Hello Investors,

I am looking for advice from property managers, virtual assistants and people who use virtual assistants to operate their business.

Aside from STR projects, I freelance my services to management companies. My first client who I have had since December has been paying "per project." What I do are comprehensive revenue analysis and if the home owner likes the financials, the company has me onboard the listing onto Airbnb & VRBO. I take a lot of time to get accurate comparables of the home, input my numbers and calculations on an expansive Google Sheet and give numbers based on 25th, 75th and 90th percentile. If that moves to the next step, I create the listings. I do research on popular attractions near by and by no means is this listing made up of "fluff." In fact, I feel like I know the house in and out when I am done.... Anyways to the point.

The company wants to have "access" to me through out the month for basically unlimited analysis and listings for a monthly rate. I asked what they had in mind and after I did the math it does not make sense at all for me but they are insistent. They also want me to look at a list of possible listings to be onboarded and instead of doing a rev. analysis and tell them "yes proceed with this home" or "no not worth your time or money."- Basically not wanting to pay for a revenue analysis but getting a professional opinion. As a young woman in the industry I do not want to taken advantage of but I want to come up with a compromise where we are both happy.

To The Bigger Pockets Community, do you pay your assistants a flat fee per month or per project? I don't want to lose a client but I don't want to compromise myself either. I am looking forward to your expert advice!

Thanks,

Emily