Buyers agents articles & tips

Who’s more important: Buyers Agent or Mortgage Broker?

So, it is always interesting when it comes to investing in property, who is actually more important? Is it the Buyers Agent or Mortgage Broker?? And of course, being a Buyers Agent, you expect me to say that Buyers Agents are so important that they couldn't be possibly outrank by the Mortgage Broker but I think people will be surprised by my answer...

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Off Market Opportunities

If you are active in the property industry, chances are you would have heard about this thing called "off market opportunities". To some, this almost seems like a VIP only access and exclusive to a selected few. In this issue of Australian Property Investor (API) Magazine, Bryce Holdaway was asked to share his opinion as a Buyers Agent and to help ...

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How to Buy an Interstate Property

I'm always a really strong advocate that property investors should be buying outside of their own backyard if their city or their state isn't in the right part of the property cycle right now. So that's what we call a Borderless Investor but it's important that people don't just flippantly buy a property interstate because there are lots of things ...

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Case study: How to make $140,000 loss in 10 years

I had this interesting conversation with someone on the phone this week where they were tossing up whether or not they could justify the expense of getting a buyers agent to be involved rather than just doing it themselves. So I unpack that conversation a little bit and the good news is they were a property investor already which is great. Let's be...

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My Big Fat Property Mistake

If you ask any property investors out there if they've made any mistakes along the way, the answer would most probably be yes. It doesn't matter if you've invested for a long time, you would make some property mistake along the way. That is the way most investors learn and hopefully, those mistakes aren't irreversible. In this issue of Australian P...

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The Buyers’ Decision Quadrant

I'm always finding when people are buying real estate whether they are buying it for themselves to live in or they are buying it for an investment property, they are faced with some form of compromise. We've thought about this a lot and usually it is one of four things. So we've come up with what's called the Buyers' Decision Quadrant. It's really ...

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Are you Paying Too Much for your Property?

Today I want to talk to you about the three biggest reasons why you might be paying too much when buying property. Number 1, the justify that they can afford it. Let me tell you a little story. Husband and wife couple, do their budget at home and then they head off to speak to their mortgage broker. Their mortgage broker has a suite of lenders a...

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What’s FOMO and why should you avoid it?

FOMO is very much the story of a significant portion of the Australian property investment market right now - especially in Sydney - but unfortunately for those investors who fall victim to it, it could all end in tears…. So what is FOMO then? Wikipedia defines the Fear Of Missing Out as “a pervasive apprehension that others might be having rew...

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Property Zoning 101 – Things You Need to Know About Your Investment Property

If you find yourself scratching your head and looking confused when people talk about property zoning, rest assured that you are not alone. Many financially-savvy people have a very limited understanding of this potentially useful tool that can be utilized to help them make smart property investment decisions and avoid bad property deals. Whether y...

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The Thought Process when Buying A Home

Hello, in this How To session, I want to tell a story. I want to tell a story that goes through everyone's decision making process when they are looking to buy a home. Now, there's a few things that goes on in your head. You've grown up in area and you know the area well. You know its attractions, its benefits, you know the great coffee shop and yo...

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How to find properties before they hit the market?

>> Play Audio here   In this episode of Real Estate Talk, Kevin Turner interviews Ben Kingsley and ask him about the signs he looks for to detect a turning market. Here's the transcript: Kevin: Ben Kingsley joins me once again. Ben, of course, is the CEO and founder of Empower Wealth. They specialize in finding the best buys fo...

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Why do Character Homes get the Best Returns?

Why is it that character homes or lifestyle homes get the best returns and why is it that they outperform the market place? Well the reason is quite simple. It's based on the popularity. Let me explain what I mean by character homes and also lifestyle homes. So character or period home have ornate features, they represent strong statuses, they n...

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Renovating does not equal Riches

How exciting it is to see someone who has actually done a renovation project and they've made hundreds and thousands of dollars in it. You might think that it is easy to, I guess, replace the yield income by doing a renovation project. We've all probably heard some stories and we've seen the television shows with the really great outcomes and of co...

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