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Streamlining real estate transactions all in the family
Arizona mom, dad, son team guide home-buying process virtually
Drebes says there's no problem working so closely with her husband and son. She said it helps that they have separate offices.
"Even at the end of the day we ask each other, 'What happened in your world today?'" she said.
To help demarcate work from off-time, the husband and wife leave the house by one door and enter their home offices by another, Karen Drebes said. Her son, who is married with a six-month-old son of his own, lives nearby and commutes to work at his parents' home.
"Karen really knows what she is doing," said Penny Sullivan of GURU Networks, one of the transaction management platforms used by The Coordinator Group.
"We have worked together three years. She's well-organized and good with details," Sullivan said.
It is possible for agents to run the transaction management platform themselves, Sullivan said, but many prefer to use a virtual assistant.
"The agent can check in online and not have to answer all the phone calls asking about the status. Because you have a platform that shows how it's going and an assistant to move the process toward settlement. Agents don't like sitting in front of a computer. That's why it's useful to have a virtual assistant," said Sullivan.