What Unlicensed Real Estate Virtual Assistants Can Do in Georgia
The Georgia Real Estate Commission has issued a set of guidelines that will help unlicensed assistants understand how to work with a real estate agent. In a real estate company, there are two types of tasks: tasks that require license, and tasks that do not require license.
The laws and regulations of Georgia State on the matter clearly identify the duties that can be performed by an unlicensed employee of a real estate agent or broker. According to them, under the direct management of a licensee, a real estate marketing assistant can:
- Answer the phone, forward calls to the licensee;
- Submit data in listings to a MLS;
- Follow up on loan commitments after the negotiation of the contract;
- Gather the necessary documents for a closing;
- Secure public information documents from a courthouse or other public sources;
- Have keys made for listings;
- Install or remove lock boxes from listings;
- Create ads and promotional materials that are to be approved by the licensee;
- Place ads in newspapers, magazines and other publications as instructed by the real estate agent;
- Receive, record and make deposits – security deposits, earnest money, advance rents;
- Fill in contract forms following the instructions of the licensee;
- Monitor license reports and personnel files;
- Compute commission checks;
- Place and remove signs on/from properties;
- Order routine repair works as instructed by the agents;
- Pick up and deliver documents and keys;
- Schedule appointments on behalf of the licensee;
- Schedule inspections on properties;
- Schedule the dates for the mortgage application, the walkthrough before closing and the closing;
- Schedule an open house;
- Attend an open house with the purpose of offering security services;
- Perform maintenance works on properties.
