
Real estate teams get many leads every day. Some leads come from websites. Some come from ads. Some come from phone calls. If a team does not reply fast, the lead is lost. This is where Follow Up Boss WhatsApp and SMS automation helps.
Follow Up Boss is a popular CRM for real estate agents. Many agents already use it. But many teams still do follow up by hand. This takes time. It also causes missed leads. With the right Follow Up Boss automation, teams can reply faster and close more deals.
This blog explains how WhatsApp and SMS automation for Follow Up Boss works and why real estate teams need it.
Speed matters in real estate. When a lead comes in, the first agent to reply often wins the deal. Many studies show this. If you reply in 5 minutes, you get more chances to talk.
But agents are busy. They are in meetings. They are driving. They are showing homes. They cannot reply every time. This is why Follow Up Boss lead follow up automation is important.
With Follow Up Boss SMS automation and WhatsApp messages, every lead gets a fast reply. No lead is missed.
Follow Up Boss WhatsApp integration lets your CRM send and receive WhatsApp messages. This means your team can talk to leads where they are most active.
Many people like WhatsApp more than email. It feels personal. It feels fast. With Follow Up Boss WhatsApp CRM, messages are sent on time without manual work.
WhatsApp automation can:
Send welcome messages
Reply after office hours
Share listing links
Book appointments
This helps real estate teams stay connected with every lead.
Follow Up Boss SMS automation sends text messages from your CRM. These messages go out fast and feel personal.
SMS is very powerful. Most people read texts in minutes. With Follow Up Boss texting automation, you can reply even when agents are busy.
SMS automation can:
Send instant replies
Send appointment reminders
Send missed call text messages
Send drip texting campaigns
This helps teams reply faster and stay professional.
Many leads call once and hang up. If no one answers, the lead is lost. This is a big problem for teams.
With Follow Up Boss missed call text, the system sends an automatic text when a call is missed. The message can say:
“Sorry we missed your call. How can we help?”
This simple message brings leads back. It works day and night. This is part of Follow Up Boss CRM texting automation.
Automation saves time. It also saves leads. With Follow Up Boss lead automation, teams do not need to worry about every message.
Here are some benefits:
1. Faster Replies
With automated texting for Follow Up Boss, every lead gets a reply in seconds.
2. Better Lead Routing
Follow Up Boss lead routing sends leads to the right agent fast.
3. More Appointments
Follow Up Boss appointment texting reminds leads about meetings.
4. Better Follow Up
Follow Up Boss drip texting keeps leads warm over time.
AI Texting and AI Follow Up
AI makes automation smarter. With Follow Up Boss AI texting, the system can send smart replies.
AI can:
Answer basic questions
Ask about budget and location
Book appointments
Send follow up messages
Follow Up Boss AI follow up helps agents focus on real conversations, not manual tasks.
Voice AI and Call Automation
Some leads like calls more than texts. Follow Up Boss Voice AI helps with this.
Voice AI can:
Call new leads
Leave voicemail drops
Answer basic questions
With Follow Up Boss AI calls and Follow Up Boss voicemail drop, teams never miss a chance to connect.
Follow Up Boss marketing automation helps teams stay in touch with leads over time.
This includes:
SMS marketing
Email automation
WhatsApp follow ups
Follow Up Boss email automation and Follow Up Boss AI email work together with SMS and WhatsApp.
This creates a full Follow Up Boss sales automation system.
To use WhatsApp and SMS, teams need the right setup. A Follow Up Boss integration service connects all tools.
A good Follow Up Boss automation platform offers:
SMS service
WhatsApp integration
AI assistant
CRM automation
Many teams work with a Follow Up Boss automation company or automation provider to set this up.
Real estate teams want more deals with less work. Follow Up Boss real estate automation helps with this.
Automation helps teams:
Reply faster
Work smarter
Close more deals
Improve lead conversion
With a strong Follow Up Boss lead conversion system, teams grow faster.
Using WhatsApp and SMS together is powerful. Follow Up Boss WhatsApp CRM and Follow Up Boss SMS service work best as a team.
Leads get messages on the channel they like. Teams stay organized inside the CRM.
This is why many teams choose Follow Up Boss AI automation and CRM automation solutions.
Final Thoughts
Follow up is the heart of real estate success. With Follow Up Boss WhatsApp and SMS automation, teams never miss a lead.
From AI texting to missed call texts, from drip campaigns to voice AI, automation changes how teams work.
If your team already uses Follow Up Boss, automation is the next step. It helps you reply faster, work better, and close more deals.



