CRM migration

Migrate from The Real Estate CRM to Twenty CRM

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between The Real Estate CRM and Twenty CRM. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Twenty CRM.

The Real Estate CRM logo

The Real Estate CRM

Source

Twenty CRM

Destination

Twenty CRM logo

Compatibility

100%

12 of 12

objects map 1:1 between The Real Estate CRM and Twenty CRM.

Complexity

CModerate

Timeline

48–72 hours

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

The Real Estate CRM stores real estate contact data, company records, deal pipelines, and transaction history with agent-level ownership and drip campaign associations. Twenty CRM is an open-source CRM built on PostgreSQL with a People-Companies-Opportunities data model, custom object support, and CSV or GraphQL API import. The core migration challenge is translating The Real Estate CRM's real estate-specific objects (leads, listings, transactions) into Twenty's standard objects and managing the import sequence that Twenty enforces: Companies first, then People linked by companyId, then Opportunities linked to both, with custom objects last. Owner resolution happens by email match against Twenty workspace members, and FlitStack AI handles the type-aware custom field creation in Twenty's Settings → Data Model before any records import. Workflows, drip sequences, and action plans do not migrate — Twenty has no native sequencing engine, and those automations must be rebuilt in Twenty's workflow builder or via a third-party tool. The migration uses scoped read access on The Real Estate CRM with a delta-pickup window capturing in-flight changes during cutover.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

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The Real Estate CRM

What's pushing teams away

  • No public pricing — every evaluation requires sales contact, slower than self-service competitors like Wise Agent or Pipedrive that publish tiers.
  • Limited third-party review presence and depth on G2/Capterra/SoftwareAdvice, making independent quality assessment harder than for category leaders like Lofty, Follow Up Boss, or kvCORE.
  • Smaller integration ecosystem (Twilio, Mailgun, Gmail, Sendgrid, Zoom publicly documented) compared to larger real-estate CRMs that ship MLS, IDX, and brokerage-system integrations out of the box.
  • Vendor brand strength and US market presence appears modest relative to Lofty/Follow Up Boss/kvCORE, raising switching anxiety for teams concerned about long-term product investment.
  • Marketing language is generic ('low-cost and highly customizable') without specific differentiators against larger real-estate CRMs, leaving buyers without clear positioning vs. category leaders.

Choosing

Twenty CRM logo

Twenty CRM

What's pulling them in

  • Top open-source CRM on GitHub with 40.6K stars, giving teams full source code access and infrastructure ownership without per-feature licensing surprises.
  • Free self-hosting under AGPL-3.0 means unlimited users and custom objects for the cost of cloud infrastructure alone, typically $20–100/month.
  • Pricing page explicitly mocks competitors for charging add-on fees for API access, webhooks, and workflows — transparency that resonates with RevOps teams burned by Salesforce.
  • Unlimited custom objects and fields with no price impact, letting teams shape the data model to their business rather than forcing business into rigid schemas.
  • Modern TypeScript/React/PostgreSQL stack means developer-led teams can extend, self-host, or integrate without fighting legacy architecture.

Object mapping

How The Real Estate CRM objects map to Twenty CRM

Each row shows how a The Real Estate CRM object lands in Twenty CRM, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

The Real Estate CRM

Contact

maps to

Twenty CRM

People

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM contacts map directly to Twenty's People object. Every contact's name, email, phone, and address fields transfer as-is. The link to the contact's primary company becomes the People.companyId lookup in Twenty, requiring the Company record to exist first during the import sequence.

The Real Estate CRM

Company

maps to

Twenty CRM

Company

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM company records map to Twenty's Company object. Company name, domain, industry, employee count, and address fields transfer directly. Multi-office companies may require splitting into multiple Company records in Twenty if The Real Estate CRM stores them as a single hierarchical record.

