Entries from December 2007

Real Estate Assistants and Property Management Companies

Date December 31, 2007

When it comes to the real estate business, not everyone works with buyers and sellers. Some real estate pros flip houses for a living; some manage properties.
Those property management companies are often going to find themselves needing some help along the way. There are monthly checks coming in from those who lease either an apartment [...]

20 Things a Real Estate Virtual Assistant Can Do for You

Date December 30, 2007

Thinking that you might want to work with a real estate virtual assistant but you’re not sure what he or she could do for you?
If you could use help with any of these 20 things, it’s a fairly safe bet that you could benefit from working with a real estate VA:

Having someone who can [...]

Who Can Benefit from Working with a Real Estate Assistant?

Date December 29, 2007

Working with a real estate assistant isn’t just something that buyers’ agents and listing agents can benefit from. There are many advantages to working with a real estate assistant for those in all areas of the real estate business.
Take real estate developers as an example: if they need to research a particular area to see [...]

Let a Real Estate Assistant Bring Your Marketing Campaigns Together

Date December 28, 2007

In real estate, there’s no such thing as a single marketing campaign. You’ve got your brochures. You’ve got business cards. You’ve got print marketing, email marketing, web marketing and all sorts of other tools at your disposal for getting the word out about your business.
For some, it gets a little bit overwhelming. Unfortunately, once [...]

Hire a Real Estate Assistant to Create a Buyer’s Guide

Date December 27, 2007

How many times do you sit down with someone who’s looking to buy their first home, start asking questions and then think to yourself, “this is going to be a lot more work than I bargained for”? Chances are good that if you’re having thoughts like this one the reason is simple: the buyers haven’t [...]

A Real Estate Can Help Explain Home Pricing

Date December 26, 2007

It’s rare that, as a listing agent, the sellers who come to you to list your home are rarely going to understand why the price you set for your home is what it is. Still, you know that in order for a home to not just endlessly sit on the market, setting the right price [...]

Have Your Real Estate Assistant Create Virtual Tours

Date December 24, 2007

More and more often, prospective home buyers aren’t just calling up agents when they’re looking to find a property in an area; instead, they’re starting out by searching on their own – online – for a place to call home. For this reason – and many others – it’s a important to create a virtual [...]

A Real Estate Assistant Can Help to Make Sure You’re Prepared

Date December 23, 2007

What does your normal day at the office look like?
For plenty of real estate pros, there isn’t really an answer, there’s more of an incredulous statement that asks “Normal day? What’s that?” And there’s a good reason for this. Every day, real estate brokers work with buyers and sellers, individuals and businesses, mortgage lenders, advertisers [...]

Let Your Real Estate Assistant Provide Great Customer Service

Date December 22, 2007

Great customer service isn’t just a smile and a thank you when the change from your latte is handed back to you. Customer service also isn’t just a matter of calming someone down when they’re outraged.
Instead, customer service is the little things and the big things. It’s the friendly voice answering the phone and a [...]

5 Benefits of Working with a Real Estate Virtual Assistant

Date December 21, 2007

When you work in real estate, there are a few things that you’re going to discover. First, there’s more that you need to do in a day than you have hours in the day to accomplish the task. Then there’s that little thing called sometimes you need to be in more than one place at [...]