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294 - How Smart Real Estate Investors Use Virtual Assistants to Scale Faster with Bob Lachance

Real Estate Investor Growth Network Podcast

Release Date: 03/09/2026

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Feeling overwhelmed in your real estate business? If your deals are slowing down, your inbox is overflowing, and you feel like the bottleneck in your own company… you’re not alone. In this episode, Jen Josey sits down with real estate entrepreneur and outsourcing expert Bob Lachance to reveal how smart investors eliminate bottlenecks, reclaim their time, and scale their businesses using virtual assistants and automation.

Bob Lachance has completed 1,500+ real estate transactions and built multiple companies—including REVA Global, a virtual assistant service designed specifically for real estate investors. In this conversation, he shares the exact systems investors use to delegate marketing, lead generation, transaction coordination, and operations so they can focus on what actually drives revenue. From working phones and door knocking to building automated marketing systems and trained VA teams, Bob breaks down how outsourcing can transform a stressed-out solopreneur into a scalable real estate business owner.

If you're a real estate investor, wholesaler, landlord, fix-and-flipper, or short-term rental host who feels stuck doing everything yourself, this episode will show you how to break free. You’ll learn what tasks to outsource first, how virtual assistants actually work in real estate businesses, and why automation + delegation is the key to building a business that grows without burning you out.


5 Powerful Takeaways

Why YOU might be the biggest bottleneck in your real estate business — and the simple process to identify where deals are getting stuck.
The first tasks every real estate investor should outsource to reclaim hours each week and focus on revenue-producing activities.
How virtual assistants can run key parts of your business, including lead follow-up, marketing, transaction coordination, and tenant communication.
The secret to scalable deal flow: creating automated marketing systems so leads consistently come in without constant effort.
Why AI alone isn’t enough — and how combining AI tools with trained virtual assistants creates a powerful business growth engine.


About the Guest

Bob Lachance is a nationally recognized real estate investor, entrepreneur, and outsourcing expert who has completed over 1,500 real estate transactions since 2004. He is the owner of REVA Global, a company that provides trained real estate virtual assistants to help investors automate operations and scale their businesses. Before entering real estate, Bob was a professional hockey player who competed in the United States and Europe after helping Boston University win the 1995 NCAA National Championship. He later helped build one of the nation’s largest real estate coaching programs and has mentored thousands of investors. Today, Bob focuses on helping entrepreneurs grow profitable businesses through systems, delegation, and smart automation.


Resources & Websites Mentioned

https://revaglobal.com

00:00 Show Intro and Warning
01:02 Badassery Tip Stop Bottlenecks
01:47 Five Fixes to Unclog Flow
03:37 Bottlenecks Steal Freedom
03:57 Guest Intro Bob Lachance
05:57 Hockey to Entrepreneur Mindset
07:35 Fortune Builders Coaching Story
10:05 Coaching Model and Gratitude
11:37 AI vs Virtual Assistants
14:00 VAs Remove Business Bottlenecks
19:32 Philippines Team and Recruiting
21:26 Affording a Trained VA
23:16 Short-Term Rental Support
24:17 Fix and Flip Tasks
25:02 Remote VA Workflow
25:27 Transaction Coordination
26:09 Buy and Hold Support
26:53 Why Choose REVA
28:07 Automate Your Marketing
29:19 Delegate Time Wasters
31:53 Scaling Beyond DIY
33:57 Hiring Your First VA
35:57 BADASS Book Pick
37:23 Advice Take Action
40:13 Drive and Motivation
41:28 Goals in This Market
42:37 Systems for Success
43:33 Wrap Up and Links
 

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🔥 Stuff Jen Josey Loves (Recommended Tools & Resources):
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