The $60,000 Decision: Hire a Local Assistant or Build a Virtual Team?
If you’re hiring admin support, you’re facing a high-stakes choice—go local or go global?
For real estate professionals, agency owners, and service-based founders, admin tasks pile up fast:
Scheduling showings or sales calls
Following up with leads
Updating CRMs
Managing invoices
Sending contracts
Coordinating vendors and closings
You need help. But is hiring a $60,000/year local assistant the smartest move?
Let’s break it down.
Cost Comparison: Local Assistant vs. Virtual Team
Bottom Line:
A local hire costs ~3x more and takes 4–8x longer to ramp up.
What You Actually Get with a Virtual Team
Most founders think a VA is a “junior” role. But the right offshore support can look like this:
Admin VA: Handles inbox, scheduling, data entry
Client Success VA: Manages onboarding and touchpoints
Billing Coordinator: Sends and follows up on invoices
Marketing Assistant: Schedules social posts, sends emails
CRM Manager: Keeps your pipeline updated daily
What costs $60K+ locally can be built for under $30K/year—with more coverage and less risk.
Speed to Impact: Why Virtual Wins on Momentum
When you're overwhelmed, waiting 45 days to onboard a local hire isn't just frustrating—it's expensive.
Globali clients get:
Role mapping in 1 strategy call
Candidates in 48 hours
SOPs + onboarding playbooks included
First results within 7 days of hire
No recruiters. No hiring risk. No long-term contracts.
Outcomes That Matter
Here’s what our real estate and service-based clients report after hiring virtual teams:
20+ hours/week offloaded from the founder
2x faster response times for client comms
Cleaner, more consistent processes
Fewer dropped balls—and better client retention
$40K+/year saved without sacrificing quality
So… What’s the Smarter Move?
If you want one person to do everything? You’ll overpay and under-leverage.
If you want a lean, specialized team to handle admin, ops, and client care? Global is the move.
Final Verdict:
Cost efficiency ✅
Hiring speed ✅
Flexibility ✅
Specialized roles ✅
Scale potential ✅
The $60,000 question isn’t “Can I afford a local assistant?”, It’s “How much am I losing by not going virtual?”
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