I met with a Realtor who advised me to talk to a mortgage lender

I met with a Realtor who advised me to talk to a mortgage lender. I spent a few moments with the lender who asked me questions about my income and my debts and assets. We also talked about, based on my income, the size of my monthly mortgage payments and how much I could comfortably invest every month in a home. She was then able to tell me the price range of homes that would be affordable for me. To my surprise, the price range the mortgage lender suggested to me was a bit lower than the neighborhood I was looking in. Actually, it was substantially lower! All the time I had spent going to open houses, driving around neighborhoods and reading the newspaper was wasted. I was able to regroup and start looking in different areas for my new home, but I wonder how many great homes were bought up by people who knew what they were looking for while I was out spinning my wheels?

Pre-Qualifying For A Home Loan

Pre-Qualifying For A Home Loan
Once you have decided to invest in a new home, before you actually go out looking, you should call the mortgage lender. Let me tell you a story from my personal experience. When I started to look for my first home, I assumed that I could certainly afford to live in the same neighborhood that my folks lived in and where they raised me so I started looking at open houses in that area. I spent a good deal of time researching the available properties and finding exactly the types of homes I was looking for. When I felt I had all the information I needed.

Time and money saved by not going to the Laundromat

Time and money saved by not going to the Laundromat: A small point, but if you have kids, you know the value of this one. You gain a whole evening a week when you buy a house! The wash gets done in between other things, or while you’re at work. What would you do with the extra evening you’ll have? How about going out for dessert with all those quarters?

Mailing Preparation and Processing

15. Mailing Preparation and Processing. The business owner had 1,000 postcards printed for a customer mailing. He had the printer drop ship them to the virtual assistant. The virtual assistant prepared the mailing labels, placed them on the postcards, applied postage and provided the business owner with proof of mailing and postage costs for reimbursement.

Other Added Benefits
Dennis also discovered that virtual assistants normally have superior software, more up-to-date computers and office equipment compared to his own law firm. Virtual assistants are also known to have more expertise and knowledge of the latest technologies because their business income depends on it. Dennis also found the following steps had been put into place to provide verification of the actual duties the virtual assistant performed:

Data Processing

14.
Data Processing from Hard Copy to Electronic Format. The business owner supplied his or her customer list to the virtual assistant (via envelopes and/or accounting records.) The virtual assistant input the data and used it to prepare mailing labels for a customer mailing. This kept the business owner in touch with his customers and generated more sales as well as enhanced customer loyalty.



One attorney filmed a 5-minute commercial about his law firm with his digital camera. He then sent the video on DVD to his virtual assistant who edited it, added a professional introduction and placed it on his law firm website, The video has been one of the major keys in increasing the client base for the attorney.

questions and inquiries

questions and inquiries, the virtual assistant forwarded them to the business owner for handling.
12.
Logo Creation. The business owner saved over 50% by hiring a virtual assistant to design his company logo compared to the price of a hiring a graphic designer.

13.
Audio Production. The business owner sent a WAV or MP3 file to the virtual assistant. The virtual assistant edited the audio for clarity, converted to the proper format for streaming and placed it on the business owner's website in a secure area where visitors could login and listen to the information.

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Each temporary employee cost Matt $12.00 per
hour; a total of $288.00 per day or $1,440.00 per
week. This was an expensive decision because Matt
found the temporary employees did not relieve his staff
of the heavy workload. Although this was a good idea
in "theory," however, when Matt put it into practice he
had forgot one thing: the temporary employees had no
knowledge of his clients. In order to get the answers to
the client's questions, the temporary employee had to
call the paralegal. The paralegal had to stop what he
or she was doing, give the temporary employee the
information, which was then passed on to the client.
Matt found this procedure was not freeing up any time
for his paralegals so he found himself back to Sq

12 out of 12 law firms surveyed who currently utilize

12 out of 12 law firms surveyed who currently utilize
the services of virtual assistants report increases in their
law firm profits of 46% or more.



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At this point, Matt finally realized he had a major

At this point, Matt finally realized he had a major
problem on his hands that needed to be fixed immediately. What had looked good on the surface was falling
apart internally. The first "quick fix" that Matt could
think of was to hire three temporary full-time employees to answer the phones so they would not go to
voicemail. He knew the financial burden of hiring these
temporary workers would cut into his profits. However,
he only intended to keep them employed for a short
period of time. He had hoped hiring them would
provide him with the extra time he needed to
contemplate his next move.