Get powerful tools and seamless integration for as low as $149. Choose the plan that helps your business grow.
Each plan includes a monthly Wallet Credit that covers communication and AI processing costs — including SMS (A2P compliant), phone calls, voicemail drops, email sending, and AI features.
When you send messages, make calls, use email, or trigger AI features, the cost is deducted from your included Wallet Credit.
Higher-tier plans receive lower carrier and AI rates, which is why they include more usage per month.
Most agents never exceed their included usage.
If you exceed your included Wallet Credit, additional usage is billed automatically at standard carrier and AI processing rates.
There are:
• No surprise charges
• No penalties
• No plan interruptions
You simply continue operating as normal, and only pay for the additional usage you actually consume.
You can view detailed usage rates at any time on our Transparent Usage Pricing page.
A message is counted as a standard SMS segment, which is up to 160 characters of plain text. If a message exceeds 160 characters, it may be split into multiple segments. Certain special characters or emojis can also reduce the character limit per segment. Most standard text messages fall within a single segment.
Yes, we offer an embedded app within the Follow Up Boss sidebar for easy access to many our features as well as the enabled drip texting within action plans! Most of our features run through FUB notes and then SMS gets converted to show as marketing text messages in FUB.
Not using Follow Up Boss? No problem, we suggest the Platform plan for access to additional features however you can still use the Messaging Plan for some of the functions.
There is one subscription fee for Leadengage for each master Follow Up Boss account. Your Leadengage account covers all users within your Follow Up Boss account, whether it's one or fifty users (or more). Once enabled for one user, all users have access to the Leadengage widget and drip texting in action plan ability in FUB. You will pay additional for going over your usage limits if your team is very active in messaging. Each plan with texting includes a complimentary credit to the wallet balance every month to cover some usage. We have additional plans with lower usage fees and more credit coverage, or you can pay for usage as you go. Visit leadengage.com/pricinglc for usage costs and complimentary credit amounts.
We recommend only the team owner and admin/operations manager have access to the Leadengage Platform and optional mobile app as all leads, billing, and communication can be viewed.
Leadengage works within Follow Up Boss by adding an additional code to a note within action plans.
For example, the command code and message
[SMS] Hi %contact_first_name% This is %agent_first_name% with %company_name%. I was just notified you registered on our website and I would love to help! Are you currently in the market or just browsing? If you'd rather not be texted, reply stop.
would send a text through your Leadengage number pulling in the merge field data with the [SMS] removed. New texts on days 2 and beyond in the action plan with code [SMS] will send around 9 am
Leadengage also offers timed drip texts through action plans with commands that include 15 minute, 1 hour, and 2 hour delays and texts sent around 9 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 5 pm, and 7 pm. Make sure to use the exact commands we provide, you can see a longer list and full guide at leadengage.com/help
Follow Up Boss action plans drops the note onto the lead at 5 PM of your local time and sends to our system. Leadengage then sends action plan texts with bracket commands (i.e. [SMS]) between 9 am - 8 pm of your local time zone Monday through Friday, and 11:30 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday. Texts scheduled for after those times on any given day will be send the following day at 9 am. We also hold action plan texts on the following holidays Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day and will deliver the text the day after the holiday.
Any manual texts you send yourself without a delay (not through the action plan) or in action plans without brackets (i.e. SMS) will send instantly without regard to the holiday or time of day.
Leadengage currently allows one action plan text per day per lead. We also suggest spacing at least one day between most texts, if there is an action plan text held from the evening or day before the 2nd text in line will be skipped.
Social Messages to FUB
At this time Leadengage can connect to one Facebook Page and the primary business Instagram page that is connected to the Facebook page as well as one Google Business Profile. We are working on increasing that limit for message connections. These messages will be pushed into your Follow Up Boss profile and default to the account owner. You can also reply to the messages in FUB through our Leadengage widget or the mobile shortcuts in notes. You can use the tags we send to set automations if you'd like to automatically assign these message leads to another user. At this time we do not support messages to FUB from personal social media profiles.
Social Planner (Add-On for Messaging & Automation, Included with Platform)
You can connect multiple profiles, pages, groups for each source. Send posts immediately to multiple places or schedule for the future.
Supported Profiles: Facebook Business Page & Reels. Google My Business (limited to GMBs with 10 locations or less). Linked-In Pages and Profiles. Instagram Professional Accounts including Posts, Stories, and Reels. TikTok personal profiles (business accounts coming soon). Both Instagram and Facebook also allow you to add the initial follow up comment which is great for initiating engagement.
There is no limit to the number of sites you can place either the Standard Chat Widget (included in all accounts) or the Engagement Widget (Add-on) on. The Engagement Widget is limited to 5 custom pop-up welcome messages, which we can customize by url.
Not by default. We want you to be in control of the conversation. You can set up your own action plans for drip texting, use our templates as a guide, or use Kee Technology Solutions for your initial automation and action plan set up. After that, you are in control of monitoring replies and choosing your responses.
Update 2025: We now offer Conversation AI for an additional fee that can respond to incoming messages.


Integrating FUB and leadngage has been a game changer for my business. It automates all my outbound texting, and has helped me convert tons of leads!
Eileen H
Keller Williams

Before adding Leadngage to Follow Up Boss, we were missing inbound conversations and opportunities from our website, social media, and text inquiries because we were juggling multiple apps. Now, everything is managed seamlessly within Follow Up Boss, all in one place.
Jeremy S
EXP

Our team is thrilled with Leadngage. We've saved money by no longer needing VAs to copy and paste text templates to new leads—everything is automated now.
Brian G
Remax
