How you can Rent a Digital Assistant for Actual Property Investing for Simply $5/Hour

Ashley:
Managing your first few actual property offers can really feel like a juggling act, discovering properties, dealing with paperwork, coordinating with contractors, managing tenants, the checklist goes on. However what if I informed you there’s a strategy to streamline all of that and concentrate on what actually issues? Rising your portfolio, hiring a digital assistant might be the sport changer that takes your actual property enterprise from chaos to regulate. And as we speak we’re diving into why each rookie investor ought to contemplate bringing one on board. That is the Actual Property Rookie podcast. I’m Ashley Care, and I’m right here with Tony j Robinson.

Tony:
And welcome to the podcast the place each week, 3 times per week, we carry you the inspiration, motivation, and tales it’s essential hear to kickstart your investing journey. Now as we speak we’re joined by Valentina Brega, who began as a distant assistant when she immigrated to the us, and now leads a workforce of over 100 digital assistant. So Val, tremendous excited to have you ever on the present as we speak.

Valentina:
I’m so excited to be right here. Thanks for having me on.

Tony:
Guys, what we’re going to get into as we speak, we’re going to speak about the right way to rent a digital assistant that may assist scale your actual property portfolio. Methods to filter how a digital assistant can be an asset to you and duties you may hand off to a digital assistant as we speak.

Ashley:
Okay, so Valentino, we wish to study slightly bit extra about you first. So inform us the way you went from doing distant work to really constructing out your individual enterprise of digital assistants.

Valentina:
That is sort of an attention-grabbing story as a result of I by no means thought that I might be working remotely. That was not within the plans. So the concept, such as you talked about, I moved to america in 2018. We immigrated right here after my husband received the inexperienced card lottery. I dunno if you recognize it is a factor, I’m not from right here. I’m initially from Japanese Europe and folks from different nations can apply to get the inexperienced card right here and the possibilities of being chosen are actually, actually minimal. It’s a lottery. It doesn’t matter how nicely you converse English, it doesn’t matter how educated, it’s a lottery as a result of they attempt to give everybody the chance to return to the states. And we’ve been making use of for years, years, years. And it was like refuse, refuse, refuse. At the moment after we got here right here, I had simply had my daughter, she was two months previous Once we discovered that we received the inexperienced card lottery, I’m like, congratulations, we obtained the inexperienced card and as blissful as we have been again then.
However it was additionally nerve-racking as a result of what can we do within the us? How do we all know what we are able to have in Europe? What are we going to do within the us? You’re not given a spot to remain a job or something like that. So we obtained right here, we don’t have a home to remain. Nicely, we did have a spot to remain for some time, however we didn’t have a spot of our personal or one thing to name a house or everlasting. We didn’t have a automobile, no jobs, no rental historical past. Nobody would hire us something as a result of now we have nothing, no credit score rating as a result of we don’t have that in our nation. So we’re utterly like zero. No person is aware of something about us after we come right here to the states. And on prime of that, we discovered that we solely have $400 in our pocket to depend on.
So we couldn’t entry our funds from again residence for, we known as the financial institution, it’s like our bank card doesn’t work, our debit card doesn’t work. They usually mentioned, oh yeah, you must have talked about that you simply’re leaving the nation. You must be right here current to entry that cash. I used to be like, we’ll lose the inexperienced card if we try this, we are able to’t try this. So we actually had $400 in our pocket. It’s like, that is swim or sink, that is it. After which I bear in mind this actual property alternative I used to be trying on certainly, they usually have been on the lookout for anyone to reply the telephones and I’m like, wow, that may be nice. That is do business from home. That might be nice. However wait, I don’t have any expertise in actual property. Why would they take me? I don’t know something about actual property. I didn’t know what the phrase ballpark meant.
I believed it was a park the place individuals play ball. I identical to to let you know how a lot of a rookie I used to be in actual property myself. In order that tab was open on my browser for days. I didn’t have the braveness to use. After which someday I mentioned, you recognize what? Worst factor they’ll say is say no, I’m going to go forward and apply. So I had the interview with the CO of the corporate and after that interview I informed my husband, that is it. That is the corporate for me. We have been so aligned with the core values, with our imaginative and prescient with it was simply the right, good alternative and it was nice. This was my preliminary distant assistant, so to say, my do business from home expertise, and that was earlier than Covid, that was 2018. So it was good. That’s sort of how I obtained began.
I stayed with the corporate for 3 years and we made tens of millions of {dollars}. I used to be promoted to in a gross sales position as nicely, overseeing the acquisition reps. I understood a lot about actual property that I had different traders come to me and say, are you able to educate my workforce all the pieces? How are you making tens of millions for this firm? Educate my workforce the way you try this. After some time, I mentioned, you recognize what? I’m not distinctive. There’s nothing particular about me. I can discover individuals like me from around the globe who would even be hungry, who would even be motivated, who would additionally like to have the chance to work on the US market. In order that’s sort of how I began discovering one particular person to individuals. We had success after which it obtained to the place we’re proper now, three and a half years later, and now we have positioned lots of of digital assistants with firms they usually generated tens of tens of millions of {dollars} for our collective shoppers. It was meant to be the stress that I had initially. The whole lot was, it was simply meant to be, I feel. However that’s sort of my journey, how I began right here and the way it obtained right here.

