Building Your Team Virtually with Richard Smith

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“We don’t want to micromanage but we’ve got to inspect what we expect.”

Richard Smith is the Co-Founder of Remote Assistant Scout, a coach, author, speaker and Mortgage Advisor. He’s also a friend and fellow member of Mortgage Marketing Animals. I’m so excited to share his insight and experience with you in this episode.

Our discussion starts with Richard’s background in mortgage. We talk about the creation of Remote Assistant Scout and his own early adoption of Virtual Assistants, and the best way to build trust and efficiency with a remote team.

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Highlights -

00:30 - How Richard’s mortgage career began

01:45 - Richard’s Team

04:10 - Richard’s early adoption of Virtual Assistant

07:15 - Richard’s advice for hiring your first VA

11:00 - Remote Assistant Scout, helps you find the perfect VA

14:45 - Building trust with your VA

17:15 - What is LastPass

19:00 - What Richard loves about coaching

20:00 - Richard’s Mortgage Team

23:00 - Overcoming Fear in the market

25:25 - The Importance of Mindset

27:20 - Richard’s routine for success

29:00 - RemoteAssistantScout.com

29:45 - QualifiedAgentList.com

31:25 - The power of Team Training

32:30 - An encouraging word for Loan Officers

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