Revive expired real estate listings with OpenAI and Gmail follow-ups

How it works

1. This automation helps revive expired property listings by:
2. Reading listing data from a Google Sheet that tracks all properties.
3. Filtering listings where the last_activity date is older than 30 days.
4. Generating a personalized email using OpenAI (GPT-4) to re-engage the owner.
5. Sending the email to the property owner using Gmail or SMTP.
6. (Optional): Updating the listing's status to followed_up in the Sheet once the email is sent.
7. This workflow ensures no opportunity is missed by proactively reactivating cold leads.

Set Up Steps

1. Prepare your Google Sheet

   • Create a Google Sheet with these columns:
     • title, owner_name, email, property_type, location, last_activity
   • Fill in sample data for testing.

2. Connect Google Sheets in n8n

   • Add a Google Sheets node.
   • Use the "Read Rows" operation to load the listing data.

3. Filter listings inactive for 30+ days

   • Use a Set node to convert last_activity to a Date.
   • Add an IF node or Code node to check if the listing is older than 30 days.

4. Generate email content with OpenAI

   • Add an OpenAI node.
   • Use dynamic input (e.g. owner name, property type) to create a follow-up message.

5. Send the email

   • Add a Gmail node or SMTP node to send the email to the property owner.

6. (Optional) Update status

   • Use a Google Sheets "Update Row" node to change the listing's status to followed_up.

7. Test the full workflow

   • Manually trigger the workflow or schedule it to run daily/weekly.