Ashley:
Valentino, what an inspiration you might be. To start with, simply having $400 in your pocket and such as you mentioned, like sink or swim and also you’re hungry. You needed to make it work. So I’m curious, from all the pieces that you’ve got discovered working for this actual property firm, coaching hundreds of individuals, why do you suppose {that a} rookie investor simply beginning out wants to rent a digital assistant to be on their workforce?

Valentina:
It actually will depend on the place they’re of their journey. I’ve labored with so many newcomers, so many rookies, lots of people, they’ve their W2 job they usually don’t have plenty of time. Okay, so in that case, it is sensible to rent a digital assistant. In different instances, since you’re at first of your journey, it’s possible you’ll not know as a lot about actual property otherwise you’re nonetheless within the studying course of. There are digital assistants who’ve finished the identical job for years. They may know extra about lead technology or lead nurturing or the right way to speak to individuals on the cellphone than a rookie investor will. There’s truly two the reason why you’d rent a va. One for those who’re so good at your job, however you shouldn’t be doing this job, so that you delegate it to somebody who can do it at 80% of your stage, otherwise you delegate up, you delegate it to an professional. And for those who’re a newbie, you could find digital assistant who’ve finished this for years. However what I mentioned it will depend on your journey is when you’ve got the time and if you wish to undergo this studying course of, you may. It’s simply that what I’ve seen is individuals scale match quicker after they have anyone on their workforce, after they have anyone to work with, after they don’t really feel like an island, they don’t really feel alone.

Tony:
Valentina, I suppose, let me ask, whenever you say lead technology, there’s rather a lot that goes into that. So what perhaps particularly are you seeing digital assistants do inside lead gen that’s perhaps helpful for Ricky, who’s simply getting began out?

Valentina:
I don’t suppose that traders must be spending their time chilly calling given that you’d hear plenty of, no, no, no, no, no, I’m not . Possibly. No, no, no. Sure, proper. A variety of effort goes into discovering that one sure or that one perhaps. And I feel as an actual property investor, your time is best spent elsewhere. You have to make connections. You have to construct a rapport with perhaps some brokers or discovering offers or managing the contractors or flipping or no matter it’s that’s transferring the needle and bringing income to your organization, not chilly calling. This may be outsourced for as little as $5 an hour. So in case you are doing this, you’re mainly saying, Hey, my time is price $5 an hour and it’s not. You possibly can do much more than this. So that is one thing that VAs will help with lead technology.
They’ll chilly name, they’ll discover out who has a home they wish to promote, get some details about the situation of the property, their motivation, what’s taking place of their life, or perhaps they know anyone else who needs to promote. That’s only one method. One other method is a few traders ship out a unsolicited mail. Once more, anyone wants to select up these incoming calls and there are third events who provide this service, however you want anyone who follows up with leads, who manages the CRM, who makes certain that no leads fall behind. If somebody says, I want to talk to my spouse, name me again in a single week, we’d like to ensure anyone does name again that vendor. So that is one thing {that a} digital assistant can do as nicely as a result of in actual property traders, they’ve rather a lot on their plate and they’re going to overlook to observe up with leads. I’ve seen this occur numerous instances.

