A team leader shares why hiring your first assistant feels scary but pays off. Start with systems in place, bring on part-time admin help once you've closed a few more deals, and use the freed time to grow your business, not take it easy.
Massive. You know, we're all administrators in our business if we don't have that support. So talk about like the actual nuts and bolts of building a system alongside an administrator. What does it look like?
Well, and I would just, if I could, Laura, just back up for just a second there. And I'll never forget. And so if people are listening and they are a solo agent with no.
Assistant, I'm.
Going to tell you, it was the scariest thing I ever did. I mean, looking back now, it's. It's nothing for me to hire somebody or, you know, whatever. I mean, I'm looking for that leverage now, but I'm in a completely different place financially than I was then too. But back then it was like, man, I gotta, I gotta be responsible to write somebody a check every, every week or every month or, you know, and you know, like, it was just scary. It was scary to hire, to make that first hire. But looking back, man, there's so much freedom that comes with that. And then, and then even when you add those buyer's agents, there's so much freedom that comes with that. So if they're a solo agent and they're doing a bunch of admin work, I would say, hey, it only takes a few more deals for you to be able to pay that assistant. And so if you can get some systems in place, have your admin hire somebody, even if it's part time, to start to run that side of things for you, it will give you so much more freedom. But then don't use that freedom to go fishing or go play golf, you know, use that freedom to go generate more business and grow your team and then you'll have no problem paying that assistant.
