One Person AI Business You Can Start in Minutes
Chris Koerner builds a virtual staging business on screen, using AI to add furniture to empty room photos for about 7 cents each, then pitching real estate agents at $25 per photo.
The gist
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Koerner notes rivals charge $24 to $35 per photo; at $25, six photos per listing and 20 listings a month brings in $3,000.
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He says the smartest customers are real estate photographers, who already shoot about 50 listings a month, so selling one reaches many agents.
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He builds the staging app in Replit with a short, simple prompt and the Higgsfield API, and his first staged photo cost 7 cents.
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He has his AI agent Muse email 100 top-selling DFW agents, saying that mentioning you live locally raises close rates by 10 to 30%.
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Koerner warns staged photos must be labeled, as California's AB 723 requires, and you can add furniture but never fake renovations or fixtures.
Chris Koerner uses it
"It could be Codex on OpenAI, it could be Claude Code, it could be Replit. I like Replit, so this is how I'm going to build this little widget for myself. Go over to Replit, create new. This is my prompt."
▶ Play at 6:0211 creators recommend it, including Jason Lemkin, 20VC with Harry Stebbings, and Brandon Doyle.
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Chris Koerner uses it
"Let's pop on over to Muse, which has been my AI agent of choice here lately. Here's my prompt. Email 100 active and top-selling real estate agents about my photo staging service."
▶ Play at 9:0817 creators recommend it, including Claire Vo, Peter Yang, and Riley Brown.
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"It could be Codex on OpenAI, it could be Claude Code, it could be Replit. I like Replit, so this is how I'm going to build this little widget for myself. Go over to Replit, crea..."
"Let's pop on over to Muse, which has been my AI agent of choice here lately. Here's my prompt. Email 100 active and top-selling real estate agents about my photo staging service."
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