Ashley:
Earlier than we bounce into the right way to rent your first digital assistant, we’re going to take a fast break, however stick round as a result of after we come again we’ll stroll you thru the precise steps to discover a vet and onboard a VA that may take your workload off your plate and make it easier to scale quicker. So don’t go anyplace.

Tony:
Alright, welcome again guys. Let’s bounce again in with Valentina Brea. So Valentina, I suppose let me ask as a result of Ashley and I each use digital assistants fairly extensively in our companies proper now, however I feel there’s additionally a query of when is the precise time? And I get this query a ton from of us as nicely. It’s like, Tony, when ought to I truly get that first digital assistant? I all the time inform of us, particularly if you wish to scale, in order for you a couple of or two properties, doing it at property one is rather a lot simpler than doing it at property 10, 20, 30 as a result of there’s much more to show and present at that time. However you’ve clearly positioned plenty of digital assistants. What do you suppose is perhaps the perfect timing for a rookie? Ought to they do it at first or wait till they’ve a couple of offers finished?

Valentina:
Right here’s a mistake that lots of people make. I feel they wish to put collectively all the pieces good. They should have an ideal system like I’m going to do that myself, study the system after which I’m going to rent a digital assistant. In case you’re simply beginning out, you might be constructing the system from the purpose you might be proper now. When you get a deal below contract or two offers, you’ll be at a unique stage. So then your system will look totally different from a unique angle. So I say don’t focus an excessive amount of on the programs, however as a substitute concentrate on getting outcomes. So I agree with you, I feel you scale quicker for those who do it with another person, however even if you wish to do it by your self, in case you are tight on cash or something like that, truly for those who don’t have some huge cash, I feel VAs are a really reasonably priced method of studying the right way to be a greater chief and the right way to scale quicker.
However if you wish to do it your self, the position that I personally have for me is I’m going to do one thing for 3 months earlier than it must be off my plate. So let’s say for instance, copywriting, I’m going to do that myself for 3 months, however then this isn’t one thing that I must be doing as a enterprise proprietor. So it’s the identical factor for you, set your self a deadline if you wish to do it by yourself, at what level do you must be and what outcomes do you wish to see at that time? And for those who’re not there, it’s essential discover somebody that can assist you with that.

Tony:
And Valentina, Ash and I have been simply speaking about this on a current podcast episode, however at the least for me in my enterprise, I maintain a listing of the issues that I don’t wish to do anymore. And actually there’s a listing of cease doing this stuff. And as I sort of discover the precise individuals, plenty of instances digital assistants, I’m capable of delegate that work off to them. However I suppose once I give it some thought, there’s sort of two methods to construct a enterprise. You may have backside up and you’ve got prime down. High down is whenever you go rent some COO and also you say, Hey, go construct this firm for me, method costly to do it that method since you obtained to rent individuals from the start with plenty of skillset to do all of the issues that they should do. And also you’re hiring consultants who know, who know the right way to get these issues finished. Backside up is sort of what you described the place you’re beginning doing all the pieces, you’re sporting all of the hats, and because the enterprise grows, you begin to pull individuals in. So I feel for lots of parents who’re listening to the Ricky Podcast, the underside up method most likely makes extra sense as a result of it’s less expensive. And I feel leveraging these digital assistants is a good way to tug these individuals in

Ashley:
Valentina. I can see plenty of listeners proper now pondering this is able to be wonderful, that is nice. I’d like to have individuals do these duties for me, however what’s the price? So how does the pricing differ than in the event that they have been going to go and rent somebody in in-person, perhaps part-time or full-time? What does it truly price to have a digital assistant and do you must pay any advantages? Type of give us an outline of the distinction of hiring a digital assistant in comparison with anyone that may be working in-house with them.

