40 Things a Virtual Assistant Can Do For Real Estate Investors
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Sellers
Make first contact with sellers and pre-screen them
Follow-up on sellers not answering the phone
Follow-up on prospect list 30-90 days later
Pull comps or request them from a Realtor
Courtesy call to sellers between contract and closing so they don’t get flaky
Buyers
Receive calls from prospective buyers
Follow up with prospective buyers about touring the house
Collect applications from prospective buyers
Get prospective buyers pre-approved by loan officer
Driving by homes for sale, confirming good appearance
Deal-related
Fax Authorization to Release Information
Get reinstatement figures and overnight address
Call contractors to request estimates
Fill out Loan Information Sheet
Request property insurance
Prepare documents for seller at closing
Order gift for sellers/buyers
Get testimonials from sellers/buyers
Call/email tenants to remind them of late payments
Filing eviction notice on tenants
Taking property maintenance calls from tenants and arranging repairs
Generating Leads
Creating a list of homeowners in foreclosure
Preparing and address Postcards to Trustee’s Sales
Removing returns/leads from lists
Get phone numbers of trustee’s sales
Calling sellers behind in payments
Following up on bird dogs or people knocking on doors
Putting up bandit signs for you (maybe)
Thank-you cards or SendOutCards to investor or private lender contacts
Errands
Pick up & drop off envelopes to ship
Notarize documents
Make small purchases
Pick up & deliver mail to/from store
Make deliveries
Meet people to pick up something or pay them
Miscellaneous
Research on vendors/prices
Check PAT Live for hangups, email to me
Check Voicemail, email to me
Answer incoming calls
Make outbound telephone calls
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And I’ve also put together a special discount all this week for those who want to finally get my course, “The Assistant Who Pays Their Own Salary,” and get someone else to find you deals and run your business for you!
2 Responses to “40 Things a Virtual Assistant Can Do For Real Estate Investors”
By harmonsmith on May 16, 2009
As a small business owner, outsourcing work to Virtual Assistants is fast becoming a popular and intelligent decision. The business owner saves enormous amounts of money by cutting the costs of offices and equipment overhead as well as expensive benefits packages. I am also running a small business using this facility by valleyhq I am very satisfied and feel like I am able to increase my business now
By Bob Beckman on May 28, 2009
Dear Alan,
I’m Bob Beckman, the President of Rehab Funding, and I wanted to ask you a favor.
I have read some of your articles on line, and I really liked them. In fact, I think that they would be very helpful to my data base of real estate investors, realtors, brokers, inspectors, appraisers, etc.
If you would be willing to send me some of your favorite articles, I would love to put them on our website, http://www.rehabfunding.com. If you could send me some, I’d love to post them immediately.
We are presently re-making the website to be more of a full resource stop.
We currently have around 50,000 active real estate investors in our data base, and over 600,000 realtors, so we are also beginning to put on bi-weekly webinars/seminars for them, and if you feel that you have a worthy presentation and would like to speak to our customers, please let us know.
I look forward to hearing from you about the articles and/or potential speaking dates for our data base.
Thank you,