September is always a great time at REVStaffing, but this September is extra special. September 2012 marks REVStaffing’s 8th anniversary–that’s eight years of providing support to real estate agents like you. Over the past eight years, REVStaffing has seen a lot of changes, many improvements, and plenty of talented additions to our virtual assistance team. As we look forward to our ninth year and then a decade of serving, there’s one thing that still holds true–our commitment to excellence and our confidence that the coming years will bring great things for our team and each of the clients we have the pleasure of serving.
Deborah Steuer founded Real Estate Virtual Staffing (REVStaffing) in September 2004. As Deborah, an experienced and licensed assistant, made plans to move to Florida, she was approached by several Keller Williams agents to provide assistance virtually. She parlayed this opportunity into a business that allowed other talented individuals to work from home, put their families first, and provide high-quality assistance to real estate professionals.
REVStaffing began by offering basic support, including such tasks as creating flyers, developing property websites, inputting listings to the MLS and uploading photos. Once we added RE/MAX Southern Realty offices agents to our clients, we quickly began to add whatever support services they needed, including the creation and branding of marketing material and assistance with Top Producer usage. As time passed, we became a Top Producer certified company of VAs. Gradually, we added lead generation using REDx, property promotion using RealBird, also partnering with IXACT and MyRedTools and training on any tool that would enhance our clients’
productivity.
The LIFE of REVStaffing has always revolved around people and relationships. Here are some of our most notable changes over the years:
1. 2005: Four months after founding the company, Deborah met with Kerry Veach, Owner/Broker of RE/MAX Southern Realty in Destin, FL. He wanted a VA service to support his five offices of agents. Deborah recruited additional assistants to help support the needs of his agents on the Emerald Coast. In particular, she added Tracy Gaston to help build the business and train additional help.
2. 2006: Bob Corcoran of Corcoran Coaching and Consulting agreed to a webinar for REVStaffing’s clients to discuss coaching. Deborah has great respect for Bob and knew the agents would appreciate his wisdom. From that point, REVStaffing developed a relationship with Corcoran Coaching and Consulting to support its clients by implementing their scripts, action plans and lead follow up according to the coaches’ recommendations. REVStaffing developed client relationships with agents like Roman Pavlik (still a client), whose professional approach allowed the REVStaffing team to grow in its ability to support clients.
3. 2007: Barbara Gifford joined the team. She brought advanced Web and social media skills to the team, which helped by doubling the tasks REVStaffing could handle for its clients. She implemented tech training for the team on a weekly basis and remains with REVStaffing to this day as Executive Supervising Manager. In fact, she is slated to take over the company leadership someday. Barbara has brought vision and marketing savvy to the team and has guided the changes to our company website over the years. She has had a large a part in adding new services, private labeling our services to companies and much more.
This year also brought agents of excellence to our client base, including Sue Adler (still a client).
4. 2008: This year marked the addition of Cheryl Pace, with her extensive technical background. Cheryl brought a love of technical tasks to the team and continues to support REVStaffing clients with her talent.
Casey Wilson joined the REVStaffing team. Casey has continued to work with us over the years to serve our clients with a servant’s heart. She started as a basic Admin VA with REVStaffing and is now one of two Executive Supervising Managers who help Deborah run the company.
2008 also brought Linda Smith to the ranks, as REVStaffing grew past the point that Deborah could handle all the bookkeeping herself. Linda is still with REVStaffing as the company bookkeeper, creating invoices and paying virtual assistants.
2008 was a banner year as Lisa Prikryl also joined REVStaffing to handle listing coordination and transaction coordination. Lisa still supports the clients she started with back in 2008. Building a team that has stayed together over the years has been a true blessing.
Debi Heusser joined REVStaffing and acts as Team Tech Support, making sure the tools the team employs to support clients remain in good working order.
Claire Norvell joined REVStaffing and has continued to support her assigned clients, including Karen King, over the years.
5. 2009: REVStaffing experienced an influx of requests for REO and BPO help. Again, the team worked to learn everything it could to meet the needs of REVStaffing clients.
Shirley Anderson joined the team and has been an asset to REVStaffing’s REO clients over the years.
6. 2010 and Forward: Many great clients have joined the ranks, including Bob Limosani, the Hoffman/Murphy Team, Giovanni LaVerde, Max Avenue, TigerLead Solutions, Natascha Tello and the Keller Williams Pembroke Pines office, Emcee Arah, Kathy Fong, and many, many U.S. and Canadian agents coast to coast.
REVStaffing thanks all of the individuals who have, despite a challenging economy, contributed to our growth and success over the years. Thank you to the many clients who have been with us for years, and to those who are just signing on with us. You are our motivation! A special thanks to Kerry and Lauren Veach, who gave Deborah that great start in the beginning, providing the opportunity to support their agents. You are the best on the Emerald Coast and in Destin, Florida!
We also want to extend a hearty thank you to each and every member of our team. Whether you are new to the team or a longtime member, we appreciate the hard work you do every day and the enthusiasm with which you tackle each project.
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