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Cornerstone REI / System study

2021Recorded work

Seller intake, pipeline stages and follow-up design

Define how prospect lists, inbound replies, missing property information and follow-ups should move through a seller-acquisition pipeline.

Noah’s contribution
Process analysis, workflow architecture and team handover
Historical stage
Workflow architecture and requirements clarification
Part of the business
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Tools and design context
  • Lucidchart
  • Pipedrive planning
  • Google Forms / Sheets planning
  • Outreach and scheduling design

01 / Workflow

The records.
The transitions.

  1. Target area brief
    Capture the area and sourcing criteria for the lead-generation team.
  2. Prospect list
    Keep bulk lead research separate from individual active CRM opportunities.
  3. Seller contact
    Distinguish outreach attempts from an actual response or conversation.
  4. Property information
    Collect the missing seller and property details through a structured intake.
  5. Follow-up horizon
    Separate immediate next actions from longer-term seller follow-ups.
  6. Walkthrough scheduling
    Define the transition to tour scheduling, preparation and reminders.

02 / Implementation detail

Model the business stages before the tools

The client’s charts mixed lead sourcing, attempted contact, seller responses and later property work. Noah reconstructed those flows in Lucidchart and clarified what each stage was intended to mean. A contact attempt should not imply that the seller has replied, and each transition needs an observable event.

The proposed model separates a bulk research list from the individual records used to manage active conversations. Google Forms, Sheets and Pipedrive were considered as parts of that design, rather than presented as a completed deployment.

03 / Implementation detail

Keep future sellers from obscuring today’s work

A request to call tomorrow and a seller who may move much later need different operating treatment. The proposed workflow separates short-term and long-term follow-up so near-term actions remain visible.

Intake, response routing and follow-up dates were mapped alongside the collection of missing property information. How lead value should determine contact strategy remained a question for the client, rather than an established scoring system.

04 / Implementation detail

Make the scheduling handoff explicit

The charts define a transition from a qualified conversation to a property video walkthrough, with preparation information and reminders considered around the appointment. Noah also questioned which reminders or activity records the CRM might already provide.

This was a design review intended to resolve ambiguity before building. It supports real estate process familiarity and CRM architecture, without implying campaign results or a live appointment workflow.

Project scope

What this example demonstrates.

The assignment covered process design and requirements clarification, including CRM architecture, follow-up rules, due-diligence handoffs and colleague coaching in Lucidchart. It remained at the planning stage while lead-priority rules and client decisions were being finalized.

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