Increasingly the most valuable resource is Time and most of
us don’t have enough of it!
So if your house hunting, how do you know if
you’re seeing everything that is available in the suburbs you want to live in,
and honestly, who has the time to uncover them all anyway?
Agents and increasingly
vendors, let us know that a property will be coming on the market or in fact
will be marketed only via an agents database. Everyone’s property path is
different and for many sellers – particularly over $3 million, a discreet
listing and sale is preferable for many reasons; its less disruptive, they feel
they have more control over the next move perhaps, they don’t have the neighbours
“tyre kicking” at open inspections, they don’t have friends, family and
colleagues knowing their business, for these and other reasons an off market
transaction can be desirable.
Agents and vendors will seek out buyers
agents because we only act for retained and finance enabled clients so that we
can perform for them and pounce on the right property when it comes up, agents of course
want to sell to buyers who can perform, if they have a property and we have a
client, selling agents and vendors are very interested. This is
true of residential and commercial property. Our clients like that we
give them access to the total market and that we have relationships with the
agents already established, they get to see properties they ordinarily may not
have sourced as well as pre-market (we often deal before they reach the market)
opportunities and of course off market. It’s important though to vet, not
all properties at a high level meet the criteria, so knowing what to ask and
filtering saves a tremendous amount of time.
You can deal with every agent between Woollahra and Vaucluse
or Avalon to Palm Beach or you can deal with on agent and get access to the
total market and leverage someone else’s time so you can use your time to do
the things that are more productive, enjoyable and profitable.
