Spurned real estate star plans late career revival powered by AI

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• Commercial real estate sales star says data from his 40-year career is key to unlocking the power of AI.
• Bob Knakal has sold $22 billion of property, making him one of America's most successful brokers.
• He says he was fired by property giant JLL in February 2024. Now, he plans a career revival.

Bob Knakal climbed to the top of the commercial real estate sales business by focusing not on billion-dollar Manhattan skyscrapers, but on...