Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Be A Self-Employed Boca Raton Personal Concierge

By Lowell Morales


Want to work for yourself? Have no particular training but feel like you have a lot to offer? Live in Florida? Well, how about becoming a Boca Raton personal concierge? If you like things like running a home, organizing people and things, and helping others, this might just be the business for you.

Like the person at a luxury hotel who is ready to look up telephone numbers, recommend good restaurants, call a taxi, get concert tickets, or arrange someone to meet your friends at the airport, a personal assistant can do whatever you want done but don't want to actually do. And - this can be service 24/7. Sweet!

Meet John Doe, husband and father, who is retired from his brokerage but still has rental apartments throughout Florida. He wants to spend his time at the golf club, his wife travels, and his children are grown up and married. If you work for the family, you might walk the dogs, arrange a limo to meet Mrs. Doe at the airport, or send flowers to a daughter-in-law on her birthday.

Mr. Doe could delegate his rental units to property management Pompano Beach professionals. A big firm can handle leases and advertising for new tenants, repairs and maintenance, and garbage pick-up. However, Doe has upscale rentals and charges a premium. He knows his long-term tenants like seeing a familiar face, having a doorman they know and trust, and having their needs anticipated rather than met. This is where the concierge difference comes in.

You decide how much you want to do. Perhaps you want to do it all for one person, from picking up the dry cleaning and the kids to grocery shopping and meal planning. Perhaps you would rather do a few things for several busy people or families; be a specialist rather than a general practitioner. You might enjoy keeping one household running smoothly by doing everything from hiring a new housekeeper to planning an anniversary party. However, you might prefer to limit your help to making sure the bills are paid or the pets are happy.

Someone who offers this kind of service will probably be self-employed, but there are some agencies who will assign someone to do what you need. Depending on what you want, you may be OK with being one of a list of clients - or you may want a dedicated person who can concentrate on you alone. You also need to find out what people charge and how they want to be paid. Now you can even agree to handle this with PayPal.

The idea is to take responsibility for the needs you fill. The person or company you work for tells you what they need and then forgets about it. You do the rest and do it superbly. The National Association of Professional Organizers and the National Concierge Association have resource you can explore to make being your own boss easier.

Whether you need someone to run errands or a property manager for vacation or rental units, you can find the kind of help that will make your life easier. Think how this could simplify your life. Think about not having to worry about finding a plumber, remember to pay taxes on time, make sure things are ready for a new tenant, or put an ad in the paper to find one. Maybe you just want someone to pick up the dry cleaning. You can have this!




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