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Hiring a Real Estate Virtual Assistant from VA FLIX

A typical general virtual assistant can assist with office tasks, calendar or schedule management, travel appointment scheduling, and other duties. But what if you work in real estate and require someone with specific experience in that field? What kinds of skills and experiences should you look for in a Virtual Assistant who works in real estate? If you are unsure about what you will receive from a real estate virtual assistant, we have outlined and put together a brief and simple guide on who they are, how they can help, and what it might be like if you hire one of your own Real Estate Virtual Assistant.

What Does a Real Estate Virtual Assistant Do?

Suppose you’re a real estate agent and your business is rapidly growing. You have a massive client list that keeps you busy, and you also find that you can’t be in two places at the same time; these are just a few examples of how your real estate business is being strained. Most of the time, you will feel as if you don’t have enough hours in the day to handle almost everything on your plates, such as data entry and follow-up with other realtors. Hiring a real estate virtual assistant from VA FLIX who has extensive experience dealing with these issues is the quickest way to stop wasting energy and expand. Not only can Virtual Assistants help free up your time by handling your most menial and time-consuming tasks, but VA FLIX’s Virtual Assistants do so with skill, experience, and the right mindset that you won’t find with just any virtual assistant.

Curious about what exactly they do? Let’s have a look at some specifics:

Getting homeowners to sell their homes.

One of the primary responsibilities of our Real Estate Virtual Assistants is… Lead Prospecting or Cold Calling. That’s right, they call a massive list of homeowners in the area and ask if they want to hear offers from Realtors – the Virtual Assistant needs to make sure the leads being forwarded to our real estate clients (realtors) are motivated to sell, they call hundreds or even thousands of leads to hunt for the treasure and a homeowner interested in selling.

Real Estate Marketing.

Real estate marketing is a very broad field with its own set of skills. Creating packets for potential buyers, creating powerpoint presentations, handling mailers, dealing with graphic design with sites like Canva or even Photoshop, scheduling blog posts to your website… they all come with their own unique and lovely subset of skills, and it’s critical to hire someone with specific real estate experience!

Real Estate Operations.

From assisting with transaction management to data entry associated with each listing, a real estate virtual assistant from VA FLIX must have the knowledge and skills to relieve your burden without constantly asking your assistant how to do everything.

Researching.

How well can a generalist real estate virtual assistant conduct online research? VA FLIX virtual assistants eventually figure it out with enough time. Hiring a real estate virtual assistant who knows how to update your current CRM with newly added notes on your leads, deal with client feedback, and research new leads for buyers and potential sellers is far more convenient. They have online access to everything, thanks to Google!

Following up with your leads.

This is a common task for most general virtual assistants, but in the real estate industry, we’re talking about following up with specific leads who are spending a lot of their hard-earned dosh (money) on these major transactions. To do this well, you need a real estate virtual assistant who understands that and everything that goes with it.

What Your Life Will Look Like with a Real Estate Virtual Assistant (Benefits)

In the world of the real estate business, you might have noticed that there are several things you can do that you’re especially good at and you love doing. You may have also noticed that some of your most important duties (e.g showings) just yield you the most results when it comes to generating new leads and generating lead interest. If you’re stuck at the office dealing with real estate marketing materials, online research, and more – it leaves you less or no time to do important things. That’s right! What if you eventually noticed that some of the essential work – like researching on the MLS is so limited by the hours you have in your usual work? The only way to fix this is to add someone to your team. You don’t have to hire someone expensive, VA FLIX’s Real Estate Virtual Assistants can be hired with reasonable hourly rates, this is a great way to dip your toe in the waters of your team expansion.

Here is what your life in the real estate industry might look like with a fab virtual assistant from VA FLIX:

More productive capacity.

Everyone has the same limitations when it comes to working hard every day: everyone only has twenty-four hours per day. Adding an experienced real estate assistant to your team only means you can have two people on the job at the same time, allowing you to get more value out of it every day.

