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Buyers Beware! Five Common Tricks Real Estate Agents Use

Download your free report at the end of this blog post! Today I want to talk from the buyer's perspective and, more specifically, what they need to be aware of when dealing with real estate agents directly. I'll be focusing on some of the sneaky tricks that real estate agents employ to get more money out of the buyer because, ultimately, what w...

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2016 Property Outlook (Part 1) | Sydney & Regional NSW

Here are the other parts of the 2016 Property Outlook: Part 1: Sydney & Regional NSW Part 2: Melbourne & Regional VIC Part 3: Queensland, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia Part 4: Northern Territory, Western Australia and Tasmania Transcript: Bryce Holdaway: All right folks. It’s that time of the year where we sort o...

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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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5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Invest in Property

ith the interest rate being so low and some really strong market in Melbourne and Sydney, it's not unusual for people to be really excited with the idea of investing in property. Well, I'm actually going to give you five reasons you shouldn't invest in property right now. And the first one is the Fear of Missing Out (FOMO). The obvious example of t...

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Buyer Impatience Drives Property Price Growth

I recall way back when I was studying there were future projections about  how the rapid advances with computers were forecasted to deliver us so much more leisure time in the future,  because they were going to increase our productivity and efficiencies at work, meaning we would get the work done quicker then head home and enjoy life. How wro...

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