Before they go into business for themselves, a good number of virtual assistants have worked within other spheres of corporate America. For example, if they have worked in real estate before, there could be a great deal of opportunities awaiting as a real estate virtual assistant.

Real estate agents either work for a company or they can go out on their own and work as an independent. In order for them to make money, agents must sell homes and properties. Agents have a lot to do, between putting up listings, showings, making sales and other things. In addition, they have many office responsibilities to turn to and a lot of little details to take care of; this can often be too much for one person to deal with.

Anyone who is in business will tell you that it is very hard to find time to deal with website development, promotions, satisfying clients, day-to-day activities and professional affiliations at the same time. Many new businesses, just like an independent real estate agent, are not in the position to hire new employees at first. Besides that, the pick of local applicants may be less than qualified to do the job without some hand-holding to begin with.

The real estate industry was among the first to use virtual assistants to meet their needs. Virtual assistants had the necessary skills to handle bookkeeping, accounting, database management and various other office activities. Virtual assistants that once worked in real estate decided to use that knowledge to build a niche business for themselves. Then they were able to expand work and were able to offer help to real estate agents with increasingly more complex activities.

What are the responsibilities of a real estate VA?

Virtual assistants that have been in the real estate industry know that an agent needs help with basic office requirements and much more. This allows virtual assistants to offer services such as:

• Creating business marketing plans, such as brands, company logos.
• Management of websites, including content, virtual tour creation.
• Contacting potential clients (home sellers, home buyers, FSBOs).
• Coordinating listing activities (data entry, promotional info, presentations).
• Closing details, inspections, signings and escrows.
• Keep track of appointments.
• Creating new business leads.

With knowledge of the real estate business, clients will actively look for a professional virtual assistant to help them be more productive. Such a VA can propose new areas for business growth, create sales copy depending on the area and the situation with the housing market and deal with the questions that customers ask, but which agents don’t always have the time to answer.

Many real estate virtual assistants develop long-term professional associations with local agents. With this kind of expertise, a VA is certainly not limited to that though. Maybe the VA deals mainly with website services. Such a VA could use their time to create amazing websites and interactive virtual tools for clients, wherever they may be, as long as they’re provided with the right collateral.

A virtual assistant in the area of real estate is a vital member of the team. Their extensive knowledge helps the agents to concentrate on the business of helping clients to buy or sell property, and they rest assured that they can leave all the rest to their assistant.

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