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INDUSTRY / REAL ESTATE
The first agent to respond usually gets the listing.
A web lead arrives at 10 PM and the agent who calls back first wins the client, most of the time. Meanwhile, transaction files move buyer funds and personal information through email, and agents work off personal phones and inboxes that nobody secures. Cyber6 helps you respond to leads before anyone else does, keep transactions moving, and stop wire fraud from taking a buyer's closing funds.
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real estate agent checking a phone notification for a new web lead at night
Example
New lead, 10:42 PM
- 10:42 PMNew lead · Zillow · 3-bed in Maple Heights
- 10:43 PMThanks for your interest. I can show you this place Saturday. What time works?
- 10:51 PMSaturday at 11 would be great.
- 10:52 PMShowing booked · Saturday 11:00 AM
WE GET IT
We know what your week looks like
- 01
A lead comes in after hours
A buyer fills out a form on a listing at 10 PM. The agent sees it the next morning, by which point the buyer has already toured three homes with someone else's client.
- 02
The follow-up that never happens
A lead who isn't ready to buy today gets a single email, then nothing. Six months later they're under contract with another agent who kept in touch.
- 03
Transaction paperwork stalls the deal
A disclosure form is missing a signature, or a contingency deadline is two days away and nobody flagged it. The closing date starts to wobble.
- 04
The wire instructions that look right
A buyer gets an email that appears to be from the title company with new instructions for sending their down payment. It isn't from the title company.
- 05
Agents on personal phones and inboxes
Agents text and email clients from personal devices and accounts the brokerage doesn't manage, so nobody can secure them or prove what was sent if something goes wrong.
- 06
An open house sign-in sheet with everyone's information on it
Names, phone numbers, and emails from an open house end up on paper or in a spreadsheet with no real protection, sitting around long after the open house ends.
- 07
Referral leads that go stale
A referral from another agent or a past client sits in a notebook or a sticky note, not in any system that reminds anyone to follow up.
- 08
A brokerage that can't say what happened
When a deal falls apart or a client complains, there's no record of who said what, because everything happened over personal text and email.
THE IMPACT
What it's costing you
Listings and buyers lost to slow response
Real estate leads go cold fast. An agent who responds in five minutes has a real advantage over one who responds the next day.
Deals that fall through on paperwork
A missed deadline or an unsigned form can cost a transaction entirely, along with the commission and the referral relationship behind it.
A buyer's down payment, gone
Wire fraud at closing can redirect a buyer's funds to a criminal account. It is very hard to recover and can end the transaction.
A brokerage's reputation
A client who loses money to wire fraud during a transaction associates the loss with your brokerage, even when the fraud came from outside it.
Agent time spent chasing instead of showing
Hours spent tracking down signatures and following up on cold leads by hand are hours not spent with buyers and sellers.
COMPLIANCE
Rules you have to follow
State Recordkeeping and Licensing Requirements
- What it is
- State real estate commission rules requiring brokerages to retain transaction records and supervise licensed agents.
- Who it applies to
- Brokerages and the agents licensed under them.
- What it expects of you
- Retention of transaction files for a set period, supervision of agent communications and disclosures, and accurate recordkeeping.
- How Cyber6 helps
- We help centralize agent communications and transaction files so records exist and are retrievable when your state or a client asks for them.
Wire Fraud Risk at Closing
- What it is
- Not a single law, but a well-documented pattern the FBI and title industry both warn about: criminals impersonating title companies to redirect buyer funds.
- Who it applies to
- Every brokerage handling transactions where buyers wire closing funds.
- What it expects of you
- No specific regulatory requirement, but growing expectation from title companies, lenders, and clients that brokerages warn buyers and verify wire instructions.
- How Cyber6 helps
- We put a wire verification process in place and give agents client-facing materials that explain the risk in plain language.
This is general information, not legal advice.
THE FIX
How Cyber6 helps
AUTOMATE
Fill the gaps automatically
- Get found
The right customers find you on Google, AI search, and social, in your own voice.
- Get customers
Every call, text, form, and quote turns into booked work.
Lead-to-listing and speed-to-lead
Every lead gets an immediate response with a way to schedule a showing, day or night, routed straight to the right agent.
Nurture for leads who aren't ready yet
Leads get ongoing, relevant follow-up over weeks or months, with alerts to the agent when a lead shows renewed interest.
- Serve customers
Customers hear from you at the right time, without your team chasing them.
- Get paid
Money you've already earned comes in sooner, without awkward phone calls.
- Run the business
Less retyping and waiting, more time for the work that matters.
