About Me
I am Dr. Cayman Seagraves, Assistant Professor of Real Estate and Finance in the Department of Finance at Florida Atlantic University's College of Business and a Fellow of the Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise. My research examines the intersection of corporate finance, real estate investment, and artificial intelligence, producing evidence for academics, investors, and decision-makers.
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Research that connects scholarly rigor with market practice.
I study how corporate finance, real estate, and artificial intelligence shape markets, portfolios, and decision-making, then translate that work into workshops, media commentary, and applied platforms.
I am Assistant Professor of Real Estate and Finance at Florida Atlantic University. Recent peer-reviewed work appears in the Financial Review, the Journal of Real Estate Research, the Journal of Law and Economics, and the Journal of Portfolio Management.
In the classroom, I teach finance and real estate through case studies, discounted cash flow modeling in Excel, site tours, and live property analyses, connecting theory with the judgment required in practice.
This public portfolio brings together peer-reviewed research, working papers, teaching, and professional activity. Use the publication pages for paper-level descriptions and source links, and the curriculum vitae for the complete academic record.
The Agentic Frontier: Artificial Intelligence in Commercial Real Estate
Maps where AI is used in commercial real estate, and where high-importance work still sits at the agentic frontier.
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Fields of Specialization
Empirical Corporate Finance
Political Economy of Finance
Real Estate Finance
Artificial Intelligence
AI Agents
Books
The AI Decision Stack: A Field Guide for Finance and Real Estate
Cayman Seagraves and C. Stace Sirmans · Kindle edition, 2026
A field guide for applying AI decision systems in finance and real estate.
Working Papers
"The Price of Intelligence: A Hedonic Index for AI Capability" (with C. Stace Sirmans)
"Talk is Cheap, Talent is Expensive: Pricing AI Adoption in Public Real Estate" (with C. Stace Sirmans)
"REIT Factors" (with Mariya Letdin and C. Stace Sirmans)Revise & Resubmit · Real Estate Economics
"Commercial Real Estate AI Text-Evaluation (CREATE): News-Based Signals for Predicting REIT Returns" (with Ryan G. Chacon, Pratik Kothari, and Thibaut G. Morillon)Revise & Resubmit · Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Conferences:MIT Symposium on Technology & Real Estate 2025
"AI in Residential Real Estate: Efficiency Gains and Equity Gaps" (with Michael J. Seiler and C. Stace Sirmans)Revise & Resubmit · Journal of Real Estate Research
"Token Leverage: A Framework for AI Inside the Firm" (with C. Stace Sirmans)
Under Review, Management Science.
"AI Exposure and Housing Markets" (with C. Stace Sirmans)
Under Review, Journal of Urban Economics.
"Agency Cost of Choosing Green" (with Mariya Letdin, Chongyu Wang, and Tingyu Zhou)
"Evidence-Based AI for Finance and Real Estate: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)" (with C. Stace Sirmans)
Conferences:Corresponding website for Corbis: corbis.ai
"Why Firms Go Dark: Evidence from Leaked Covert Political Ties" (with Omrane Guedhami, April Knill, and Baixiao Liu)
"Now You See Me: Broadband Internet and Corporate Goodness" (with Todd Gormley and Hosein Maleki)
"Attention Allocation and Price Discovery" (with Hosein Maleki and Darius Palia)
"Artificially Biased Intelligence: Does AI Think Like a Human Investor?" (with Javad Keshavarz and C. Stace Sirmans)
"Institutional Ownership and Investment Activity of Firms: An Examination of Real Estate Investment Trusts" (with Prashant Das, Frank Gyamfi-Yeboah, and Philip Seagraves)
"After the Storm: Reallocation in Commercial Real Estate" (with Meagan McCollum and Jason Walter)
"Labor Reallocation and Employee Evaluations: The Gendered Impact of Care Economy and Schooling Modes" (with Meagan McCollum, Eric Olson, and Jason Walter)
Under Review.
"The Impact of ASC 842 on REITs" (with Philip Seagraves and Nottely Seagraves)
Works in progress
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Academic Appointments
Florida Atlantic UniversityAugust 2026 - Present
Department of Finance, College of Business
Assistant Professor of Real Estate and Finance
American Real Estate SocietyMarch 2026 - Present
Future Leaders of the American Real Estate Society (FLARES)
Vice-Chair
Blended TeachingApril 2025 - Present
Real Estate Chair
Professional Service
Referee
Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Real Estate Research, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, American Journal of Business
Editorial
Junior Editor, Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education
Committee
Data Availability Committee, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) (2025 - Present)
Education
Florida State UniversityMay 2023
Ph.D., Finance
Dissertation: Exploring the Dark Side of Corporate Political Connections.
B.B.A., Finance and Real Estate
Buchanan Fellow; magna cum laude.
Employment
Agentic Assets, LLC2025 - Present
Co-founder
Ole South HomesJanuary 2017 - June 2018
New Home Sales Professional
Raider RealtyOctober 2015 - June 2018
Broker
Teaching Experience
Grants & Awards
- Mayo Teaching Excellence Award (2026)
Collins College of Business, University of Tulsa - Nominee
- Research Grant: Harvard Bloomberg Center for Cities (2026)
Harvard Bloomberg Center for Cities - "AI-Powered Analysis of Blighted Housing in Tulsa"
- Research Grant: Glenn Mueller Real Estate Cycle and Sustainability Fund (2025)
Daniels College of Business, University of Denver - $17,500 for "Commercial Real Estate AI Text-Evaluation (CREATE): News-Based Signals for Predicting REIT Returns"
- Real Estate Investment Trusts Award (2025)
American Real Estate Society Conference - For 'REIT Factors' (sponsored by Nareit)
- Best Research Paper in Real Estate Award (2024)
India Management Research Conference 2024: IIM Ahmedabad - For 'The Impact of ASC 842 on REITs'
- Best Paper Award (2024)
AfriMed Finance Society Conference, University of Cagliari - For 'Now You See Me: Broadband Internet and Corporate Goodness'
- Corporate Real Estate Award (2024)
American Real Estate Society Conference - For 'Agency Cost of Choosing Green'
- Real Estate Education Award (2024)
American Real Estate Society Conference - For 'Revolutionizing Real Estate Education: Integrating AI and LLMs into Undergraduate Curriculum'
- Research Travel Grant (2024)
CREDA Real Estate Research Symposium, UNC Kenan-Flagler - 'After the Storm: Reallocation in Commercial Real Estate'
- Research Incentive Award (2024)
Collins College of Business, University of Tulsa
- Faculty Spotlight Award (2024)
Collins College of Business, University of Tulsa
- Faculty Spotlight Award (2023)
Collins College of Business, University of Tulsa
- Research Travel Grant (2023)
American Real Estate Society - American Real Estate Society Conference
- Research Travel Grant (2022)
Real Estate Research Institute - Real Estate Research Institute
- SSRN Top Ten List (2021)
Social Science Research Network
- Student of the Year (2018)
American Real Estate Society
Technical Skills
Methodologies & Software
Empirical Methods
Stata
Python
TypeScript
Next.js 16
AI SDK
AI Agents
Multi-agent Workflows
Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI
Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Web Scraping
LaTeX
Argus
Excel
Word
PowerPoint
Databases
Compustat
CRSP
Federal Election Commission Data
CoStar
Ziman REIT Data
IBES
SDC Platinum
Collins Bartholomew’s Mobile Coverage Data
13F Institutional Ownership
U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
EPA Toxics Release Inventory
Google Trends
Zillow Housing Data
Florida Department of Revenue Property Tax/Assessment Data
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