Valentina:
So one of many primary advantages, and I hear this query rather a lot, like what about taxes? What about how do I do that? So are they 10 99, are they W2? And I can’t give tax recommendation, however so far as my information goes, and I say that it is a enterprise expense, they’re not US residents. So 10 99 doesn’t apply. It’s a write off. So it’s a enterprise expense. So meaning it’s a lot simpler for you as an employer. You don’t must take care of a lot paperwork whenever you work with digital assistants, in fact you additionally don’t have workplace house as a result of everybody works remotely. The digital assistant is answerable for the expertise, for laptop, for web velocity, for telephones, for all the pieces. And in reality, after we rent digital assistants, we be sure that they’ve good laptop specs, good web, all of that as a result of they are saying, Hey, you count on from the corporate to pay your month-to-month wage, however additionally they have expectations from you and the standard of your work is on you, so it’s essential be sure you have the precise laptop and all of that.
So that is a lot simpler for employers from that perspective. By way of advantages, you don’t must, however I take advantage of it for my firm, I encourage you to make use of it, however you don’t must. Digital assistants are blissful to get a very good hourly price that is sensible for them. And a very good hourly price for them can be anyplace between 5 to $8 an hour, once more, relying on their experience. And there’s rather a lot to speak concerning the price, however what I can say right here in a nutshell, simply because somebody requests extra doesn’t imply they’re essentially higher than those that are between 5 and eight. But when anyone requests two an hour, they is perhaps newcomers. They may not be the expertise that you simply’re on the lookout for. Simply one thing that we’ve observed from our expertise.

Tony:
Yeah, I feel that hits on it for certain. Valentina. I suppose there’s alternative ways which you can construction the cost as nicely. So Ashley, I’m curious for you, for the digital assistants which can be in your workforce, are you paying them by the hour? Are you paying them identical to a month-to-month wage? Are you paying them by undertaking? How have you ever set it up within your online business?

Ashley:
So I’ve it two waves. One is hourly, so that they submit their hours each week they usually’re paid and it truly fees proper to my bank card. So I’m getting the reward factors for that. That’s

Tony:
Truly good. I don’t know why we’re not doing that.

Ashley:
After which for my property administration firm, I do have one digital assistant who’s wage. She works 40 hours each week.

Tony:
Similar for us. We’ve some VAs which can be simply on wage, identical quantity each month, and we count on full-time work. A few of my Airbnb digital assistants are hourly as a result of they’ve totally different shifts that they work, and now we have some which can be simply sort of both undertaking primarily based, we’re not all the time utilizing them, however perhaps a small factor right here this month, a small factor there subsequent month. So we’ve sort of seen the entire gamut and I feel that’s the vital factor for individuals to know is that you simply don’t must upfront decide to paying somebody 40 hours per week to get began. You possibly can begin with a small undertaking first. If we return to the lead technology that Valentina was speaking about, it’s like, Hey va, I’m going to provide you 5,000 leads as a undertaking and I need you to dial all these leads and set as many appointments as you may. And when you’re finished with that, then we are able to perhaps resolve what to do transferring ahead. So there are methods to scale into it versus simply beginning with full-time work to start with.

