Should I expand to a Virtual Assistant (Onlinejobs.Ph)

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Hi Everyone, had a question about hiring a virtual assistant from Onlinejobs.Ph .Whats your experience with a VA? and I want to expand but I guess I want to make sure it time to?

I've been wholesaling going on a year next month and I have been blessed to be able to close 6 deals while having a full time job. I am looking to hire and train a VA to take cold calls for me for 5-8 hours a day M-F . For the last 5 months I have been cold calling but since March using the Mojo Dialer for average of 2 hours a day Mon-Fri.  My goal is to a hire a qualified VA who will be able to pre-qualify leads and set appointments. More appointments = better chance of getting a contract.

At the moment my business looks like this:

-I cold call for 2 hours a day after work,  If Im lucky during work hours  5p-7p (you didn't hear that from me lol ).

-Mon-Thurs: Put leads in database from 11p-Midnight  (on Saturday I get the list completed and skip traced),

-Friday: Put out bandit signs

-Saturday at least 2-3 hours driving for dollars (using DealMachine) which gets added to my database which I get skip traced after my drive.

My goal is to outsource the cold calls to the point that I just get the warm leads and appointments.

David Lecko · Answer

I have hired 3 VA's from the Phillipines with excellent english... one tip that has worked well for me is this: you're going to get a TON of interest when you post a job to the job site. I'd recommend hitting them all back with a canned message saying "thanks for applying, now please send me a 2 minute video of yourself answering a few questions. (you could ask fun questions like WHAT IS A QUIRK ABOUT YOU? or PLEASE DESCRIBE WHAT MY COMPANY DOES..." You'll get to filter down the applicants quickly this way because many will not take the time to submit a video, only the serious ones. And you'll also get to see their personality and english skills quickly without doing a lot on interviews. I hope this helps if you decide to try hiring a VA!

Whitney Sewell · Answer

Congratulations on closing six deals while working full time!

I have been using VA's for a long time.  I am sure that you have a lot of other tasks you could hand off to a VA as well.  Just think about tasks you do in your business every day as you do them that you could let someone else do.  Remember you don't have to hire them full time.  You can start with just a few hours a week to try them out and make sure they are capable of completing your tasks.  I have found the best VA's using Upwork.

You have to create a detailed job description.  This is very important.  You can pay per task or per hour.  There are many possibilities here.  There are other VA's companies that specialize in helping real estate professionals.  I would rather interview my VA's myself.

Make sure they are 100% fluent in English, worked at least 100 hours for numerous people, have a 100% rating, and have been working recently as a VA.

You can find VA's in other countries that can do all these tasks for a cheaper price.  However, you have to be good at interviewing them.

I would hire one as soon as possible.  It may not work out, but you will learn a lot, improve, and hire better the next time.

You can make a list of tasks.  Then video yourself doing the tasks.  Put the videos in a shared folder so your new VA can watch them.  Then they can go back and watch them from time to time instead of having you ask you questions all the time.

Let me know if I can help.  I could talk about this for a long time.

Jay Jonez · Answer

@David Lecko thanks David yes this make sense I’ll add the video response to my process, right now I’m doing an audio response. Your right about getting the interest I post last night and a flood of applicants today.

-BTW all thanks to deal machine for my last 2 deals it’s the reason I’m looking into a VA ( it will pay for the new VA ). Double thumbs up

Gustavo Munoz Castro · Answer

Those are great results for your first year. You should hire a VA to get the most out of that Mojo dilaer and calling lists you're already spending money on. On the super plus side you're doing the job yourself already (cold calling) so you know what great performance looks like. This will help in bringing someone onboard.

We run a lot of cold calling campaigns for investors as well as real estate teams, so shoot over any specific questions you have (we're not Filipino sorry). We've probably done it all over at powerisa.com

Guy S. · Answer

@Jerrel Jones Last message got cut...

First of all, doing 6 deals on your first year is amazing, and not only that, while working full time - it looks like you have the right mindset and execution skills.

We use callers that based overseas (Philippines and Caribbean) for our clients, and they definitely do a great job if you go all the way vetting them. Key points:

• You need to make the caller deliver the most “local” feeling possible, so a proper language is crucial (grammar and accent). Interview your VA via phone or video to hear them.
• Have your systems in place - if you use Mojo have your cheat sheets and questionnaires ready for success
• Vetting, vetting, vetting. Even if a VA made some real estate calls before, it not might be enough. Try to  build a mini coaching program including scripts and scenarios. Vet them for at least 2 hours (we do closer to 40..) prior to calling your leads. Listen to recordings each day and correct them.

Looks like you do a good job, now go crush it!

feel to reach out if you need any advice.

Guy S. · Answer

@Jerrel Jones That's amazing! great job

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