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Real Estate Newsletter Marketing - Real Estate Automated Follow Up

A Real Estate Newsletter Marketing Virtual Assistant will help build brand recognition & attract inbound leads by maintaining regular correspondence with the widest range of contacts at the lowest price possible.

The Power of the Newsletter

The newsletter – whether printed or delivered via email – is no secret to anyone in the real estate industry.

These come in all shapes & sizes, but are generally 1 – 2 pages of local market / industry-specific content.

Ultimately, the objective of ongoing, consistent syndication of your newsletter is to become the media. You become a trusted source of real estate expertise & information via the content and frequency of your newsletter.

While what REVAS can provide is a practically ‘Done For You’ solution…

Ideally, you can guide the newsletter’s content & direction significantly, as your expertise & your story are what will magnetize your marketplace and keep them coming back.

Plus, all your writing will be handled, either from-scratch or from your templates & guidance, by our US-based, native English speaking, college graduate copywriters.

We can make sure your content is ready to go, set up in your automate drip sequence months in advance.

Your Newsletter Marketing Virtual Assistant, will allow you to nurture leads without lifting a finger, becoming a trusted source of real estate information & expertise.

It is one of the best mediums for making direct response offers, since people on your Newsletter have most likely opted in & requested more information, or otherwise self-identified as interested. This allows you to build a personalized relationship, as well as directly pitch offers in a one-to-one environment (to hundreds, thousands, or even millions at once).

This is one of the best “bangs for your buck” you can get when it comes to lead nurturing and using Real Estate Virtual Assistants, whether you’re using print, email, or both.

Learn More: Real Estate Newsletter Marketing Virtual Assistants

If you’re looking for an off-the-shelf solution to:

• Keep in touch with past clients.
• Nurture new leads & prospects.
• Create an infinite stream of content.
• Handle delivery of your email & print mail newsletters.
• Help you build long-term relationships, on auto-pilot.

Real Estate Newsletter Marketing is a very good ROI when compared to similar alternatives.

At REVAS, it’s one of our favorites, and we’ll be happy to help you get started.

BIGGERPOCKETS EXCLUSIVE:

To My BiggerPockets Colleagues & Connections:

Glassridge is in the final stages of a merger with Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services.

Soon, in addition to helping finance your Investments with Hard Money Loans, we're going to be helping you generate leads, find deals, automate, and outsource your real estate business.

Until the merger is completed in April, I’ll be sharing daily BiggerPockets-exclusive discounts for:

Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services

Please contact me directly if you have any questions about how we can help streamline, systematize, automate, and outsource your business.

When you schedule your Opportunity Analysis Consultation with REVAS (the first step for all new Clients), mention that you arrived from ‘Glassridge BiggerPockets,’ and you’ll get 10% off your first month of the service!

Outsourced Real Estate Web Research & Data Scraping

Real Estate Virtual Assistants for Online Research & List Building / Data Scraping

The goal of hiring a Web Research & Data Scraping Virtual Assistant is to acquire any information or data you require via online resources, including:

• property information
• news
• local trends
• any other real estate related data you might need.

Why a Research Virtual Assistant?

Whether you need some additional research about:

• specific properties (via Zillow / Trulia / auditor / assessor sites),
• local market information & news, or
• 10,000 records transcribed from a website to your local spreadsheet or CRM,

Our Research Virtual Assistants & software development team can help you get the information you need.

Never waste your personal time on menial Admin duties like web research!

Your time, as a US-based real estate professional, is much too valuable to be invested in trivial duties you can easily outsource to an Overseas Virtual Assistant.

Our dedicated Research & Data Entry Virtual Assistants do nothing but these types of projects all day, every day, meaning once we have a proven process to achieve your objectives, you can set it & forget it.

Plus, by including our software development team on bigger projects, we can often use automated tools to “scrape” (locally database) huge amounts of information in a tiny fraction of the time it would take to get the same data manually.

If you could use Research / Data Scraping help in your real estate business from a qualified Virtual Assistant by a proven service provider, learn more here:

Real Estate Web Research & Data Scraping Virtual Assistants

BIGGERPOCKETS EXCLUSIVE:

To My BiggerPockets Colleagues & Connections:

Glassridge is in the final stages of a merger with Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services.

Soon, in addition to helping finance your Investments with Hard Money Loans, we're going to be helping you generate leads, find deals, automate, and outsource your real estate business.

Until the merger is completed in April, I’ll be sharing daily BiggerPockets-exclusive discounts for:

Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services

Please contact me directly if you have any questions about how we can help streamline, systematize, automate, and outsource your business.