Ashley:
Yeah, I simply wish to recap proper there, what we’ve discovered thus far a few rookie having the ability to rent a digital assistant is which you can simply use it as wanted, use an assistant as wanted. You don’t have to must decide to something. So even when it’s simply an hour price of labor every month, you’ll be able to rent somebody to do this for you. Simply that one little factor that annoys you otherwise you continuously overlook about truly doing after which must pay a penalty payment or no matter it might be. After which the second factor is the fee. It’s extra reasonably priced for a rookie investor beginning out to rent somebody at a decrease price than you’d for those who needed to rent anyone within the states. For instance, our upkeep particular person, now we have employees’ comp insurance coverage, now we have incapacity, now we have payroll taxes, now we have all these various things added on that truly, though his hourly price is I feel $40 an hour above that, there’s much more added expense to it, plus the dedication of I’m guaranteeing you so many hours each single week, even when there’s not that a lot work to do.
So I feel these are two. One of many actually huge advantages is the low price of entry to getting a digital assistant after which additionally not having to satisfy duties for them as a lot as you’d if anyone was on wage or anyone was working for you for a specific amount of time frame for that many hours.

Valentina:
And there are several types of digital assistants. There’s normal VA who can do plenty of issues. They may know issues at a superficial stage, so like bookkeeping, they wouldn’t know the right way to do one thing extra superior. However entries and preserving observe of bills, they’ll try this. So normal VAs will help with plenty of issues. There’s additionally area of interest VAs. So for those who want a video editor, that’s all they do. In case you want a bookkeeper, now we have individuals who simply solely do bookkeeping, like very superior. They know QuickBooks, they’ve certifications, all of that. So it actually will depend on what you want as a result of if you consider this, you’re employed with digital assistants, they’re individuals, they work on themselves, they study, they purchase. So it actually doesn’t make a distinction for those who rent domestically or for those who rent internationally, simply internationally, you have got an even bigger pool of expertise.
There’s an even bigger pool of expertise than hiring inside a 20 mile radius out of your workplace. So if one thing doesn’t work out with one va, you could find another person as a result of the pool is a lot larger. As a result of that is so engaging to digital assistants, you’ll have a ton of individuals making use of to your job advert you submit a job at anyplace, individuals can be flooding your inbox. Doesn’t imply they’re good. They apply as a result of they need that $5 an hour and since you select somebody, oh, there’s simply $5 an hour, what did I count on? In fact they’re not good high quality. No, that simply means you haven’t picked a very good one as a result of all people’s competing for the position. But when you perform a little extra digging, you will see that the precise one who will simply be a sport changer to your firm.

Ashley:
And that’s one other nice level proper there too, is that if the particular person isn’t figuring out, it’s rather a lot simpler and smoother course of to sort of transition into anyone else and fulfilling that position.

Valentina:
100%,

Ashley:
Sure.

Tony:
So I suppose I wish to throw a query to you Valentina, as a result of I’m certain for lots of the parents which can be listening, the gear is returning, proper? However I feel we perceive the influence {that a} digital assistant can have. We perceive that we are able to do it in a really price efficient method, however I suppose the following query that involves thoughts is how can I truly discover these digital assistants? So the place are you going? What could also be platforms or providers are you utilizing to supply these digital assistants? After which what steps are you sort of taking I suppose as you’re going via the interviewing course of?

Valentina:
So as a result of we’re an company, an organization that focuses on that, we even have boots on the bottom in plenty of nations we rent from in all places on this planet. So now we have native connections, native relationships that assist us supply the perfect candidates. However if you wish to do that by yourself, there’s plenty of Fb teams which you can go into simply sort digital assistants work and you will see that a ton of teams like that. Additionally, in fact, on-line jobs, pH, it’s highly regarded. You do must pay for that, a month-to-month payment to get digital assistants. In case you’re on the lookout for somebody in Latin America, for instance, once more, Fb may most likely, Fb teams can be an excellent place so that you can begin. Like I mentioned, there can be teams which have tens of hundreds of individuals there simply because it doesn’t imply they’re all good. We interview 100 individuals to search out one or two good ones. Our choice price is so small, the way you interview them, the way you vet them, that’s the place the key lies.