The Real Estate CRM

Deal / Transaction

maps to

Twenty CRM

Opportunity

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM deals and transactions map to Twenty's Opportunity object. Deal name, amount, stage, close date, and associated agent transfer as-is. The Opportunity.CompanyId links to the migrated Company record, and Opportunity.PersonId links to the primary contact if the deal has a named client.

The Real Estate CRM

Listing / Property

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object (Listing)

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM listing records (property addresses, MLS numbers, listing status, price) have no direct equivalent in Twenty's standard objects. FlitStack creates a Listing custom object in Twenty with fields for propertyAddress, listingPrice, listingStatus (active/pending/closed), mlsNumber, and listingAgentId — linked to both Company (the brokerage) and People (the agent) records.

The Real Estate CRM

Agent / Team Member

maps to

Twenty CRM

WorkspaceMember

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM agent records become Twenty workspace members. The migration requires each agent to already have a Twenty user account before their deals and contacts can be assigned. FlitStack emails matched agents first and flags any agent record without a corresponding Twenty user so you can create those accounts before the import runs.

The Real Estate CRM

Activity / Note

maps to

Twenty CRM

Task / Note

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM notes and activity logs map to Twenty's Task and Note objects. Call logs, meeting notes, and general activities attach to the relevant People or Opportunity record via the relation system. Original timestamps and activity owners are preserved. Email thread history transfers as Note records with the email body as content.

The Real Estate CRM

Drip Campaign / Action Plan

maps to

Twenty CRM

No Equivalent

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM drip campaigns and action plans are automation logic with no migration path to Twenty CRM. Twenty has no native sequencing engine. FlitStack exports your campaign definitions as a structured rebuild reference document, listing each step, trigger condition, delay, and content so your team can recreate the logic in Twenty's workflow builder or a third-party sequencing tool like Mailchimp.

The Real Estate CRM

Lead Source

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Field on People

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM tracks lead sources (referral, website, Zillow, Realtor.com, etc.) as a contact property. This transfers to Twenty as a custom select field (People.leadSource) on the People object. FlitStack pre-creates the field in Twenty's Data Model with the same pick-list values from The Real Estate CRM.

The Real Estate CRM

Attachment / Document

maps to

Twenty CRM

File (via relation)

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM file attachments on contacts, companies, and deals re-upload to Twenty's file storage and link to the relevant record via the relation system. File size limits and format compatibility are checked during extraction. Documents are re-hosted and linked to the People, Company, or Opportunity record they were attached to in The Real Estate CRM.

The Real Estate CRM

Tag / Label

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Field on People

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM tags on contacts (e.g., 'Investor', 'First-Time Buyer', 'Hot Lead') migrate as a multi-select custom field on People in Twenty. If the number of unique tags exceeds 20, FlitStack recommends converting tags to a standard select field or creating a separate Tag custom object with many-to-many relations to People.

The Real Estate CRM

Transaction / Commission Record

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object (Transaction)

1:1
Fully supported

The Real Estate CRM transaction records (commission splits, close dates, referral fees) have no standard equivalent in Twenty. FlitStack creates a Transaction custom object with fields for transactionDate, salePrice, commissionAmount, agentSplitPercent, referralFee, and OpportunityId — linked to the migrated Opportunity so deal context is preserved.

The Real Estate CRM

Custom Object (any)

maps to

Twenty CRM

Custom Object

1:1
Fully supported

Any custom objects in The Real Estate CRM (e.g., Rentals, PropertyManagement, HOA) map 1:1 to Twenty custom objects. Custom object definitions, field types, and records transfer directly. FlitStack creates the corresponding object schema in Twenty's Data Model before importing the records. N:N relationships between custom objects in The Real Estate CRM map to junction objects in Twenty.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

