Virginia Swanson is widely regarded in property management circles for having made a fortune out of real estate investments. Using the vast experience that she'd gained, Virginia Swanson has involved herself actively as a mentor, enabling people to make sound real estate investment decisions and to change their financial lives. She, along with her well-equipped team, conduct seminars and workshops on topics related directly or indirectly to real estate and property management. Some of the popular workshop-topics which she has touched upon in her workshops are: foreclosures, short sales, lease escrow, evaluation of property, real estate portfolio building, etc. Virginia feels it is very important to have the right property management team.

The role of management can be compared to that of a ship captain guiding it step by step towards achieving a goal. Property Management is no different and involves guiding people in the purchase, maintenance and disposition of property in such a way that maximizes profit with minimum efforts. Property management is like that of managing any other business or asset, except for the fact that in real estate huge resources are required and each property differs from other in a dramatic way despite many variables resembling in the outlook. This has led to an increased demand for intelligent property management consultants like Virginia Swanson, being helped by the fact that real estate prices were on the upward surge until recent times.

Some of the real estate investment businesses include that of appraisal/professional valuation services, brokerages charged by mediators who are responsible for facilitating a real estate investment transaction, management of corporate real estate investment etc. A business may deal specifically in any particular type of real estate investment primarily residential, commercial etc.

One of the important roles carried out under Property Management is that of liaisoning between the landowners and the management firms, which operate on behalf of these owners. The duties in property management include that of receiving rent, carrying out maintenance work, taking care of the promotion and advertising for the owners of the property and doing all necessary background checks of the prospective tenants.

Managing the construction and development of real estate on behalf of the owners is an important role played by Virginia Swanson. Computer-aided software are being used extensively nowadays in property management. A mentor in this field of real estate investment consultancy needs to be constantly updated with the recent industry events.