August 01, 2007

Gayle Buske's Real Estate Interview

"The Basics on Virtual Assistants"

Gayle Buske is the founder, president and CEO of Team Double-ClickSM, one of the country's foremost virtual staffing agencies. Her experience spans 18 years with companies such as Eastman Kodak Company, Honeywell, Inc. and Jeane Thorne Temporary Services.

Her entrepreneurial endeavors include owning and operating a transportation company and brokerage where she drove the company to unprecedented levels of growth. After determining that the transportation industry did not suit her vision, Gayle centered her focus on how the communications power of the Internet could facilitate a business connection between clients and independent contractors from across the globe. As the head of a virtual staffing agency with over 18,000 virtual professionals in its pool, she is uniquely qualified to aid her clients' growth through virtual outsourcing and to discuss the ins and outs of the virtual staffing industry.

Gayle has been called upon by Entrepreneur Magazine, Blassingame's Small Business Advocate, Fortune Magazine's CNN Money, Staff Digest, and numerous other radio and print outlets to share her expertise about the virtual staffing industry.

In her real estate Interview at Real Estate CyberSpace Radio she discusses the following real estate advice:

The Basics on Virtual Assistants

A virtual assistant or "VA" is an administrative assistant who works remotely from his or her home to accomplish the kind of work traditionally done by an in-office assistant; VAs are generally paid on an hourly basis.
Real estate VAs are more versed in what goes on in the real estate industry, including the lingo and the day-to-day work of an agent; a real estate VA is capable of coordinating appointments and managing transactions.
Agents should consider delegating administrative tasks that take time away from being in the field; typical VA tasks are making phone calls, sending just-listed and just-sold cards, and answering email inquiries.
The limitation falls with work that requires a license-most real estate VAs are not licensed because of the challenge of meeting requirements in multiple states.

In this briefing she also covers the following real estate tips: