Question 1

What does an AI workflow audit actually produce?

Accepted Answer

A written assessment of how your team works today, a scored list of where AI meaningfully helps and where it does not, specific tool recommendations for your stack, and a 90-day implementation roadmap. We then walk your team through it in a working session. If you engage us for implementation, we configure the tools and build the templates and prompt libraries around your own documents.

Question 2

How much does it cost?

Accepted Answer

Engagements are scoped and quoted individually, because the work depends on the size of your team and how many workflows are in play. We quote a fixed fee after a short scoping call — no hourly billing and no open-ended retainer. Reach out and we will tell you quickly whether this is worth doing for you.

Question 3

How long does it take?

Accepted Answer

The audit typically runs two to three weeks from kickoff to the working session. Implementation depends on scope; most teams see their first workflows running within the following month.

Question 4

Why FOCAL and not an AI consultant?

Accepted Answer

Because the hard part is not the technology, it is knowing which parts of a development or investment workflow can safely be automated and which still require judgment. We are a real estate firm that underwrites deals, manages entitlements, and oversees construction — and we run these tools inside our own practice every day. Generic AI consultants do not know what a draw package or an entitlement condition is.

Question 5

Will this replace people on my team?

Accepted Answer

That is not what we are selling. The gains we see are in compressing data-gathering and first-pass analysis — document review, market research, drafting — so your team spends its time on judgment, relationships, and negotiation. We are explicit about where AI does not work yet, and we will tell you when the honest answer is to leave a process alone.