What Unlicensed Real Estate Virtual Assistants Can Do in Arizona
In the state of Arizona, a personal assistant that works in a real estate company has a set of very well defined tasks that he or she can perform. The activities mentioned below do not require a license, so they can be carried out by an unlicensed virtual assistant.
In a real estate firm, an assistant can make phone calls in order to collect demographic data or try to engage the services of a licensee or brokerage. A real estate assistant can also set or confirm appointments over the phone in the following situations:
- For a licensee to show or list a property,
- For a buyer to meet a loan officer,
- For a property inspector to perform an inspection,
- For different service providers to perform repairs or maintenance,
- For an appraiser to asses a property.
A real estate agent can have the assistant call mortgage and title companies too, for tracking the status of a certain file, checking the interest rates and points on a regular basis, inquiring about the buyer’s status and confirming closing appointments on behalf of the licensee.
In the state of Arizona, the real estate assistant job description also includes assisting a licensee in hosting an open house, unlocking a house so that the licensee can show it to prospective buyers and delivering documents.
A person without license that is working in an Arizona real estate company cannot perform the following duties:
- Hold open houses by themselves, without a licensee being present;
- Carry out a walk-through examination of a property;
- Answer any questions related to transactional documents;
- Give directions to appraisers, inspectors or contractors that perform maintenance or repair works.
A license is required for performing these last activities, but you can delegate the rest and save yourself some time and effort.
