The “secret” here is not so secret at all. Of the 28 hours I spend behind the desk, only approximately 14 are billable hours. That’s a dismal 50% billable rate. I simply must increase my billable hours to 75% of my total time, which will increase my income by 25%, with no time adjustment on my part. How?

By hiring and training a virtual assistant.

Can’t afford it you say? Let’s look at it this way: if you bill at $70/hour and pay a virtual assistant $30-40/an hour, by regaining those billable hours, you’re netting $20-40 more per hour.

And at I’m Virtually There, we are only charging $17 per hour for typical services. More specialized work like behind the scenes web work and editing your letters and copy-writing are more.

Sometimes we oversimplify math but it doesn’t seem to be a stretch of any kind to say that if someone can do tasks for you, that they enjoy and are well-versed in, then it may be worth.

Ask yourself a few questions

• Do you market everyday?
• Do you get slowed down with menial tasks?
• Do you update your listings immediately with changes on appropriate sites?
• Do you ask for feedback with a survey within 12 hours of a showing?

These are some of the things we help you do.