Has anyone had success with VA?

Question

I'm looking into adding a VA.  I found a company that charges $240 for 40 hours of cold calling, prospecting, skip tracing, and appointment setting.  This comes out to about $6 an hour.  What have your experiences been with a VA and has it increased your business?

Account Closed · Answer

Update: 2 days in with VA, a total of 8 hours. ($48)  They have identified 2 sellers, 1 declined our offer, the other we identified has a duplex with a garage that can be rented out separately.  $2000 (under market) for the 2 units in rental income for agreed price of 140k, scheduled appt. after Christmas.

Daniel Salmeron · Answer

Account Closed That is great to hear, congrats! I am looking to hire a VA as well since I am unable to complete my targeted amount of cold calls due to having I have a full time W2. Did your VA just handle cold calling and vetting leads and you handled the negotiation? Or what duties did you assign to your VA?  Thanks in advance!

Christaye Foster · Answer

I'm interested too - and found that they are an asset (take low level, repetitive, database tasks off your plate) IF there are systems/processes in place to give them EXACTLY what they need to do and how to do it... i.e., I tried the other way (piecemeal system, trying to loom a couple videos and talk them through what I wanted)-- NOT GOOD.  But if you have leads from propstream or somewhere and you want them skiptraced, I did fiverr and it's .05 a lead... Now I'm trying to see how to get around FCC law of 'opt-in' requirement prior to mass texting...  So, ultimately, hiring a VA forces you to have some organization/plan/clear process prior to them coming on-board BUT if you pay a VA $1000 and you close 1 deal netting $5 or 10k, its a no brainer

Brad Jacobson · Answer

I've never used a VA but I have friends that have had both excellent and poor experiences with them.  Looking forward to the thread.  Thanks for the great question!