The Assistant Files by Elizabeth Gilbert
Tips, Advice, and Insight for Real Estate Administrative Professionals
A question I get asked a lot is, “How do I get the agents on my team to use the database?” In fact, we discussed this very topic at our last admin mastermind in our office. What we discussed is…
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You have to do it by yourself, and you can’t do it alone. –Martin Rutte I know I’m not alone when I say I hate asking someone for help. It’s ridiculous, I know. But I really pride myself on being…
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Have you ever asked someone where they wanted to go for lunch, and they answer with, “I don’t know; anywhere’s fine.” Isn’t that an extremely frustrating answer? And yet, we do it to ourselves too. My husband and I have…
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Take a moment, right now, to write down all the results you’ve created for your real estate team. And if you don’t have time to do that, just write down the first 20 that come to mind. Here are some…
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The single biggest step a single real estate agent can take is to hire an executive assistant. The agent goes from being self-reliant to being in a partnership with someone new which means he has to trust his new hire…
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Now that summer is in full swing, let’s talk about vacation for moment, shall we? How many vacation days have you taken so far this year? And I don’t mean the kind where you have a couple days off to…
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At some point in your career as a real estate executive assistant, you may consider quitting. Over the years, I’ve witnessed many executive assistants quit for various reasons, and I’ve counseled assistants who are thinking about quitting. It’s a very…
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I can’t iterate enough how important it is for you and your team to get outside the office and experience the world together. And I don’t just mean going out to lunch as a team. If you read The Five…
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Are you the type of person who reads the instruction manual all the way through, and then assembles the things step-by-step according to the instructions? Or are you the type of person who sees the picture on the box and…
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If you haven’t been using Google Forms, here’s a fun and easy way to get started. Before I had this Listing Docs Request Form, my listing agent would just email me to tell me who needed a listing agreement and…
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