Tony:
The amount I feel is tremendous vital for us. The final digital assistants that we employed, we needed to rent two, and I simply posted this on on-line jobs pH, we had over 200 individuals apply. I feel it truly captured at 200. We had 200 candidates of that. We had I feel 80 or in order that sort of crammed out the survey that we walked them via. After which of these survey candidates solely like 30 truly accomplished it. After which of these 30 solely, I feel 5 of them had ok functions like surveys for us to wish to interview in particular person. Then we rent two out of 200. And that’s a fairly constant factor that we’ve seen as we go to rent. So that you’ve obtained to have a extremely huge prime of funnel. So I like your thought of not simply leveraging the Upwork with the net jobs.ph, however going into the Fb teams, having these native connections as a result of that offers you an even bigger prime of funnel to get the precise variety of individuals on the backside.

Valentina:
Completely, and that’s what we do. That’s what we do all day and a half individuals on my workers who that’s what they do, they only vet individuals as a result of such as you mentioned, the bulk should not good. They apply generically in all places they usually don’t take note of what you particularly ask. So they only go for that hourly. So it’s as much as you to discover a good candidate.

Ashley:
We’ve to take one last break, however extra on the influence of hiring VA after this.

Tony:
Alright guys, welcome again to the present.

Ashley:
So how are we vetting, what are the questions we must be asking? As a result of I don’t just like the hiring course of. I don’t like interviewing anybody. I don’t just like the awkwardness of being on the zoom name with attempting to think about inquiries to ask. So I’m terrible at that facet of it. So please enlighten us with what are some issues to ask somebody through the interview course of?

Valentina:
Nicely Ashley, I’ve excellent news for you for those who observe what I’m about to let you know. You don’t have to talk with that many individuals on Zoom. So that is what we do. Let’s say we put a job advert someplace. We’ve 100 individuals, and also you’re completely proper, Tony, like 100 individuals. The funnel will get smaller and smaller. The very first thing that we do, in fact writing the advert, we speak about our core values. We wish to be sure that we converse to the particular person we wish to entice. So to start with, perceive who you wish to entice. If you’d like a tremendous salesperson, you must think about that tremendous salesperson and converse their language. If you’d like anyone to do chilly calling, you must converse that language. So we put our core values within the advert, we speak about who we’re, and I truly say there, for those who don’t see your self in these values, don’t apply as a result of we wouldn’t be a very good match.
I truly put it there after which on the finish I give them a process Once they apply to use for this position, ship us an electronic mail at such and such electronic mail deal with and with the next topic line, my favourite core worth is, and put clean, no matter your core worth is. And lots of people disregard this directions or lots of people truly obtained some responses like, my favourite core worth is blue or orange. I’m like, okay, nicely perhaps you’re not element oriented or your English isn’t ok. So in any of those instances, this isn’t ok. That’s not so I don’t open each single electronic mail. I don’t give individuals a second likelihood as a result of I need individuals who need this. So individuals who learn your complete advert, they perceive what I’m on the lookout for. So after we get 100 emails for instance, that’s what I’ve one in all my VAs do.
She eliminates routinely everybody who doesn’t observe the directions. After which the second half that we do additionally within the advert we put to use, ship us a voice recording, particularly if it is a voice place, like chilly calling or taking inbound calls. I don’t even have a look at resumes. I don’t invite individuals at interviews with ai, with templates. They’ll have an ideal resume. I don’t wish to fall in love with a candidate. I simply wish to maintain it quite simple. So then the funnel will get even smaller right here after which we give them a take a look at earlier than we invite them to an interview. And it is a essential half that individuals are lacking. That is so vital. You give them slightly take a look at as a result of I can assure you nearly all of individuals will bail whenever you give a take a look at. They won’t present up, they won’t report, they won’t give it to you.
And it will possibly look totally different. Let’s say for those who’re on the lookout for a copywriter, you can provide them slightly pattern to write down a pattern electronic mail for no matter marketing campaign you have got. For chilly callers for instance, you truly do must get them on an interview and now we have a task play and I give them powerful objections. I’m not giving my home away. Why are you calling me? You guys are low balling me all of this. And I wish to see how that chilly caller handles rejection and the way they deal with being in uncomfortable conditions. In case you give them a take a look at for no matter place you want, electronic mail administration for instance, you ask them, Hey, how would you handle my electronic mail? Okay, that is my state of affairs. I open my electronic mail, I’ve 6,000 100 messages. What are your steps? How are you going to deal with that? And you’ll see in the event that they use chat, GPT, you may see in the event that they use superficial solutions.
Everybody will say, oh, I’ll create folders. Everybody says that, however I want one thing. I have to study one thing new from the individual that I’m going to rent. If I don’t study something new from you and I’m not the professional and I count on you to be the professional, then you definitely’re not the individual that I want for this place. Once you remove individuals like that, you solely interview a few good ones which have potential and ideally those which have submitted your take a look at. For instance, video enhancing. Earlier than I interview anybody, I give them one in all my reels in uncooked and I say, Hey, make that look good. Put captions, put some music. I don’t need you to work free of charge. I don’t need you to do the entire thing by your self. Simply do one minute 30 seconds. I wish to see your skillset, I wish to see the way you’re fascinated by this. And that’s the place lots of people bail. However then those who do observe via and who give me a very good consequence, that’s those I speak to in an interview.

