Assessing the workload you are now taking out for your property management business will help you determine which tasks can be eliminated because you are a business owner. It can be difficult to change your perspective from “employee” to “business owner,” especially if you’re a hands-on person who likes to do things yourself to ensure everything is handled well.
As a business owner, you are not just a property manager or a landlord anymore. You are in charge of many decisions and it would be harder and longer to achieve the success you seek as a business owner in your market if you try doing all you used to do as a property manager working for another business.
It may sound like hiring someone to perform some of your tasks is impractical, an additional cost for you, and takes away your control in the business. There is a way to hire someone to support you and reduce your workload without spending much, allowing you to rediscover your time and energy for business development.
Property Management VAs: Who Are They?
In the past, business owners have hired recruiters or posted job openings on job boards to attract local talents. But what happens when the perfect applicants are not available in your market? You may not always have the qualified personnel you require after hiring a full-time employee on-site to support business growth. Your payroll budget may be significantly impacted by hiring full-time workers.
More and more businesses are discovering the significance of outsourcing and hiring virtual assistants to complete tasks that were originally completed in-house and onsite. In the real estate sector, desk-bound property managers are more and more reliant on assistant property managers’ virtual assistants, or VAs, for assistance with their everyday work.
Virtual assistants are remote workers from across the globe who have assisted property managers for years by handling routine tasks that can be burdensome to them. This frees up their time, enabling them to give tenants and clients greater services. Working with one provides these benefits:
- Without needing the perks of a full- or part-time employee, virtual assistants are the perfect way to tackle support jobs.
- Most virtual assistants work as independent contractors that supplement your team with knowledge and time without busting your overhead budget.
- You can work with a VA Without prior property management knowledge to perform administrative chores. You can also work with someone whose expertise is in property management. It all depends on your requirement.
How Can VAs Help In Property Management?
What can a virtual assistant accomplish for your property management company if they are not dealing with concerns on-site? You can increase your efficiency by identifying certain duties that you can delegate to a virtual assistant.
You don’t require a helper with in-depth property management knowledge but having experience is an advantage. However, a good VA can adjust to whatever tasks are assigned to them. These duties may consist of:
Administrative Tasks
Administrative tasks are the most time-consuming task in any organization therefore the number reason why business owners hired virtual assistants. While the tasks do not require technical skills, they are tedious, repetitive, and continuous.
Some of the tasks of a property management virtual assistant include receiving applications, file management, contact management, receiving and responding to maintenance requests, listing vacant properties, and following up on bills and payments.
Virtual assistants can free up your time and those of your team members by taking on typical tasks, giving you more time to explore leads and communicate with current and new clients. Your operations become more efficient when your team can concentrate more on servicing owners and renters—without the tedious effort connected with mundane duties that a virtual assistant can do.
Social Media Management Support
Along with administrative tasks, an assistant property manager’s job description could also include creating marketing plans to advertise the property, engaging with social media followers, and responding to messages, and comments on social media. They can upload pictures and videos of the property, optimize their posts with hashtags and reshare memes, quotations, testimonies, and visuals.
Support in Digital Marketing
An assistant property manager with experience and skills in creating marketing materials. Experience and skills in graphic design, video editing, and blog writing can support your business’s marketing efforts. Your property management VA can also produce banners, posters, and other printed materials for announcements to place throughout the property and for festivities like birthdays, holidays, and other occasions in addition to producing advertising materials.
Your ability to explore leads and communicate with current and future clients will rise if you hire a virtual assistant to take on ordinary tasks that would otherwise fall on you or another team member. Your operations are more efficient when your team is free to concentrate on making owners and renters happy rather than on the minute details of everyday duties that an assistant can handle.
VALUE Virtual Assistants is an excellent place to start recruiting virtual assistants for your logistics and transportation business. You tell us what your business needs and we take care of the rest. Our process is straightforward.
- Book a complimentary consultation with us.
To better understand your needs and provide information about our process, we will discuss your questions in a consultation session. Our specialists will consult with you to determine whether the virtual assistant matches your requirements.
- Evaluate the candidate.
Following the initial consultation, you will be given information regarding our recommended candidates. You can ask our team for a different recommendation if the selected individual does not meet your requirements.
- Interview the candidate.
Once you are happy with our suggestion, we connect you with the chosen candidate to learn more about them.
- Onboard your VALUE VA and incorporate it into the group.
At this point, you might have an onboarding conversation with them to go through the role of their position and any communication guidelines you want them to be aware of.
Make an appointment for a free consultation with us to find out how a virtual assistant is a smart move choice for you.