When you schedule your Opportunity Analysis Consultation with REVAS (the first step for all new Clients), mention that you arrived from ‘Glassridge BiggerPockets,’ and you’ll get 10% off your first month of the service!

Real Estate CRM Virtual Assistants: Delegate Menial Admin Duties

Use Real Estate Virtual Assistants to Keep Your CRM Updated & Tasks Scheduled… Without Lifting A Finger.

Real Estate CRM Software Support Services are to help you outsource the process of keeping track of all your:

• Contact lists,
• Tasks,
• Prospects,
• Listings,
• Appointments,
• Closings, and
• Important documents.

If you’re already using any modern real estate CRM, from TopProducer or Follow Up Boss, to RealtyJuggler or WiseAgent, you can easily keep track of, and up to date on all the above, plus much, much more.

The problem is…

You have to actually keep up with it!

Keeping your CRM updated & accurate is a constant, never-ending stream of low-level menial tasks.

So long as you make sure to be clear, and boil things down to step-by-step procedures:

CRM Admin Duties Are The Perfect Tasks To Outsource!

In fact, at REVAS, we even have special discounted Overseas Admin-Only Assistants™ specifically ready to help with the task.

Regardless of what CRM software(s) and other data / appointment management software(s) you are currently using, we can integrate with your existing workflow to ensure minimal downtime for the set-up process.

Ultimately our goal is to help you better track, analyze, and optimize all important pieces of information that are generated throughout your sales process. We can help with all sorts of proprietary real estate industry software tools, including:

• Market Leader
• Top Producer
• AgentOffice
• REthink
• Propertybase
• SharperAgent
• Salesforce
• GoldMine
• Many more…

Whether you just need a little bit of data entry & CRM clean-up … or you want to outsource the whole process to the point you never even have to log-in to the CRM again … we can help you be sure that no leads are slipping through the cracks, and all appointments are getting attended on-time by well-prepared agents of your company.

This Service is relatively simple to implement, and will almost guarantee better follow-up & conversion discipline among your sales team(s).

Read more about CRM Virtual Assistants here:

https://realestatevirtualassistantservices.com/crm-software-support/

BIGGERPOCKETS EXCLUSIVE:

To My BiggerPockets Colleagues & Connections:

Glassridge is in the final stages of a merger with Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services.

Soon, in addition to helping finance your Investments with Hard Money Loans, we're going to be helping you generate leads, find deals, automate, and outsource your real estate business.

Until the merger is completed in April, I’ll be sharing daily BiggerPockets-exclusive discounts for:

Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services

Please contact me directly if you have any questions about how we can help streamline, systematize, automate, and outsource your business.

When you schedule your Opportunity Analysis Consultation with REVAS (the first step for all new Clients), mention that you arrived from ‘Glassridge BiggerPockets,’ and you’ll get 10% off your first month of the service!

Private Hard Money Loans for Buy & Hold Rental Properties

One of the Most Underrated Hard Money Loans. Up to 30 Year Terms.

Most real estate investors focus strictly on Short-Term Private Money.

Did you know that over ⅓ (>33%) of all our loans are Long-Term Buy & Hold Rental Property Loans?

Whether you’re making a new purchase, or looking to refinance an existing rental property, Glassridge has Private Hard Money Loan options for Non-Owner Occupied rental properties including:

• Rental property acquisition loans.
• Rental property refinance (cash-out and rate/term options).
• Up to 65% - 80% LTV available.
• From 5 to 30+ year terms.
• Interest rates as low as 8%.
• Minimum FICO Accepted: 600

Especially if you have a good sized down-payment, Hard Money Rental Property Loans are some of the most accessible private real estate investment financing options available.

Also Applicable For Multi-Family Properties!

One of the great assets of Glassridge Hard Money Rental Property Loans is that they can be applicable to Single Family as well as Multi-Family properties (even up to 100+ units).

As long as you are not planning to occupy one of the units (Non-Owner Occupied only), our Long-Term Private Hard Money Loans for Rental Properties can be utilized to purchase, make improvements, or refinance 2 - 100+ unit multiplexes & apartment buildings almost the same as they would be for Single Family Residences.

We also have specialized Hard Money Rental Property Programs to help cater to the needs of your unique scenarios, including:

• Foreign National Hard Money Loans,
• ARV-based LTV Loans, and
• Low Doc / No Doc Loans.

If you’re wondering anything about Rental Property Financing (acquisition or refinance), or if you have any questions about Private Hard Money Loans in general, feel free to contact me here on BiggerPockets, or check us out at Glassridge.com.