Ashley:
What an amazing course of. I really feel like everybody listening and myself included, may undergo and write down this guidelines of like, okay, I’m prepared to start out hiring. Right here’s my funnel that I’m going to start out going via to get to the slender sense of candidates and the way you mentioned that you simply wish to study one thing from somebody. And I employed anyone for, as a result of I actually had a light-weight bulb go off once I informed them what I used to be doing and I informed them how I wished them to do it. They usually have been like, truly, I really helpful you do it this manner since you’d be saving cash, blah, blah, blah. And I used to be like, oh my God. Wow, that is so nice. You’re employed.

Tony:
So we talked rather a lot Valentina about what VAs can do, the right way to supply them, the right way to interview them, however I suppose as Ricky’s perhaps suppose long-term and since clearly for lots of parents hearken to this podcast, they they’re engaged on that first deal, however some could also be engaged on offers quantity two, quantity three and quantity 5. So when somebody needs to start out scaling, I suppose what roles do you see or perhaps how can a digital assistant contribute to that?

Valentina:
I all the time say that if one thing could be finished on a pc or on the cellphone, it may be finished by anybody anyplace on this planet. So relying on what you want within the firm, I might truly say for those who particularly have a few offers, then this works the method, you have got the system, you simply have to repeat it extra usually. So I might say the traders ought to concentrate on what’s bringing them extra income after which delegate all the pieces else. The little issues to digital help, like I mentioned, lead technology or if they’ve a property administration firm, tenant complaints or tenant functions, that may be finished by a digital assistant as nicely. Tony, you talked about the truth that you delegated belongings you don’t like. There’s truly an train for that, the 4 quadrants, and you place totally different actions that you simply do in several quadrants. The primary one is issues I like to do and I’m nice at it, and I might do it it doesn’t matter what.
Second one issues I like, and I’m okay at this, I prefer it. The third one is issues I don’t like, however I’m good as a result of I’ve been doing this for therefore lengthy. So for instance, payroll, I don’t like the entire course of and all of that, however I’m good. I’ve finished it for therefore lengthy. And the fourth quadrant is issues I’m not good at. They’re vital, however I’m not good at and I don’t like doing them. So that you begin delegating these and you’re employed your method backwards from quadrant 4 to a few to 2 to even one. Even for those who like one thing, you like one thing and also you’re nice at it. Doesn’t imply it must be in your plate, however you wish to get to that. You don’t wish to delegate that first. You wish to get via issues which can be vital, however you’re not the professional.
Don’t concentrate on enhancing your weak spot. So social media is vital. We want visibility on-line. And also you say, however I have to study social media. I’m going to dedicate a few weeks to studying this. No, you don’t concentrate on enhancing your strengths, not don’t work in your weak spot as a result of your weak spot is anyone else’s energy as a substitute of you spending a lot time studying one thing you’re not good at, which is in quadrant 4 in that case, proper? It simply is sensible to delegate it to somebody for whom these identical actions in quadrant one, they find it irresistible. They’d do it daily,

