How Dual-Career Agents Stay Sane When Inspections and Closings Happen at 2 p.m.
One of the biggest obstacles dual-career agents face is timing. Inspections, appraisals, and closings are often scheduled during regular business hours—exactly when you are at your other job. On the Shaina McAndrews Team, dual-career agents do not have to choose between their paycheck and their clients, because the team steps in to cover many of those daytime appointments.
Here is how it works in practice: you are responsible for showing homes to your clients and guiding them through decisions, but once a contract is accepted, the team handles roughly 80% of the under-contract tasks for you. That includes coordinating inspections, communicating with title and lenders, tracking deadlines, and handling much of the paperwork and follow-up that would normally pull you out of your 9–5. When an inspection or closing lands in the middle of the workday, a trusted team member can attend, represent your clients’ interests, and keep you fully updated so nothing falls through the cracks.
Because there is a strong backend and transaction system in place, your clients see a seamless experience: you remain their main point of contact for strategy and decisions, while the team ensures the logistics and compliance pieces are handled professionally. This structure is exactly what dual-career agents need to avoid the burnout and missed opportunities that cause so many part-time agents to leave the business within a few years.