Outsourcing the tasks you don’t like doing.

Assume you have always enjoyed serving your clients but loathe spending your time and energy on marketing and prospecting. Hiring a VA FLIX real estate assistant simply means you’ll have someone to handle these types of tasks, as well as any other tasks you’ve never liked doing in the first place. This ensures that not only will the Real Estate Virtual Assistant complete tasks such as prospecting and marketing, but that your assistant will do so effectively without you having to lift a finger. Revisions are expected, so you may need to let the VA know your design preferences at first.

Automating your Daily Life.

Assume you have to spend at least an hour per day on your own social media, calling leads, or bookkeeping. Some of the things I’ve missed in daily life may be things you’ve always wanted to automate, but you’ve never fully committed to it because you’re afraid of having to train someone with little experience. That is not a problem! VA FLIX’s real estate virtual assistant can assist with this transition. VA FLIX’s mission is to connect Real Estate Professionals with talented real estate virtual assistants who will take the mundane off your plate and relieve you of the burden of setting up appointments with high-quality leads and handling the paperwork required for transaction closings.

Do You Need a Real Estate Virtual Assistant? Here Are Some of the few benefits…

Are you still on the wall about hiring a VA FLIX virtual assistant for your real estate business? Yes, you may believe that there is a myriad of talented and skilled assistants available; however, it can be difficult and overwhelming to see how making a hire like this can impact your conclusion. Let’s look at some examples, statistics, and benefits that show why a real estate virtual assistant can help you:

Productivity! Taking your Administrative Tasks Off your Plate

Let’s admit, that administrative tasks are not always your favorite. If you’re in the real estate business, you got into this business because of your passion for this line of work, your needed people skills, or a combination of the two. Some administrative tasks that mark the day-to-day operation in a real estate world, however, are a different beast. The great news is, hiring a real estate assistant from VA FLIX can mean outsourcing the work not only to somebody who’s equally as efficient as you (which would be awesome) but may even be more efficient with your administrative duties. As we have read from SmallBizTrends, “Virtual Assistants are more productive as they have so much more control of their time and to spend less time dealing with traffic traveling to the office.” Whatever sorts of efficiency your virtual assistant can bring to your table becomes efficient enough within your real estate business. If they are more productive than you in dealing with data entry or typing tasks, then it becomes super less profitable for you to engage in your very own data entry. If they’re more efficient at researching your geofenced market, then at a certain point it doesn’t really make any sense for you to handle your own MLS research, either. I hope you got what this means (I’m sure you do! Smile!!)

Costs! The Shocking News About Virtual Assistants

You might want to ask anyone who has never hired a virtual assistant before about the cost of adding a local to their team, as the majority of them are likely to be skeptical. It’s just a natural part of the process of maturing. Do you have any idea? After all, someone who has worked in real estate may be wary of outsourcing any of their regular activities to someone from another country. We totally get it! The majority of them aren’t used to it. Every realtor has had a positive experience hiring someone from another country. When you call a large corporation in the United States, such as Capital One Bank or DirecTV, you’re more likely to speak with someone from the Philippines. Why should you believe that a real estate assistant will be as good as you are at, say, email marketing? Another major issue for many realtors, which we hear all the time, is the… (drum roll) COST. Some of the realtors we’ve spoken with have spent a lot of money and don’t believe that a virtual assistant is worth the hourly rate it takes to keep them working. We’ve got you covered! The starting rates for VA FLIX are reasonable. Hiring a VA FLIX Real Estate Virtual Assistant is a great way to offset the costs. According to an article from Best of Budgets, a virtual assistant can save up to 78 percent on operating costs over the course of the year. That’s correct! If you’re not sure if you want your business to grow too quickly but know you need help, hiring a virtual assistant from VA FLIX is a great way to expand its capacity.

