#1: They can pull new seller leads for you. They can pull those really good, hard to find seller leads that you can list with no competition. And, if you use a lead provider (like the Redx), they can manage the leads for you.
#2: They can prospect and set up listing appointments for you. They do the “grunt work” to find the best motivated sellers and hand them off to you.
#3: They can help you convert those seller leads into a listing. They can email the seller your pre-listing packet. And, they can build a conversion email drip campaign for the sellers that aren’t listing right away.
#4: They can manage all the paperwork after you take the listing. They can follow up with sellers to make sure disclosures and other paperwork are signed.
#5: They can stay in touch with the sellers and keep them happy.
#6: They can handle all inquiries from other agents about your listings. (I have my Virtual Assistant answer all my incoming calls and screen them for me. This is a HUGE time saver.)
#7: They can handle 80% of your administrative work. The list of things they can do here is endless. But, here’s a quick sample. They can: enhance listing pictures, write the remarks for your listings, put the home into the MLS, answer the phone, follow up on closings, get quotes for a survey,
#8: They can cultivate your buyer leads. Most buyer follow up can be systematized and handled by a virtual assistant. They can set up listing alerts, send out emails, respond to emails, and hand your buyer leads over to a buyer’s agent. (They can even do 80% of the work required to recruit a buyer’s agent to your team.)
#9: They can manage your Past Client / Sphere Database for you. I don’t know what you do with your past clients. But, they can send out emails. Send out Christmas Cards. And whatever other Database Marketing you do.
#10: They can build and manage your online marketing for you. Many Virtual Assistants have experience with online marketing. They can build and manage your website, blog for you, manage your SEO, generate online leads for you, etc.
#11: They can do all of your Social Media Marketing and manage your Social Media Advertising Campaigns for you.
#12: Accounting and Bookkeeping. You can hire people with college degrees in accounting to help you manage your finances. (I haven’t done this yet. But, it’s the next thing I want to do.)