Happy Tuesday, CRE Bosses! Today’s episode is all about Virtual Assistants. We meet with Maricela Soberanes to discuss:
- What kind of tasks to outsource to a virtual assistant to free up your time
- When is the best time to hire a virtual assistant
- How long it actually takes to get someone to invest in a deal with you from social media
Episode Timeline
06:20 Hiring Virtual Assistants to Upscale the Business
08:12 Delegating tasks to Virtual Assistants
10:13 When is the good time to hire Virtual Assistants
14:02 Directing and Delegating will give you higher of return
15:03 Building a network of Reliable Virtual Assistants
21:06 Transition to Syndication
24:14 Joint Venture in Storage Facilities and Mobile Home Parks
Clear your mind to see the high paying tasks that you should be doing

Christopher Linger and Maricela Soberanes are principals at Up Plex. They are accredited Real estate investors who have been Investing in real estate since 2006. They passively Invested in 9 multifamily syndications across five states before they became general partners in 6 syndications or 1750+ apartments. Currently they have over $250M multifamily portfolio under management. Maricela has a business degree and a successful medical service business since 2015. Chris Linger has an MBA, twenty-six years of active-duty Navy services (ret), now full-time apartment syndicator. In addition, they successfully Joint Ventured with other specialized partners to acquire self-storage facilities and mobile home parks valued over $5M.