Thanks!

Position Your

self As The Expert. Nurture leads automatically.

Real Estate Newsletter Marketing - Real Estate Automated Follow Up

A Real Estate Newsletter Marketing Virtual Assistant will help build brand recognition & attract inbound leads by maintaining regular correspondence with the widest range of contacts at the lowest price possible.

The Power of the Newsletter

The newsletter – whether printed or delivered via email – is no secret to anyone in the real estate industry.

These come in all shapes & sizes, but are generally 1 – 2 pages of local market / industry-specific content.

Ultimately, the objective of ongoing, consistent syndication of your newsletter is to become the media. You become a trusted source of real estate expertise & information via the content and frequency of your newsletter.

While what REVAS can provide is a practically ‘Done For You’ solution…

Ideally, you can guide the newsletter’s content & direction significantly, as your expertise & your story are what will magnetize your marketplace and keep them coming back.

Plus, all your writing will be handled, either from-scratch or from your templates & guidance, by our US-based, native English speaking, college graduate copywriters.

We can make sure your content is ready to go, set up in your automate drip sequence months in advance.

Your Newsletter Marketing Virtual Assistant, will allow you to nurture leads without lifting a finger, becoming a trusted source of real estate information & expertise.

It is one of the best mediums for making direct response offers, since people on your Newsletter have most likely opted in & requested more information, or otherwise self-identified as interested. This allows you to build a personalized relationship, as well as directly pitch offers in a one-to-one environment (to hundreds, thousands, or even millions at once).

This is one of the best “bangs for your buck” you can get when it comes to lead nurturing and using Real Estate Virtual Assistants, whether you’re using print, email, or both.

Learn More: Real Estate Newsletter Marketing Virtual Assistants

If you’re looking for an off-the-shelf solution to:

• Keep in touch with past clients.
• Nurture new leads & prospects.
• Create an infinite stream of content.
• Handle delivery of your email & print mail newsletters.
• Help you build long-term relationships, on auto-pilot.

Real Estate Newsletter Marketing is a very good ROI when compared to similar alternatives.

At REVAS, it’s one of our favorites, and we’ll be happy to help you get started.

BIGGERPOCKETS EXCLUSIVE:

To My BiggerPockets Colleagues & Connections:

Glassridge is in the final stages of a merger with Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services.

Soon, in addition to helping finance your Investments with Hard Money Loans, we're going to be helping you generate leads, find deals, automate, and outsource your real estate business.

Until the merger is completed in April, I’ll be sharing daily BiggerPockets-exclusive discounts for:

Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services

Please contact me directly if you have any questions about how we can help streamline, systematize, automate, and outsource your business.

When you schedule your Opportunity Analysis Consultation with REVAS (the first step for all new Clients), mention that you arrived from ‘Glassridge BiggerPockets,’ and you’ll get 10% off your first month of the service!

Private Commercial Real Estate Hard Money Financing

All Types of Commercial Real Estate Loans: Apartment Buildings, Office, Retail, Warehouse, and More...

Commercial real estate financing is a competitive niche, where commercial branches of traditional banks & private lenders compete head-to-head. That means access to more competitive rates & loan terms.

Of course: not every commercial deal is going to appeal to the traditional bank lender. With their strict terms, restrictive borrower requirements, and limited deal types, up to 90% of applicants are turned down when seeking commercial financing from major national banks.

Private Hard Money Loans are always evolving to move in & fill those gaps.

Commercial Real Estate Hard Money can be used to fund acquisitions, renovations, or to refinance or cash out equity on already owned commercial property. While they aren’t as easy to secure as widely available Hard Money Fix & Flip Loans on Single Family Residential properties (SFRs)… Commercial Real Estate Hard Money Loans are widely accessible, even when traditional banks say no.

Glassridge Commercial Real Estate Private Hard Money Loans

We’re a nationwide lender with a wide variety of Private Hard Money Loan Programs for all types of commercial properties & investment strategies, from short-term (1 - 2 years) to long-term (30+ years). Our Origination Fees & Interest Rates are some of the most competitive in the industry, and our ability to approve a wide range of borrowers on a wide variety of deal types is second to none.

Hard Money Commercial Real Estate Loan Program Details

• Up to 60% - 75% LTV.
• Minimum Loan: $150k.
• Maximum Loan: $100m+
• Minimum FICO Required: 500
• Typical Loan Term: From 1 - 2 years (for short-term Bridge Loans) to 30+ years (traditional Commercial Financing).
• Ballpark Interest Rates: 6.5% - 12% (depends on many factors).
• Ballpark Origination Fees: 3% - 5%

We also have specialized Commercial Real Estate Hard Money Loan Programs to help cater to the needs of your unique scenarios, including Foreign National Hard Money Loans, ARV-based LTV Loans, and Low Doc / No Doc Loans.

