365 Real Estate Virtual Assistant

Many real estate agents that I know either hate writing descriptions for their properties or don’t have the time to put much thought into it. Guess what? You don’t have to! Your real estate virtual assistant can do this for you with photos and basic information about the property.

We handle Listing Coordination for Mike Manosky in Huntsville. Mike sends us the MLS sheet, photos and a check list he completes when taking the listing. Mike had compliments form a Craigs List prospect from this property description we wrote for him:

Paradise is here and you have arrived. Come take a look inside this amazing ranch with your own private oasis. The one of a kind floor plan makes for enjoyable family living and easy entertaining.  From the moment you enter into the tiled foyer you will see that this specially designed home has something for everyone. Step down into the great room with wood floors, gas fireplace and a wall of windows that brings the lovely outdoors in.

An awesome designer kitchen features wood floors, vaulted ceilings, smooth top range, dazzling window, and an abundance of cabinet space. A beautiful gas fireplace adds ambience to both the sitting area and the great room. In addition to the formal dining room, there is a charming eat-in kitchen area with two picture windows. Need a place to call your own? Check out the sitting room, perfect for a home office as the view is endless. The master suite boasts an 11 foot trey ceiling, dual vanities, walk-in closet, whirlpool tub and separate shower. The additional bedrooms are sized perfectly for guests or a growing family. Relax on your covered patio and enjoy your retreat’s lush landscaping. Summertime is a blast with the inviting super-sized pool with waterfall. The tree-lined property has no neighbors behind and is fenced for extra privacy. Come on out today and start living in paradise!

Getting back to Listing Coordination, your real estate virtual assistant can enhance your listings on Realtor.com.

Do you know you can add a scrolling Headline that rotates between two messages? A great place to promote your real estate website.

You are not limited to just the photo uploaded by your MLS and can add up to 23 photos.

There is also a Custom Message Box. Here you can talk about the home buyer tax credit, a service your offer, free reports and anything you can think of. How about a link to your blog with local events and happenings?

Idea #3 is a Real Estate Virtual Assistant can help promote your events, seminars, webinars, You Tube videos or anything else that needs promoting through Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogs.

My friend Tim Burrell is a Realtor from Raleigh NC and Palos Verdes CA, as well as a real estate trainer. He is offering an invaluable free webinar on February 25 about how to negotiate short sales to a successful close. Below is how I have promoted Tim on my various networks:

Teaching Donkeys to Fly: Negotiating Short Sales

Tim Burrell is a Realtor with 28 years experience. He is licensed in California as an Attorney and is a real estate trainer. He is associated with RE/MAX United in Raleigh, North Carolina and RE/MAX Palos Verdes in the South Bay of Los Angeles, California.

Tim contacted me this me this week about an upcoming training for real estate professionals and their assistants whose job it is to close short sales. We all know how challenging short sales can be! Tim’s training is invaluable to any Team member or Real Estate Virtual Assistant who is in the trenches getting short sales to closing!

I have known Tim Burrell for years and he is the consummate professional and a fun person to learn from. Read what Tim has to say and take advantage of his FREE Seminar…you will be glad you did!!

“It took me seventeen years to learn the best way to do short sales. I have been teaching Realtors how to do short sales, which is like teaching donkeys to fly. You can launch them with high amounts of energy, but they do not stay with it for very long unless you give them lots of support. Most Realtors do not like the persistence, detail and repetitive work that it takes to negotiate a short sale with a bank, because most of them do not have a C personality type.

So, I am concentrating on teaching how to negotiate with the bank, mainly for the team members and Real Estate Virtual Assistants. The Realtors can do the Realtor part of it i.e. get the listing and get an offer. The team does the part that makes the difference: getting it approved. The negotiating techniques I teach have enabled me to get all but one of my short sales approved.

The Realtors need to learn this also, because they are responsible for the whole transaction. However, their team members or Real Estate Virtual Assistants take to it better than they do.

If you are interested, go to www.ShortSaleNegotiatingSpecialist.com to register for a free webinar February 25th at 3 pm eastern time, and bring your team members and assistants. After all, it takes the same amount of time to negotiate a short sale that does not get approved by the bank as it does to negotiate one that is approved… and the ones that are approved pay much better.”

Tim Burrell
www.CreateAShortSale.com
919-812-5111

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Listing Coordination is a popular task to outsource to a Real Estate Virtual Assistant. Many real estate companys input your listings into the Multiple Listing Service for your, but if not your VA can do it. It is tedious work and something most real estate professionals I know hate doing it themselves!!

Real Estate Virtual Assistants refer to the marketing of your real estate listings as Listing Coordination. Listing Coordination is easily outsourced and is a good place to start our daily posts.

There are almost limitless activities that can be lumped under Listing Coordination, but today we’ll talk about virtual tours.  If we are not entering the listing into the MLS, most of our clients email us the listing sheet, and information sheet about the property and photos. Within 24 hours of receiving all your property info, we’ll have the tour complete.

An alternative to emailing listing info is using Drop Box. A nifty desktop application you can drop your files into and share with others. It syncs with everyone you are sharing with which can be a little disconcerting the first time it happens! A notification pops up in the bottom right corner of your screen showing a file has been dropped in the box…I really thought I was loosing it the first time this happened. Back to virtual tours….

Some of my favorite virtual tour products are:

Visual Tour.

A tried and true product. Probably the original. Automatically uploads to Realtor.com. They are always adding new features. One of the latest is video creation for You Tube.

Real Estate Shows.

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Welcome to 365 Real Estate Virtual Assistant!

This Blog was inspired by the movie, Julie and Julia,  and Julie Powell’s Julie/Julia Project. Julie challenged herself to cook 536 recipes from Julia child’s book, Mastering The Art Of French Cooking, and write about it each day.

I figure, writing the 365 blog posts is one hell of a lot easier than writing blog posts AND cooking 536 recipes. I’m letting myself off easy! Hey, I’m no sucker for punishment!!

I figure I can challenge myself to a blog post a day and have you benefit from learning how a Real Estate Virtual Assistant can change your life. If you are ready to begin working less, earning more,  having more fun, and taking your business to a whole new level…visit each day for a new idea!!