Speed-to-close
Outstanding documents and deadlines are tracked automatically, with reminders to agents, clients, and other parties before anything slips.
PROTECT
Protect what you're trusted with
- 01
A required wire verification process
We put a callback step in place for any wiring instructions on a transaction, using a phone number from a source other than the email itself, before any funds move.
What this means for you: A spoofed email asking a buyer to send funds to a new account gets caught before money moves.
- 02
MFA on agent email and transaction systems
Agents log into email and transaction management tools with , not just a password.
What this means for you: A stolen password isn't enough to get into a client's transaction file.
- 03
Email security for spoofed title and lender messages
We filter for lookalike sender domains and flag messages introducing new wire or payment details, right at the closing stages where fraud concentrates.
What this means for you: The fake title company email gets caught before a buyer acts on it.
- 04
Secure transaction files instead of scattered email threads
We centralize disclosures, contracts, and buyer information in a system built to hold them, rather than a chain of forwarded email attachments.
What this means for you: Transaction records are complete and retrievable, not scattered across ten inboxes.
- 05
Managed accounts instead of personal phones and inboxes
Agents get brokerage-managed email and messaging so client communication is protected and recoverable, without asking agents to give up mobile convenience.
What this means for you: If an agent leaves or a device is lost, client communication isn't lost with it.
EMPOWER
Train the people doing the work
Agents and brokers
Agent security training
Short, regular sessions on phishing, spoofed title and lender emails, and safe handling of client personal and financial information.
Buyers and sellers, delivered by your agents
Client wire-fraud education
Simple materials agents send every client explaining how wire fraud at closing works and how to verify instructions before sending funds.
Agents and marketing staff
Safe AI use for listings and client communication
What client information can and can't go into AI tools, and how to use them for drafting listings and follow-up without exposing personal data.
A DAY WITH CYBER6
A day in your brokerage with Cyber6
7:15 AMAUTOMATE
A lead that came in at midnight already booked a showing for the weekend, no agent had to be awake for it.
11:00 AMPROTECT
An email claiming to be from a title company with revised wire instructions is flagged and held for phone verification.
2:30 PMEMPOWER
A buyer calls their agent to confirm wire instructions before sending funds, because the wire-fraud email you sent reminded them to check.
4:45 PMAUTOMATE
The system flags a contingency deadline two days out on a file nobody had looked at since Monday.
YOUR TOOLS
Systems we commonly see
- Follow Up Boss
- BoldTrail (kvCORE)
- dotloop
- SkySlope
We work alongside the systems you already use. We'll confirm what connects during your assessment.
QUESTIONS
Questions from real estate
The automatic first response goes out within a minute or two, any hour. A personal follow-up from an agent comes as soon as one is available after that.
Yes. We work alongside these systems and confirm exactly what connects during the assessment.
Messages are written in a natural, agent-approved voice, and any reply goes straight to the assigned agent.
It adds a short phone call before funds move, not a delay to the closing date itself.
Yes. We can secure communication without requiring agents to give up the devices they already use day to day.
Yes. We can work alongside your current provider on security and automation, or take over fully, and we'll coordinate so nothing falls through.
Nothing. It's a free review of your lead response time and transaction security, with a written summary of what to fix first.
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WHO WE'VE WORKED WITH
- A statewide cybersecurity assessment program
- Credit unions
- A water and wastewater utility
- Housing organizations
- Nonprofits and churches
- Small businesses
- A health and wellness startup
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One partner for all three.
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WHY CYBER6
Why businesses choose Cyber6.
One partner, not three vendors
The people automating your work also run and protect your IT and train your team, so nothing falls between companies.
Plain language and real people
You talk to people who explain things clearly, answer the phone, and tell you what they'd do in your place.
Measured against your own numbers
We record where you start before anything changes, then report results against that baseline.
Marquis Carroll, Founder & CEO. Marquis has spent years doing hands-on IT and security work through his own business, and runs a mentorship program that has helped people start careers in tech.
Our storyGETTING STARTED
Four steps from first call to results.
Explore
A relaxed 30-minute conversation about how your business runs and what's getting in the way. No cost, no pressure.
You get: honest answers on whether we can help.
Assess
We look at your systems, security, manual work, and training needs, and record your starting numbers.
You get: a plain-English picture of your risks and opportunities.
Set up
A prioritized plan and proposal, then a kickoff that introduces your team and sets up access safely.
You get: a shared timeline and who to call for what.
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We roll out in phases, train your team, and walk you through your first results.
You get: your first plain-English report, measured with PROVE.
Let's look at your pipeline together.
A 30-minute call. No cost, no pressure, and honest answers.