Get the Harris offer to Dave and Jean Brown as soon as the kids get on the school-bus, then make those two quick calls before the Lawsons come in at 9 to see the new listing across from the school. . . . Appointments back-to-back all day Saturday and the Smith open house Sunday. Two closings Monday morning -- and you still haven't found five minutes to call the Robinsons to find out if their loan application for the Jones listing is approved. Paperwork's a mile high and growing higher every minute, and there's just no way to get with those three new super listings so the sellers know you're working up some great activity for them.

Send help!

Well, you think, how about hiring myself some help? You've heard about an agent right down the street whose business grew to be so good she hired a full time helper. And you read that article a couple of months ago in a national magazine about how a Personal Assistant can, and often does, make all the difference between doing a pretty good real estate business and becoming a true Superstar.

Maybe it's time, you think, to take a good, long look at the potential for growth you could realize if you had a Person Friday to make some of those calls, work-up the closings, deliver the Harris offer, cope with the open house Sunday.

Maybe, if you had a Personal Assistant, you'd finally be able to spend at least part of the weekend taking the kids to the movies -- or maybe loading up the whole family for a picnic and day at the zoo ... or a trip to the Top of the Arch.

Hiring a Personal Assistant could be the start of a dream come true -- achieving those goals you worked on and wrote-out when that great speaker from the West Coast came to town for a seminar in the spring. And besides the big in crease in production you'd have less hassle, more time and a better quality of service for both clients and customers. A real dream come true.

Caveat Licensee! Beware, broker! The Real Estate Commission reminds you that you should think very carefully about any tasks you are considering assigning to your Personal Assistant. You must be very certain that your helper does none of the acts for which a license is required, and that he or she carries out only the clerical work part of your real estate practice.

"Person Friday" may not deliver or present any offer or counter-offer, nor show an open house, nor call the sellers to tell them that Shirley Subagent wants an appointment to show their house to a super-qualified prospect and they might want to plan a long walk with the dogs this afternoon.

If you're thinking about hiring a helper to assist you to boost your production, first do this: Get out your Statutes and Regulations pamphlet from the Commission, sit down for a few minutes of R&R with a fresh cup of coffee and take a minute or two to re-read a couple of portions.

Hiring a Personal Assistant certainly could be the way to make your career dreams come true. But unless you take great care to limit and carefully restrict the role your assistant may play, some of those dreams could become real nightmares.