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AI automation consulting for small businesses.

We map how work actually flows through your business, automate the repetitive parts with AI, and measure the hours you get back. Based in Satellite Beach on Florida’s Space Coast, working with Melbourne and Brevard County businesses in person, and clients nationwide remotely.

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The problem we solve

In most small businesses, the owner and the best people spend hours every week on work a machine should do: re-typing data between systems, chasing quotes that never got a follow-up, writing the same email for the tenth time, assembling reports by hand. That time is your most expensive resource, and it’s being spent on the least valuable work. AI finally makes automating it affordable for businesses without an IT department.

Automation work fails when it starts with the tool. The order that works runs the other way: map how the work actually moves today, find the step where time and clarity are lost, then decide whether software belongs there at all. A good share of what looks like an automation problem is a process problem, and a process fix costs nothing to run. Del Val Investment Group is vendor-neutral by default, so a spreadsheet or a tool that already works stays in place rather than being replaced to justify a larger invoice. Engagements begin with a fixed-price audit that ends in a written, prioritized plan, and the audit fee credits toward the implementation if you decide to go ahead. What gets automated is measured afterward in hours returned to the business, not in the number of systems connected. Work is delivered remotely by default, in person when being nearby genuinely helps.

What’s included

Workflow audit & automation plan

We sit with your team (in person or on a call), document how leads, jobs, invoices, and documents actually move through the business, and rank every automation opportunity by payback. You get a clear roadmap, even if you never hire us to build it.

Lead capture & follow-up automation

Missed-call text-back, instant quote follow-up sequences, lead qualification and routing into your CRM, so inquiries get a response in minutes, not days, without anyone lifting a finger.

Back-office & document automation

Invoice chasing, report assembly, document parsing and summarization, data entry between systems. The Multifamily Deal Analyzer Pro, which parses broker documents and builds investor-ready analysis automatically, is this discipline productized.

Measurement & ongoing care

Every automation ships with a simple before/after measure: hours saved, response time, revenue recovered. Ongoing care keeps the automations healthy as your tools and team change.

How it works

Audit

A short workflow audit maps where the hours go and which automations pay back fastest. Fixed scope, plain-language findings.

Automate

We build the one or two highest-payback automations first, test them with your team, and connect them to the tools you already use.

Measure & expand

We measure hours saved and results won, then expand to the next workflow only when the last one has proven itself.

Transparent pricing

Education

AI Education & Configuration Review

A live working session. We set up your tools, train your team, and leave you a written summary of what was configured and what to do next.

$200/hr · $500 per 4-hour block

Assessment

Audit Lite

A current-state map of one workflow, the findings, and a prioritized plan you can act on with your own team. The fee credits toward an implementation.

$1,000

Assessment

Full Audit

An operations audit, a written proposal, and a roadmap covering how you win customers, what each one is worth, and what it costs to serve them. The fee credits toward an implementation.

$3,500

Project

Implementation

Fixed scope, priced before work begins. Automation, dashboards, integrations, or software: whatever the audit showed was worth doing.

$2,500 – $10,000

Retainer

Monitoring, fixes, and a monthly improvement cycle. Priced by complexity and volume.

$2,500 – $5,000 / month

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Who it’s for

Owner-operated service businesses (home services, contractors, professional services, healthcare practices), and multifamily real estate operators who are drowning in repetitive admin. If your team is bigger than your systems, we can help. Need software built rather than connected? See custom software development. Want to get found by customers first? Start with SEO, AEO & GEO services. Active multifamily operator unsure where the bottleneck is? Start with the Multifamily Deal Flow & Operations Audit.

Frequently asked questions

What can AI automation actually do for a small business?

AI automation handles the repetitive work that eats your team's day: answering and routing inbound leads, following up on quotes, chasing invoices, summarizing documents, drafting reports, and moving data between systems that don't talk to each other. The goal isn't replacing people. It's giving hours back to the people you already have. See the five workflows every small business should automate first.

How much does AI automation consulting cost?

Our pricing is published: a workflow audit starts at $1,000 fixed scope, implementation projects run $2,500 – $10,000 fixed scope depending on size, and an ongoing Retainer runs $2,500 – $5,000 / month. The audit fee credits toward your implementation. No open-ended hourly billing, so you always know the price before work begins.

Will AI automation replace my employees?

No. In a small business, automation almost always removes tasks, not jobs. The owner stops doing invoices at 9pm, the office manager stops re-typing the same data into three systems, and the team spends more time on customers. We wrote an honest take on this: Will AI replace me?

Do I need to replace my existing software to use AI automation?

Usually not. Most automations connect the tools you already use (your CRM, email, accounting software, spreadsheets, and phone system) rather than replacing them. If a tool genuinely is the bottleneck, we'll say so and show you the options before anything changes.

How long does an AI automation project take?

Most first projects ship in two to four weeks. We start with a workflow audit (about a week), pick the one or two automations with the highest payback, build and test them with your team, and then measure the hours saved before recommending anything else.

Do you only work with businesses near Melbourne, FL?

No. We're based in Satellite Beach on Florida's Space Coast and meet Brevard County businesses in person, but most of our automation work is delivered remotely for clients across the United States.

Find out what automation would save you.

Tell us about your business and the workflow that wastes the most time. We’ll tell you honestly whether automation will pay for itself, and show you the math.

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