback and height limits and parking, but also the overlays and the source citations and all the other laddering for city, county, state, even federal code so that nothing slips through the cracks and you're not surprised later on after doing the initial land development diligence." — Carter Malloy

Takeaway: Acres Intelligence can assemble a complete zoning report in seconds, laddering city, county, state, and federal codes, sources and citations, environmental constraints, opportunity zones, topographical considerations, and other site-specific zoning factors that could shape development—giving your team the confidence to move on a deal or walk away early.

3. Generating Live, Interactive Market Dashboards

"Market intelligence is very fragmented. Folks pay for stale reports. They make tons of calls. You build dashboards in Excel and that stuff goes out of date pretty quickly. What Acres Intelligence is doing is helping you build live interactive dashboards on demand, pulling from our current data sets and transaction data that are consistently updated." — Carter Malloy

Takeaway: Acres Intelligence can generate live dashboards your team builds on demand, pulled from continuously updated Acres data—including the Home Builder Index, Data Center Index, building permits, new listings, price trends, and more. The dashboards are interactive and customizable, so your team can underwrite, prioritize, and pivot strategy with a current view of the market.

4. See Your Competitors' Full Footprint

"Competitive intel has always been an information asymmetry problem for teams, where especially the biggest teams out there with tons of analysts are going to have better data. Well, Acres Intelligence pairs our LLC unmasking with the agents here so that any team can see a competitor's full owned footprint and announced locations both, and monitor what's going on there." — Carter Malloy

Takeaway: Acres Intelligence works with Acres’ powerful indices providing LLC unmasking, so any team can pull a competitor's full owned footprint and announced locations. Because it draws on the breadth of Acres datasets, the output isn't just a list of holdings, but a market overview that surfaces both where competitors are concentrated and where they've left gaps your team could move into.

5. Save Your Team Time and Capital with Acres Intelligence

"Acres Intelligence is here to help you summarize these data sets in seconds and minutes rather than days and weeks and get the delays out of your way. So you can get to focusing on the deals that are worth pursuing." — Carter Malloy

Takeaway: Acres Intelligence is built to take the most expensive and time-consuming parts of the diligence process off your team's plate. Teams preserve thousands on third-party diligence and reporting per deal evaluated and summarize thousands of datasets in seconds. Weeks of manual work no longer have to hold up multi-million-dollar projects, freeing your team to focus time and resources on the opportunities worth pursuing. This doesn't replace the real work. What it does is compress the path to a clear go/no-go so your team's time and capital are reserved for the deals that are actually worth pursuing.

Acres Intelligence is the competitive edge for your land team.

The question isn't whether AI belongs in land acquisition—it's whether your team has it yet. Book a demo today to see what Acres Intelligence can do for your team.

We're quickly improving how Acres supports AI. Acres Intelligence will eventually be a usage-based paid feature, but is currently available for free during the beta period for eligible Enterprise accounts.