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The Real Estate CRM gotchas

High

No publicly documented API confirmed in research

Medium

Limited review volume for product validation

Medium

Add-on pricing model increases effective cost

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Twenty CRM gotchas

High

Import order is enforced and critical

High

Export limited to 20,000 records and visible columns only

Medium

Soft-deleted records count toward uniqueness and trigger restores

Medium

API rate limits cap at 200 req/min on Organization tier

Low

No native email sequences — follow-up cadences require external tools

Pair-specific challenges

  • Twenty's import order is strictly enforced — Companies must land before People

    Twenty CRM enforces a relationship-first import sequence: Companies must exist before People can reference them via companyId. The Real Estate CRM exports contacts with a primary company field, but if the Company export runs after the People export, Twenty will reject any Person record with a companyId that doesn't match an existing Company. FlitStack sequences the migration as a multi-pass job: Companies load first and are verified complete, then People load with resolved companyId links, then Opportunities load with resolved Company and Person references. If you run imports manually out of order, Twenty will surface 'relation not found' errors for every Person record.

  • Custom fields must exist in Twenty's Data Model before any CSV import runs

    The Real Estate CRM custom fields (leadSource, dealType, transactionDate) are type-aware properties stored in the platform's schema. Twenty CRM does not auto-create fields during CSV import — if a column in your import CSV doesn't match an existing Twenty field, Twenty ignores it silently rather than creating the field. FlitStack's pre-flight step creates every custom field in Settings → Data Model (with the correct field type: text, select, date, number) before the first record loads. Any missed fields result in data loss for those columns, visible only when you spot the missing data post-import.

  • Drip campaigns and action plans have no migration path to Twenty's workflow builder

    The Real Estate CRM's drip campaigns are automation logic stored as a sequence of triggers, delays, and content blocks tied to contact behavior. Twenty CRM's workflow builder handles conditional logic (if-then branching, field updates, notifications) but has no native sequencing engine — there is no step-by-step follow-up cadence feature. FlitStack migrates the campaign names and structure as a rebuild reference document so your team can recreate the logic manually. Reddit discussions on r/CRM confirm this limitation is a conscious design trade-off in Twenty — the team prioritized a clean data model over feature parity with marketing automation tools.

  • Owner assignment requires Twenty workspace members to accept invitations first

    The Real Estate CRM assigns agents as deal and contact owners with email-based identification. Twenty CRM requires each user to have an accepted workspace member account before records can be assigned to them via workspaceMemberId. If an agent record in The Real Estate CRM has no matching email in Twenty's workspace, FlitStack flags that record for owner reassignment before the migration. The import will proceed with a fallback assignee (typically an admin account), and you can re-assign records after agents have accepted their Twenty invitations.

  • Twenty's CSV export limit of 20,000 records per export affects large migrations

    Twenty CRM's Export view function caps each CSV at 20,000 records. If The Real Estate CRM holds more than 20,000 of any single object type (contacts, companies, or deals), you must paginate the export into multiple files. FlitStack handles this automatically by chunking large object exports into 20,000-record segments during the delta-validation step. The CSV column headers must match Twenty's expected field names exactly — a mismatch like 'phone number' instead of 'phone' will import as a blank field rather than erroring.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful The Real Estate CRM to Twenty CRM data migration

  1. Audit The Real Estate CRM data and create Twenty custom fields

    FlitStack exports a full data inventory from The Real Estate CRM: contacts, companies, deals, activities, attachments, tags, and any custom objects. We audit record counts, identify custom field types, and document relationship links (which contact owns which deal, which company links to which contacts). Simultaneously, we create every required custom field in Twenty's Settings → Data Model — leadSource as a select field, dealType as a select field, contactTags as a multi-select field — so the schema is ready before any records load. We also identify which agents need Twenty workspace invitations so owner resolution can complete before migration.

  2. Invite Twenty workspace members and resolve owners by email

    FlitStack emails matched agents from The Real Estate CRM against Twenty's workspace members. Each agent with a matching email gets their records pre-assigned to their Twenty account. Agents without a Twenty account are flagged, and we provide a CSV of unassigned owners so you can create accounts or designate a fallback assignee. This step must complete before the import runs — any Person or Opportunity record with an unresolved workspaceMemberId defaults to the migration admin account and requires manual re-assignment post-migration.

