Archive for March, 2007

Looking for a Way to Stay on Top of Your Listings?

Saturday, March 31st, 2007

If you are a real estate agent and are looking to stay on top of your listings, keep this in mind: an assistant for real estate can help you.

Rather than struggling to send out postcards for a new listing, have a virtual assistant take care of them for you. Rather than trying to update all of the websites that show pictures of the listings you’re representing, let an assistant for real estate go in and update your listings. Rather than updating your own real estate web site, allow a virtual assistant who specializes in assisting real estate agents to make those updates for you.

Hiring an assistant for real estate is a great way to stay on top of all of your listings.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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Hiring a Virtual Assistant Allows You to Focus on What You Love About Your Job

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Everyone has things that they really enjoy about their jobs. For some, it’s interacting in the community. For real estate agents, it’s showing homes or matching the right buyer with the right location and putting the buyer in the home of his or her dreams.

But what about all that stuff you don’t want to do? Hiring a virtual assistant allows you to focus on what you love about your job.

A virtual assistant can take care of your paper and electronic mailings. A virtual assistant can take care of designing brochures and flyers. A virtual assistant can answer your phones or update your website.

In short, a virtual assistant can be hired to do any of those tasks that bog you down and hold you back from focusing on what you love.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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Do you have the time to launch an effective email campaign?

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

In your real estate business, you do whatever you can to keep in touch with your prospects – both buyers and sellers. That means using email. But do you have the time to launch an effective email campaign?

As an assistant for real estate, I can help you to launch an effective email campaign – whether you have an existing system for drip email campaigns or you need to have one built from the ground up.

I can help you to establish a email campaigns focused on rental properties, new clients, current clients, buyers, sellers or even past buyers so that you can stay in touch after the sale.

Want to learn more? Be in touch!

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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Hiring a Virtual Assistant Does Not Mean Making a Long Term Commitment

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Maybe you are new to the idea of using a virtual assistant. Maybe the idea of having someone who you do not see on a daily basis take charge of a project makes you nervous. Or maybe you only have one project that you need help with, and want to hire someone for just one project.

That’s the great thing about hiring a virtual assistant. No matter what your needs are, a virtual assistant can help you to reach them.

Whether you have only one project that needs a virtual assistant – a one time update of your website, someone to design your business card or a brochure – or you want to try using a virtual assistant for one project to help get you over the concerns you have, you can feel confident hiring a virtual assistant for just one project.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
Real Estate Virtual Assistant for One Time or Long Term Projects
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Virtual Assistants: How Small Businesses Can Help One Another

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

When you have a small business, there’s going to be a time when you need help. One way of getting that help is to work with someone else with a small business.

This will benefit you in a number of ways, but in particular it will benefit you because:

  • When you work with someone else who is running a small business – such as a virtual assistant – you will be able to have a sense of shared goals: both of you are working hard to make it on your own.
  • You will be able to be sure that you are both committed to success: when you work with a virtual assistant, his or her success is directly related to yours. In other words, you and your virtual assistant will both be working towards the same goal.

When your business is growing, you will find that there are things that you need help with – why not start by adding a virtual assistant?

You will be able to interview different people to find someone who you know will be as committed to growing your business as you are. You will be able to find someone who specializes in the areas where you need assistance.

And, to help you to hire a virtual assistant, here are some suggestions:

  • Do your research to make sure you’re looking at the right virtual assistant for the job;
  • Ask for samples of their work and for references from past clients so that you’ll know what you are getting;
  • Carry on a conversation with the virtual assistant you might hire to make sure that you communicate well;
  • Start with one project rather than making a long term commitment;
  • Be clear about your expectations;
  • Take the time to get clarity before the project gets underway: know who will be paying for what, what the timeline is and any other information that you need

By getting off on the right foot with a new business relationship, you set the stage for a long lasting, solid business relationship in which both businesses benefit.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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Got Out of Town Buyers?

Monday, March 26th, 2007

As a real estate agent, do you sometimes find yourself working with out of town buyers? If so, you already know and understand that scheduling tours of the listings that you have available isn’t always easy or convenient.

What if there were a way that you could provide these out of town buyers with a tour of the property without having to get them inside?

