Email security for real estate & title.
A joint go-to-market pilot between Next-Gen-IT and Abode Labs establishing email authentication as the foundational entry point into brokerages and title companies across Austin and Central Texas.
Wire fraud is the defining risk in real estate — and email is the attack surface.
Real estate transactions are among the highest-value targets for business email compromise. A single spoofed email appearing to come from a trusted title officer or agent can redirect wire funds with no recovery path. The attack vector is almost always the email domain.
Most small-to-mid-size brokerages and title companies have no meaningful email authentication in place. Their domains can be spoofed by anyone. This is not theoretical risk; it is the active method used in wire fraud campaigns targeting clients today.
$446M
Lost to real estate wire fraud in 2023 alone, according to FBI IC3 reporting cited in the campaign brief.
72%
Of BEC attacks exploit spoofed or lookalike email domains, making authentication posture a board-level issue.
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Once a fraudulent wire is sent, the window to reverse it can close before a team even realizes what happened.
Next-Gen-IT is the connector neither Teleos nor Abode can replace.
Neither Teleos Title nor Abode Labs has an efficient last-mile channel into small realty teams. Next-Gen-IT is building exactly that, and the domain audit creates a warm, value-first entry point no cold pitch can match.
Teleos owns the transaction layer. Abode owns the operations layer. Next-Gen-IT can present both as one coherent offer: Teleos for closings, Abode for operations, and Next-Gen-IT keeping the domain locked against wire fraud.
Teleos Title
Referral and co-brand partner gaining warm agent relationships through the Next-Gen-IT audit channel.
Next-Gen-IT
Domain audit as entry engine, trusted advisor to small realty teams, and bridge between both platforms.
Abode Labs
Partner and market development path for AI workflow onboarding across the Texas real estate channel.
The acquisition flywheel: audit as engine, not product.
The domain audit is not the business. It is the warm entry point that creates credibility, surfaces real findings the client can immediately act on, and opens the door to remediation work, ongoing advisory, and platform introductions.
Free domain audit
Portal scan, branded PDF, real findings, zero friction, and no credentials required.
Exec sees value
Concrete DMARC gaps and spoofable-domain risk create immediate credibility.
Paid remediation
Authentication implementation, workflow hardening, and optional advisory retainer.
Partner revenue
Teleos referral fees, Abode implementation income, and shared economics fund more audits.
Four phases. 90 days to proof of concept.
Campaign setup & co-brand alignment
- Finalize how Next-Gen-IT and Abode Labs present together.
- Define pilot client profile and sourcing strategy.
- Run audit portal against 2–3 Austin realty domains for sample reports.
- Establish shared prospect tracking by stage, decision-maker, and outcome.
Warm outreach & audit delivery
- Surface 8–12 qualified prospects from the combined network.
- Lead outreach with the co-branded audit report.
- Conduct 20-minute findings walkthroughs.
- Convert 3–5 into paid remediation engagements.
Remediation engagements
- Implement SPF, DKIM, and DMARC through quarantine to reject.
- Audit MX records, subdomains, and BIMI readiness.
- Deliver wire fraud and phishing recognition briefing.
- Support ALTA Best Practices Pillar 3 documentation where applicable.
Pilot retrospective & scale plan
- Document qualified clients, objections, and closed opportunities.
- Capture testimonials and case study material.
- Refine outreach materials based on field response.
- Agree on referral terms, rev-share mechanics, and volume targets.
Ideal pilot clients have real risk, accessible decision-makers, and a clean upgrade path.
Prioritize warm relationships over cold volume. The strongest candidates are 3–20 person brokerages, title companies, or hybrid teams in Austin and Central Texas that use a custom email domain and conduct wire transfers in the course of business.
- 3–20 person team
- Brokerage, title, or hybrid
- Custom email domain
- Austin or adjacent markets
- Owner-operated or principal-accessible
- Wire fraud awareness or near miss
- Open to technology investment
- No strong existing MSP relationship
- ALTA member or Best Practices focus
- High-value residential or commercial closings
- Compliance officer with ALTA awareness
- Email domain used for closing communications
- Enterprise firm with dedicated security team
- Generic Yahoo/AOL-style email hosting
- No wire activity
- No credible warm intro path
Three tiers. One consistent client experience.
Audit only
Domain health audit report and findings walkthrough call. Free or sponsored as the value-first entry point.
Audit + implement
SPF, DKIM, DMARC deployment, subdomain lockdown, MX hardening, and Abode Labs intro eligibility.
Full advisory
Implementation, staff briefing, ALTA Pillar 3 documentation support, and ongoing advisory retainer.
Fixed-fee engagements. Shared economics on partner revenue.
$1,200–$1,800
Full email authentication deployment with a 50/50 milestone structure and roughly 6–10 hours of technical work.
$2,800–$4,500
Audit, implementation, staff briefing, ALTA support, and three-month advisory retainer.
$250–$450/mo
Monthly DMARC report review, tech stack advisory, and priority access after the remediation engagement.
Three decisions activate the pilot.
Agree on partnership structure
Define sourcing credit, implementation fee split, and Abode Labs introduction handling.
Identify 8–12 warm prospects
Prioritize title companies with ALTA Pillar 3 awareness and brokerages with wire fraud awareness.
Run 2–3 Austin domain audits
Start each outreach with evidence from the prospect's own domain instead of an abstract proposal.