Revive Expired Real Estate Listings with OpenAI and Gmail Follow-ups

This n8n workflow automates the process of identifying expired real estate listings, generating compelling follow-up emails using OpenAI, and sending those emails via Gmail. It helps real estate agents efficiently re-engage with potential clients whose listings have lapsed.

What it does

This workflow simplifies and automates the following steps:

1. Triggers on a schedule: The workflow is designed to run automatically at predefined intervals.
2. Reads data from Google Sheets: It fetches a list of real estate listings, likely including their status and contact information, from a specified Google Sheet.
3. Filters listings: It applies a conditional check to identify listings that meet specific criteria (e.g., "expired" or "lapsed").
4. Generates follow-up email content with OpenAI: For each filtered listing, it uses OpenAI to craft a personalized and persuasive email message aimed at reviving the listing.
5. Sends follow-up emails via Gmail: The generated email content is then sent to the listing owner using Gmail.

Prerequisites/Requirements

To use this workflow, you will need:

• n8n Instance: A running n8n instance.
• Google Sheets Account: A Google account with access to Google Sheets where your real estate listing data is stored.
• Gmail Account: A Google account with access to Gmail for sending follow-up emails.
• OpenAI API Key: An OpenAI API key with access to their language models for generating email content.

Setup/Usage

1. Import the workflow: Download the provided JSON and import it into your n8n instance.
2. Configure Credentials:
   • Google Sheets: Set up a Google Sheets credential. Ensure it has access to the spreadsheet containing your listing data.
   • Gmail: Set up a Gmail credential.
   • OpenAI: Set up an OpenAI credential with your API key.
3. Configure Google Sheets Node:
   • Specify the Spreadsheet ID and Sheet Name where your real estate listing data resides.
   • Ensure the data includes columns for listing status (e.g., "Status"), contact email (e.g., "Email"), and any other relevant details for the OpenAI prompt (e.g., "Address", "Listing Description").
4. Configure If Node:
   • Adjust the conditions in the "If" node to accurately identify expired or lapsed listings based on your Google Sheet data (e.g., {{ $json.Status === 'Expired' }}).
5. Configure OpenAI Node:
   • Customize the prompt to guide OpenAI in generating effective follow-up emails. You can reference data from the Google Sheets node (e.g., Write a compelling email to {{ $json.ContactName }} about their expired listing at {{ $json.Address }} to encourage them to relist.).
6. Configure Gmail Node:
   • Map the recipient email address from your Google Sheet data (e.g., {{ $json.Email }}).
   • Map the subject and body of the email to the output of the OpenAI node.
7. Configure Schedule Trigger:
   • Set the desired interval for the workflow to run (e.g., daily, weekly).
8. Activate the workflow: Once configured, activate the workflow to start automating your expired listing follow-ups.