  3. Run a sample migration with field-level diff

    A representative slice migrates first — typically 100–500 records spanning contacts, companies, deals, and activities across multiple agents. We generate a field-level diff showing source value versus destination value for every mapped field so you can verify custom field mapping, stage translation, owner resolution, and note attachment. This is your validation checkpoint before the full run commits. Any field mapping errors get corrected before the production migration executes.

  4. Execute full migration with sequential object loading

    The full migration runs in strict Twenty-enforced sequence: (1) Companies load and verify complete, (2) People load with resolved companyId links, (3) Opportunities load with resolved Company and Person references, (4) Tasks and Notes attach to the parent records, (5) Custom objects (Listings, Transactions) load last. FlitStack handles the multi-pass orchestration, tracks foreign-key resolution at each stage, and surfaces any rejected records for manual correction before the next pass begins.

  5. Delta-pickup window and cutover with rollback available

    After the full migration completes, a delta-pickup window (typically 24–48 hours) captures any records created or modified in The Real Estate CRM during the cutover. Your team continues working in The Real Estate CRM during this window. FlitStack then applies the incremental changes to Twenty and runs a final reconciliation report comparing record counts and field values. An audit log documents every operation, and one-click rollback is available if reconciliation identifies critical discrepancies. After rollback window closes, your team switches to Twenty CRM.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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The Real Estate CRM

Source

Strengths

  • Tailored for real estate agents and teams with domain-specific terminology
  • Contact and lead management with real estate-specific fields like property interest
  • Daily task reminders via Smart Lists for follow-up discipline
  • Integrations with 250+ real estate apps mentioned in general industry reviews
  • Drip campaign support via Action Plans for lead nurturing

Weaknesses

  • Limited mobile app functionality noted in industry comparisons of real estate CRMs
  • No built-in AI features compared to newer competitors
  • Dialer requires a $33/month add-on, raising effective cost
  • Text messages limited to Action Plans via third-party tools only
  • No publicly documented API confirmed in our research
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Twenty CRM

Destination

Strengths

  • AGPL-3.0 open-source license with full source code on GitHub — no vendor lock-in, no sunset risk.
  • Unlimited users and unlimited custom objects on self-hosted, with no feature gating based on headcount.
  • REST and GraphQL APIs available on all paid tiers, not locked behind an enterprise add-on fee.
  • MCP server and webhooks shipped as standard features, not premium upgrades.
  • Modern PostgreSQL-backed data model that developer teams can query, extend, and self-host.

Weaknesses

  • Recent v1.0 release means limited production hardening compared to CRMs with multi-year operational track records.
  • No native email sequencing or sales engagement tools — follow-up cadences require a separate platform.
  • No native two-way email sync or inbox integration, requiring third-party connectors for full activity logging.
  • Self-hosting 'free' pricing hides real infrastructure and DevOps costs that stack up over time.
  • Workflow automation is functional but lacks the complexity needed for sophisticated multi-step sales motions.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Moderate CRM migration. 5 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

C

Overall complexity

Moderate migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across The Real Estate CRM and Twenty CRM.

  • Object compatibility

    C

    5 of 8 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    The Real Estate CRM: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

    The Real Estate CRM doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.

Estimator

Estimate your The Real Estate CRM to Twenty CRM migration cost

Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions about The Real Estate CRM to Twenty CRM data migrations

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Most The Real Estate CRM to Twenty CRM migrations complete in 48–72 hours for under 50,000 total records. Larger setups with 200,000+ records or multiple custom objects (Listings, Transactions) extend to 5–10 days. The longest planning step is pre-creating Twenty custom fields in Settings → Data Model before any import runs — FlitStack handles this during the audit phase so it doesn't block the data load. Owner resolution — ensuring every agent has a Twenty workspace account — is the most common timeline risk if many agents need invitations.

Adjacent paths

Related migrations to explore

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