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NEFAR President Kim Knapp: 2026 Playbook for Florida Realtors | AI, Contracts & Leadership

20 February 2026 57:56 Tracy Hayes

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If you had to prove your value to every buyer before showing a single home, what would you change first in your process?

In this episode of the Real Estate Excellence Podcast, Tracy Hayes sits down with Kim Knapp. Kim shares her vision for leading the Northeast Florida Association of Realtors in 2025 with a focus on doing it right and keeping it real. She talks about building stronger volunteer leadership systems, reconnecting members through local councils and training, and pulling top producers closer with a Top Five Forum featuring an NAR economist and business coaching.

The conversation shifts into the post settlement reality and the mindset agents need to win with buyer agreements, then goes deep on practical AI use in real estate from business ops to marketing and search friendly listing content. Kim also highlights common ethics and contract pitfalls, why agents must stop acting like attorneys, and how quarterly planning and a simple passion plan can turn big goals into real execution.

Pick one idea from the chapters below and implement it in the next 7 days, then share this episode with one agent who keeps saying the market has changed but has not changed their process.

Highlights

00:00 Leading with do it right keep it real

09:27 Member value and stronger local connection

18:03 Buyer agreements and the new normal

20:00 AI for real estate speed and marketing

33:07 Ethics compliance and contract pitfalls

41:43 Execution planning and long term growth

Quotes:

"If you can think it ask it." – Kim Knapp

"Anybody can be average without trying." – Kim Knapp

"Tell it exactly what you want and itll guide you through it." – Kim Knapp

"I love real estate people and Im glad to be on the in the tribe." – Kim Knapp

To contact Kim Knapp, learn more about her business, and make her a part of your network, make sure to follow her Website, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

Connect with Kim Knapp!

Website: https://www.realdynamicagents.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimknappjax/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1kimknapp/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CoachKimKnapp

Connect with me! Website: toprealtorjacksonville.com

Website: toprealtorstaugustine.com

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