How to Get Started? Here’s the Process of Hiring a Real Estate Assistant from VA FLIX

Are you convinced? Then now is the time to look at the fastest way you can get a virtual assistant of your own up and running with your real estate business. Hopefully, you’ll have a few ideas of what you want your business to look like. You may even think of sitting down and explaining how you’ve accomplished some things within your business, such as real estate lead prospecting, just to initiate someone who is brand new to your business to this entire idea. You’ve got to keep in mind that if you go about it the right way, you will be adding someone who already has experience in real estate to your team. VA FLIX has tons of pooling Real Estate Virtual Assistants you can meet. We just need to get to know you a little bit better. We’ve gone through a long list of reasons why you might want to consider hiring an administrative assistant remotely.

It saves money
It’s more productive

and it gives you an assurance that you can have a great addition, much like an office manager, without taking on the risks associated with a full-time employee.

Okay… ready? “Now is the right time to Hire an Assistant and… Chill..”

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Connect with Karen and John. This will help ensure that the remainder of the steps goes smoothly. We don’t want you to just hire any old virtual assistant, just because it’s a good idea to add some help to your team. VA FLIX always makes sure you get the best fit! It is really important that you precisely match your specific needs with the skills and experience of a virtual assistant to help. By getting in touch with Karen and John (or even with one of the VA FLIX Managers), that’s exactly what you’ll do.
Get paired with a VA. Before you think about training any executive Sales Virtual Assistant for your team, you will want to make sure you pair with one that has the skills and experience to handle everything you have for them.‍
Plug the VA into your business. Let the Virtual Assistant know what kinds of processes they’ll be expecting to participate in, and make sure you have a document outlining some of the necessary steps for adapting to your company.
Do it the right way! VA FLIX will make sure they bring on an expert new VA who is familiar with your processes and able to get started with confidence on day one.

Start growing your business and reducing overhead with VA FLIX

Meet your amazing personal virtual assistant

We’ll ask you a few questions so that we can match you with one of our virtual assistants as well as a backup assistant.

You Get All The Assistance You Need

You will also have a VA FLIX Manager who will assist you in monitoring your Virtual Assistant and ensuring that they are productive enough. You won’t have to worry about paying the manager because you’ll only be paying your Virtual Assistant.

Create A Workflow

VA FLIX empowers you to design a workflow that suits your needs. You’ll choose how to keep track of their time, communicate with them, monitor their productivity, and share files with your assistant.

Start Working Your Game Plan

You can work with your personal Virtual Assistant from 8 PM to 5 PM in your local time. now!

FAQ! Real Estate Assistants and Their Tasks

No worries if you still have questions about how VA FLIX’s real estate assistants work and what they can or might do for you. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions from realtors —

What can a virtual assistant do for me if I have specific real estate business needs?

Real estate virtual assistants from VA FLIX will astound you! You will discover that they are capable of handling a wide range of tasks. From online MLS research to appointment scheduling, a real estate virtual assistant can handle everything that helps your real estate business grow; they can do anything that does not require physical presence.

Which virtual assistant should I hire?

This is a fair question to answer because the answer is different for everyone. One thing we’ve learned is to pair real estate agents and business owners with a dedicated Manager from VA FLIX to assist them in identifying the best VA Match for your specific needs. In real estate, this could mean identifying the types of independent contractors who can handle the needs of a real estate business, large or small, or an effective researcher who understands the MLS, or conducting market research when the owner doesn’t have time.

Do VAs really make good real estate assistants?

To be honest, I don’t think all of them do! Other Virtual Assistants may specialize in different niches, such as health care, legal virtual assistants, social media assistants, entertainment industry assistants, and so on. It is critical that you seek out those with specific real estate experience and skills; Karen and John will assist you – no worries. Not only will it make your life easier, but VA FLIX will always provide far more value to your company and to you personally than if you hired a generalized virtual assistant who is unfamiliar with the real estate industry.

“Now is the right time to Hire an Assistant and… Chill..”