Types Of Commercial Properties We Can Finance

• Apartment Buildings (5+ Units)
• Office Buildings
• Retail
• Mixed-Use
• Industrial
• Warehouse
• Self Storage
• Restaurant / Bar / Venue
• And more!

If you’re wondering anything about Commercial Real Estate Financing, or Private Hard Money Loans in general, feel free to contact me here on BiggerPockets, or check us out at Glassridge.com.

Thanks!

Real Estate CRM Virtual Assistants: Delegate Menial Admin Duties

Use Real Estate Virtual Assistants to Keep Your CRM Updated & Tasks Scheduled… Without Lifting A Finger.

Real Estate CRM Software Support Services are to help you outsource the process of keeping track of all your:

• Contact lists,
• Tasks,
• Prospects,
• Listings,
• Appointments,
• Closings, and
• Important documents.

If you’re already using any modern real estate CRM, from TopProducer or Follow Up Boss, to RealtyJuggler or WiseAgent, you can easily keep track of, and up to date on all the above, plus much, much more.

The problem is…

You have to actually keep up with it!

Keeping your CRM updated & accurate is a constant, never-ending stream of low-level menial tasks.

So long as you make sure to be clear, and boil things down to step-by-step procedures:

CRM Admin Duties Are The Perfect Tasks To Outsource!

In fact, at REVAS, we even have special discounted Overseas Admin-Only Assistants™ specifically ready to help with the task.

Regardless of what CRM software(s) and other data/appointment management software(s) you are currently using, we can integrate with your existing workflow to ensure minimal downtime for the set-up process.

Ultimately our goal is to help you better track, analyze, and optimize all important pieces of information that are generated throughout your sales process. We can help with all sorts of proprietary real estate industry software tools, including:

• Market Leader
• Top Producer
• AgentOffice
• REthink
• Propertybase
• SharperAgent
• Salesforce
• GoldMine
• Much more…

Whether you just need a little bit of data entry & CRM clean-up … or you want to outsource the whole process to the point you never even have to log-in to the CRM again … we can help you be sure that no leads are slipping through the cracks, and all appointments are getting attended on-time by well-prepared agents of your company.

This Service is relatively simple to implement, and will almost guarantee better follow-up & conversion discipline among your sales team(s).

Read more about CRM Virtual Assistants here:

https://realestatevirtualassistantservices.com/crm-software-support/

BIGGERPOCKETS EXCLUSIVE:

To My BiggerPockets Colleagues & Connections:

Glassridge is in the final stages of a merger with Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services.

Soon, in addition to helping finance your Investments with Hard Money Loans, we're going to be helping you generate leads, find deals, automate, and outsource your real estate business.

Until the merger is completed in April, I’ll be sharing daily BiggerPockets-exclusive discounts for:

Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services

Please contact me directly if you have any questions about how we can help streamline, systematize, automate, and outsource your business.

When you schedule your Opportunity Analysis Consultation with REVAS (the first step for all new Clients), mention that you arrived from ‘Glassridge BiggerPockets,’ and you’ll get 10% off your first month of the service!

Private Hard Money Loans for Single Family Rental Properties

One of the Most Underrated Hard Money Loans. Up to 30 Year Terms.

Most real estate investors focus strictly on Short-Term Private Money.

Did you know that over ⅓ (>33%) of all our loans originated are actually Long-Term Buy & Hold Rental Property Loans?

Whether you’re making a new purchase, or looking to refinance an existing rental property, Glassridge has Private Hard Money Loan options for Non-Owner Occupied rental properties including:

• Rental property acquisition loans.
• Rental property refinance (cash-out and rate/term options).
• Up to 65% - 80% LTV available.
• From 5 to 30+ year terms.
• Interest rates as low as 6.75%.
• Minimum FICO Accepted: 500

Especially if you have a good sized down-payment, Hard Money Rental Property Loans are some of the most accessible private real estate investment financing options available.

Also Applicable For Duplex, Triplex, and Quadplex (2 - 4 Unit) Properties!

One of the great assets of Glassridge “Single Family” Rental Property Loans is that they can often also be applicable to 2 - 4 Unit multiplexes!

As long as you are not planning to occupy one of the units (Non-Owner Occupied only), our Long-Term Private Hard Money Loans for Rental Properties can be utilized to purchase, make improvements, or refinance 2 - 4 unit multiplexes the same as they would be for Single Family Residences.

