All Forum Posts by: JT Crownover

Welcome

Just got off the phone with TLO rep. My VA can access TLO from a foreign IP address.

 Thanks everyone for all of the information. It’s really helping me identify services I want to look into. I really need accurate information but also want the best deal possible. I think I will probably start with TLO.   And then compare to LEXIS NEXIS 

@Andrew Michael what about skipleader.com? Have you tried it? Are you saying that skipleader and skipgenie can never be as complete as TLO? Thanks for the help. 

Does anybody have experience using skipgenie / skipgenie.com for skip tracing service? I’ve been looking for something and have come across lexus/nexus, TLO, and skip genie. 

@Michael Hayes have you used or have experience with skipgenie.com? I had my VA research skip tracing and she came across it. They've been going through county record and have produced nearly over 100 lead in the first 20 hrs of work.

@Shawn C. @Michael Hayes @Joe Moore

I’m getting excited about my last 2 prospects.  I really just want to hire them both until I figure out what else I can use them for. I did a screencast of one task I wanted them to do to see if they were up to the task. That went really well. I can put them both on filtering through land records now, but one has college training in quickbooks so I think I’m going to hand her bookkeeping and payroll. The other has extensive experience in social media campaigns and some SEO. So I think I can start them on land records task. Then train them how I want other task done and add to there work load.  They each have 30 hrs a week available.  I think I’m gonna start them both at 20 hrs a week and let them work their way up. I’m also going to have them do screencast of their different task for training purposes and archive them.  Then if something happens to one of them I can use that for future training.  

@Jeff Caravalho  I’m a new residential home builder. SFD.  Mostly spec homes. With some customs as they come along. 

I'm in the middle of some heavy research on VA's right now. I've never used one and just recently heard about them on a old BP podcast. I have found 3 at onlinejobs.com/ph. I'm going to hire one soon to search property records and compile contact list. Then I think I'm going to add one for bookkeeping/accounting and then one for website, SEO, social media.

I really wish we could have a whole BP podcast on VAs for REIs

I'm looking through VAs now. I'm wanting one to filter through county land records, identify owners, perform background check to identify any types of contact, then organize that into a excel spreadsheet and return it to me. Does this sound like a plan that I can put into place? If I am able to find a VA that works for me I'd like to expand their responsibilities over time.