First Hire

[TPA_24]

What up fam
So I am getting to the point where it may be beneficial to hire someone, but I don’t know exactly where I could put them (I know that sounds dumb). I think to get the most bang for my buck would be a data entry person to work while I’m out in the field.

What did your first hire do? How did you train them? I use total and it looks like if I were to get an assistant, I would need to get a stand alone version for them to work at home.

Any other thoughts outside of the the questions you have would be much appreciated too. Thanks in advance.

 

[TMG]

but I don’t know exactly where I could put them

If you don't know where to put them, maybe you don't need them?

But if you do put somebody somewhere, put them where there's the least liability.

 

[TPA_24]

If you don't know where to put them, maybe you don't need them?

But if you do put somebody somewhere, put them where there's the least liability.

Can I ask where you put your first hires? When did you decide it was time?

 

[Ricky LaFleur]

Administrative is a good place to start and relatively low training time. When you can't take on more assignments because you're stuck answering calls, doing payroll, paying bills, scheduling appts, mapping routes to comps (matters more in rural areas), sketching buildings, gathering comp info... then you're free to do the work that takes more time to train. As they get more familiar with the process you can add data entry, but it is more critical and will need more training/reviewing.

 

[ZZGAMAZZ]

What up fam
So I am getting to the point where it may be beneficial to hire someone, but I don’t know exactly where I could put them (I know that sounds dumb). I think to get the most bang for my buck would be a data entry person to work while I’m out in the field.

What did your first hire do? How did you train them? I use total and it looks like if I were to get an assistant, I would need to get a stand alone version for them to work at home.

Any other thoughts outside of the the questions you have would be much appreciated too. Thanks in advance.

Not sure about your software but my ACI registration comes with two licenses, which can be installed on two different computers, which can communicate with each other by building a network. Totally subjective decision, but my productivity more than tripled, and the quality of my reports increased substantially (IMO), when I enrolled with the Spark for Appraisers data provider several months ago. And although it's a very unpopular notion, my reliance upon AMC's eliminates the burdens of marketing, collections, A/R, etc., etc.

 

[DWiley]

With technology today, do you really need a place to put them? I know a lady (worked with me for over 20 years) whi does office management for multiple appraisers while working remotely. She does billing, scheduling, file set up, etc.

 

[Tom4value]

I have one person working for me. She only does book keeping (scanning work files into the cloud) and scheduling of my appointments. That is a big load off my time! She is also my wife, which means I pay her only in love and she won’t report me for inappropriate nonsense!

For data entry, I use Inspect-a-Lot (Clickforms) which saves a lot of time. I don’t feel comfortable having her pull comps or typing the report. I still feel that needs to come from my appraisal nogin.

 

[TMG]

Can I ask where you put your first hires? When did you decide it was time?

I've never had a first hire. I'm a one man band. I've never considered help, never seemed necessary ..yet.

I would hire the candidate who smiles the most. Best wishes on your search.