Ashley:
And it frees up a lot of your individual time to really concentrate on what’s going to maneuver the needle for your online business, what’s going that can assist you develop and scale? The place is the cash truly being made, not doing the bookkeeping or doing these little duties that may be handed off?

Valentina:
Precisely. You keep in your genius zone and you’ve got a lot readability whenever you’re not within the nitty gritty since you lose perspective whenever you’re doing this and that and also you keep busy, however you’re not productive. And what number of days have we had these like, oh man, I did this. Yeah, however did that transfer the needle to your firm? Yeah, you clear your electronic mail, you probably did this, you probably did that, however what is that this doing income clever for you? Did you keep busy or are you truly productive? This provides you readability and perspective.

Tony:
Valentina. I suppose final query now we have for you. I imply, I really feel like we’ve finished a fairly good job of encouraging Ricky’s or at the least opening their eyes concerning the influence {that a} good digital assistant can have in your actual property enterprise. However for the rookies who have been nonetheless on the fence about hiring a digital assistant, what recommendation would you give to them to take that subsequent step?

Valentina:
What obtained you right here may not get you the place you wish to be. Your online business grows as a lot as you develop. So in case you are on the fence, the place are you going to be in a single yr? You may develop slightly bit otherwise you is perhaps caught in the identical place. Hiring a digital assistant is an reasonably priced method, cheap strategy to study extra about scaling, to go quicker, to release your time so you may work on one little transferring actions. It simply is sensible. You have to have a very good workforce in place to scale. In case you consider any profitable firms, any firms that you simply have a look at, nobody has made all of it by themselves. They’ve a workforce in place, and even when they do it themselves, then I assure they’re leaving cash on the desk by not hiring a workforce, by not having somebody on board. So for those who’re on the fence, I feel the chance of not getting a digital assistant is larger than getting one. There’s all the time this concern of hiring individuals, whether or not you rent domestically, whether or not you rent internationally, what if that it’s individuals? No matter occurs whenever you rent VA isn’t unique to VAs. It could occur the identical factor whenever you rent individuals right here domestically, nevertheless it’s simply far more costly. The price of not hiring is larger than the price of hiring and giving your self that likelihood to go to the following stage.

Ashley:
Yeah, we truly had anyone native who was fulfilling the position that my VA is now, and my VA does 20 instances higher of a job than the individual that we had. We have been paying them much more. We had them on payroll, so there was payroll, taxes, all these various things. So for me, constructing my enterprise, having these VAs have made it a lot extra reasonably priced and simply my operations and processes so a lot better. Having digital assistants and having to fret about having boots on the bottom individuals right here on a regular basis, giving them sufficient work, fulfilling all of their wants for advantages and medical health insurance and all that stuff. However I don’t suppose that my property administration firm can be as profitable as it’s with out using digital assistants in any respect.

Valentina:
Completely, 100%.

Ashley:
Nicely, Valentina, thanks a lot for approaching as we speak and giving us all this perception on hiring digital assistants. We’re going to hyperlink your info into the present notes, so anybody that desires to succeed in out to you to speak extra about this, they’ll go forward and discover you.

Valentina:
I find it irresistible. Thanks a lot.

Ashley:
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