We also have specialized Hard Money Fix & Flip Programs to help cater to the needs of your unique scenarios, including:

• Foreign National Hard Money Loans,
• ARV-based LTV Loans, and
• Low Doc / No Doc Loans.

If you’re wondering anything about Rental Property Financing (acquisition or refinance), or if you have any questions about Private Hard Money Loans in general, feel free to contact me here on BiggerPockets, or check us out at Glassridge.com.

Thanks!

Could you use a Virtual Assistant to help find hot property deals?

At Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services, we have a specialization in finding you Pre-Qualified Real Estate Acquisition Leads.

The goal? To help you find off-market property deals that fit your investment criteria, and to prequalify the owners’ motivation to sell, including helping to negotiate a ball-park asking price & scheduling time(s) for you to visit the property in person.

This process can provide a steady flow of motivated sellers looking to unload their off-market property in a hurry.

It can be one of the most affordable sources for low-cost property investment opportunities that fit your specific investment criteria.

Also, with our proven process & already trained real estate virtual assistants, you can easily scale up (or scale back) your virtual team(s) as your interest in finding new investments grows or wanes.

So, how does it work?

First, you provide us a lead list of potential properties in which you are interested (ideally including the owners’ name & contact information).

If you do not have this type of list, we can help you build or acquire one.

Popular lead lists often used for this service include things like Probates, Pre-foreclosures, Expired listings, FSBOs, and even occasionally just specific types of property within a certain city / town / region (multi-family, medical buildings, self-storage, etc).

Once we have the lead list of property owners’ info, we can use any & all mediums of communication to contact the property owners, including phone, email, and / or direct mail (depending on your budget & objectives).

We already have proven phone scripts & acquisitions specialists ready to cold call property owners to find out if they’re willing to sell.

Our goal will be to find the most motivated sellers.

When we find them, we’ll report back to you with their property info, then get your rough ball-park offer. At that point, we can even handle basic price negotiations as well as scheduling a time for you & your local team to visit in-person.

To find out about more our Pre-Qualified Acquisition Lead Generation Services, visit:

https://realestatevirtualassistantservices.com/acquisition-leads/

BIGGERPOCKETS EXCLUSIVE:

To My BiggerPockets Colleagues & Connections:

Glassridge is in the final stages of a merger with Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services.

Soon, in addition to helping finance your Investments with Hard Money Loans, we're going to be helping you generate leads, find deals, automate, and outsource your real estate business.

Until the merger is completed in April, I’ll be sharing daily BiggerPockets-exclusive discounts for:

Real Estate Virtual Assistant Services

Please contact me directly if you have any questions about how we can help streamline, systematize, automate, and outsource your business.

When you schedule your Opportunity Analysis Consultation with REVAS (the first step for all new Clients), mention that you arrived from ‘Glassridge BiggerPockets,’ and you’ll get 10% off your first month of the service!

Private Hard Money Financing for Single Family Fix & Flips

The Most Popular Type of Private Hard Money Loans.

Glassridge specializes in providing Single Family Fix & Flip Loans to help cover:

• Up to 80% of your purchase price (or even 90% in some states & circumstances), and
• Up to 100% of your rehab & repair costs.

We’re a nationwide lender with all types of Private Hard Money Loan Programs for all types of properties & investment strategies, from short-term to long-term.

Our most popular Hard Money Loans are for Single Family Fix & Flips and similar short-term Bridge Loans.

While these rules aren’t written in stone, and we review every prospective loan on a case-by-case basis, here are some of the basic:

Hard Money Fix & Flip Loan Program Details

• Up to 80 - 90% of Purchase Price.
• Up to 100% of Rehab Costs.
• Minimum Loan: $50k.
• Maximum Loan: $1m.
• Minimum FICO Required: 500
• Typical Loan Term: 12 months, with option for extension.
• Ballpark Interest Rates: 8% - 12% (depends on many factors, can be higher or lower too).
• Ballpark Origination Fees: 2% - 5%

These generalized program details apply to SFRs as well as 2 - 4 Unit duplexes, triplexes, and quadplexes.

We also have specialized Hard Money Fix & Flip Programs to help cater to the needs of your unique scenarios, including Foreign National Hard Money Loans, ARV-based LTV Loans, and Low Doc / No Doc Loans.

If you’re wondering anything about Fix & Flip Financing, or Private Hard Money Loans in general, feel free to contact me here on BiggerPockets, or check us out at Glassridge.com.

Thanks!