Here’s How Having a Virtual Assistant Can Save You Gobs of Time

What is a virtual assistant?

Ah, the wonders of technology: A virtual assistant (VA) is someone who offers a variety of business services from a remote location—it’s one of the ways people can make money working from home. A VA can be useful to entrepreneurs, online businesses, bloggers, authors, or anyone that wants help without physically staffing an office. When you’re a busy entrepreneur working solo—a solo-preneur—time management is essential for success. Thomas Vargeletis, author of Your First Year in Real Estate, and founder of LAER3D, runs a real estate photography business and relies on two to three VAs on a regular basis. He partnered with an entire real estate brokerage with more than 400 agents and, in order to handle that load, he needed to enlist VAs. “I am leveraging my time with VA’s working on video editing, adding audio, photo editing, processing my virtual tours, and website development,” says Vargeletis. “Without the VA’s, I would not have been able to work such a fast and competitive business model.” The tasks a VA run the gamut from calendar management,