What am I talking about? I’m talking about virtual home tours on CD. That’s just one more service that a real estate virtual assistant can offer than you may not have considered before (and there are plenty of others as well).

With a CD tour for your listing, you can be sure that, before a buyer travels to see a home they have a genuine interest – saving time for you and for everyone else involved.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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888-REVA-USA (738-2872)

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When Is the Right Time to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

Sometimes it is easy to know that the time has come to hire a virtual assistant. You know that you are overwhelmed. You know that you don’t have the space in your office for another person. You know that you aren’t finishing all of the tasks that are on your to do list. In other words, you know that it’s time to hire a virtual assistant because you know that you need help.

Sometimes, though, people are reluctant to admit that they need a helping hand. Sometimes people get so overwhelmed that they don’t recognize that they are overwhelmed anymore. If that describes you, ask yourself:

  • What big projects are on my desk and what small details need to be worked out? If writing the list is taking more time than you anticipated and every time you try to move on o the next item you think of five more things to list, it just might be the right time to hire a virtual assistant.
  • If you have team members on your staff, are they too busy to take on more work? If so, it might be time to hire a virtual assistant so that your staff doesn’t start feeling overwhelmed or worse, suffering from burnout.
  • What tasks do I/we struggle with? If there are marketing tasks or billing tasks or any other projects that consistently are overlooked, it may be time to hire a virtual assistant, someone who specializes in those areas and can be sure to get the job done.

There are plenty of other indicators that show the time is right to hire a virtual assistant. Overall, you know your business best and, when the time is right you will know it.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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Home Decorating and Real Estate Sales

Saturday, March 24th, 2007

When you think about selling a property, home decorating may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But as time goes on and a house stays on the market, a few simple changes just might be enough to inspire the sale.

Home decorating does not need to be overstated. Keeping the home clean and neat is an important first step. Professional cleaning and organizing the closets are ways in which the home’s current owner can contribute.

However, decorating the home is best left to a professional. After all, buyers do not want to see a home that is decorated to the tastes of the current owners: they want to see the home as their own. Prospective buyers don’t want to see a finished product: they want to see a blank slate.

If you’re looking to boost real estate sales, consider bringing in a home decorator to help make sure that everything is in order and that special touches are added that encourage sales.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
Home Staging and Home Decorating
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Real Estate is About More than Just Properties

Friday, March 23rd, 2007

As a real estate agent, you know all about the importance of assigning a value to a given property. But do you know the importance of assigning value to your internet property?

If your real estate company has a web address, you need to view your site as a property that you are marketing. If you do not have experience with marketing your website – or with building the site to begin with – you are going to need some help.

A virtual assistant can help you to get your website up and running. A virtual assistant can make sure that there is consistency throughout the site. But more importantly, a virtual assistant can make sure that your website works for you.

Not only that, but a virtual assistant can help you to keep all of your marketing – both online and in print – has a consistent look, feel and message.

Real estate is about more than just properties; it’s about providing your clients with the whole package, something that’s easier to do when you focus on what you do best and leave the rest to a virtual assistant.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
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How Can a Virtual Assistant Help You Market Your Real Estate Business with Postcards?

Thursday, March 22nd, 2007

Some real estate agents are better than others when it comes to marketing. Some know what they need to do, but can’t get it done. Some have the ideas down, but can’t implement them as well as they would like to.

For those agents and others, I offer the following advice: a virtual assistant can help you to market your business with postcards.

You may be wondering what the benefits of postcard marketing might be. Here are some thoughts:

  • Postcard marketing is both effective and inexpensive.
  • Full color postcards are eye-catching. As a result, they are often noticed and read.

So, now you have a couple of thoughts in mind about why postcard marketing is effective; but maybe you don’t have the time to use it. That’s where a virtual assistant can help.

A virtual assistant can design your marketing postcard for you. A virtual assistant can help you to get your marketing postcards addressed and sent out.

But most importantly, a virtual assistant can help you to explore all of the ways to use postcard marketing to grow your business.

Kandra Hamric – Real Estate Virtual Assistant
Real Estate Services
Assistant For Real Estate Blog
888-REVA-USA (738-2872)

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