If you want to learn how to hire your first virtual assistant without months of trial and error, you are in the right place. On Thursday, October 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM Eastern, The Leverage Assist Company is hosting a free live webinar built for real estate agents and team leaders: Getting Started: How to Hire Your First Virtual Assistant (Without Wasting Your First 90 Days). It is 30 minutes of training followed by live Q&A, and it costs nothing to attend.
Most agents know they need help long before they do anything about it. The inbox is overflowing, the database has not been touched in weeks, and the paperwork gets done at 10 PM. The problem is rarely a lack of desire to delegate. The problem is that nobody ever showed them how to make a first hire work. This webinar is designed to fix that in half an hour.
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Table of Contents
Why the First 90 Days Decide Everything
The subtitle of this webinar is not an accident. The first 90 days are where a new hire either becomes the best decision you made all year or quietly turns into one more thing you have to manage. When a first hire goes sideways, it usually traces back to the same handful of avoidable mistakes:
- Handing off the wrong tasks first. Agents often start with work that is too complex or too vague, then conclude that delegation does not work.
- Hiring for the wrong role. A marketing specialist cannot rescue an agent who is drowning in admin, and the reverse is just as true.
- Screening on a gut feeling. Without the right interview questions, a friendly conversation gets mistaken for a qualified candidate.
- Skipping onboarding. A login and a to-do list is not a setup. Without a rhythm for the first month, even a great VA will struggle.
Each of the four parts of the webinar lines up with one of these mistakes, so you leave knowing how to hire your first virtual assistant without repeating them.
What You Will Learn About How to Hire Your First Virtual Assistant
1. Which Tasks to Hand Off First
You will learn a simple test for deciding what a VA should take off your plate right away. Instead of staring at a long task list and wondering where to begin, you will have a clear filter for separating the work only you can do from the work that is keeping you out of conversations with buyers and sellers.
2. Which Role to Hire For
There are many kinds of virtual assistants, from transaction coordinators to inside sales agents to marketing support. The webinar explains why most agents’ first hire is an executive admin, and how to tell whether that is the right starting point for your business or whether a different role should come first.
3. What a Great VA Actually Looks Like
Resumes all start to look alike. Eric Lowry will share the screening questions he uses now, so you know what to ask, what a strong answer sounds like, and which warning signs to take seriously before you make an offer.
4. The 30-Day Setup That Makes Them Succeed
Hiring is only half of the job. The final section covers the exact onboarding rhythm for the first 30 days, so your new assistant builds momentum instead of waiting on you for direction. When you know how to hire your first virtual assistant and have this structure already in place, the whole first quarter looks different.
Free Bonus: All 11 Pre-Written Role SOPs
Everyone who attends receives all 11 pre-written role SOPs for free. Standard operating procedures are the piece most agents never get around to writing, and they are a big part of why a first hire stalls. Having them ready on day one means your VA can start from a documented process instead of a blank page, and you can spend your time reviewing work rather than explaining it. Pair the SOPs with what you learn about how to hire your first virtual assistant and you will have both the plan and the paperwork.
Who Should Attend This Webinar
This training on how to hire your first virtual assistant was built for real estate agents and team leaders. It is a strong fit if any of these sound familiar:
- You are a solo agent who has hit a ceiling because there are only so many hours in the week.
- You lead a team and want your agents selling instead of doing paperwork.
- You have been thinking about getting help for months and want a clear first step.
- You tried an assistant before, it did not work out, and you want to know what to do differently this time.
If you want to read more about how to hire your first virtual assistant before the session, our complete guide to hiring a virtual assistant is a good companion to the live training.
Webinar Details at a Glance
- Topic: Getting Started: How to Hire Your First Virtual Assistant (Without Wasting Your First 90 Days)
- Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026
- Time: 1:00 PM Eastern
- Length: 30 minutes, plus live Q&A
- Cost: Free
- Bonus: All 11 pre-written role SOPs
- Cannot make it live? Register anyway and you will receive the recorded replay.
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Do Not Wait Another Quarter
Every month you put off learning how to hire your first virtual assistant is another month of evenings spent on tasks that someone else could handle. Thirty minutes on October 8 can give you the task list, the role, the screening questions, and the onboarding plan to get it right the first time. Register for the free webinar here, and if you would like help finding the right VA for your business, book a call with our team below.
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