What Kind Of People Use Your Service?

Its a mixture. Sometimes it’s locals who are upsizing or downsizing. Mostly I help people who are moving from the cities and want to live in a lifestyle destination like the Byron Shire. Some people are planning their next five to ten-year move. They don’t know the area well or they’re time poor or they need some deep local knowledge before making a major decision like this.

What’s The Main Reason People Hire A Property Buyer’s Agent?

It is different reasons for different people. Probably the main reason is for people who are time poor or not able to be in the area while they’re looking. They need a long term local who knows the area well. Some people find the process of buying property quite difficult and adversarial and they want somebody to handle it for them. Some people want to feel that they are buying with certainty so that they have got experience and knowledge upfront for them. So there are various reasons why people would use a buyer’s agent but that’s the main one; people can buy with certainty when they use someone who knows the area and the process

What Are The Different Types Of Properties You Help People Buy?

We service the whole Northern Rivers area. We have also been south to Yamba and Coffs Harbour more than a few times. I do homes, units, and commercial.

Can You Buy Off-Market?

I do about 20 – 25 percent of my purchases off-market. There are many reasons why a property is off-market. IT varies a bit depending on what the wider market is doing. Some people want privacy and not have too many strangers coming through their house. I also have people who want something specific and since I’ve been doing this for 20 years, I know a lot of properties. I know a lot of owners who I know they may be sellers / they may not, but when I have got something specific, I can go directly to an owner and say are you interested in talking to a potential buyer.

How Does The Process Work?

When you contact me and you’re interested in engaging me, I send you my agreement. I need a $2500 engagement fee before I start. The commission is payable at contract exchange and is between 1-2% pf the purchase price – minus the engagement fee. It can take anything from a few weeks to 6 – 9 months. That is fine. I help you make a decision so it usually does not drift out too far into the future.

Videos and Podcasts

October 4th, 2021

Here are a few videos and podcasts that I have found interesting. The online domain has become so cloudy and murky of late but there are still good nuggets of information to be found:

Disruptive Industries

I found this video clip interesting and hopeful. With all the terrible prophesies with climate change and species extinction, I found this outline of how the future could pan out to be realistic and positive.

Sensemaking and the search for Truthiness

Conspiracies and vaccination mandates are creating lots of division and disharmony. All of us are losing friends and family who hold different views. To me, that seems to be the symptom and not the cause. The cause really is the problem of arriving at a shared reality and common facts. No one will agree if they are using different truths and shared reality.

Rebel Wisdom is a UK journalistic website and YouTube channel that tackles the big issues. The SENSEMAKING series explores the different threads being used by respected thought leaders to solve this problem of a breakdown in a shared reality. It is quite long so if you do not have a lot of time just listen to the first and last episodes.

This second one is on the same topic but a lighter article. The writer lives in Austin Texas where they seem to be in the same predicament we are in Byron shire.

The elephant in the Room

This podcast delivers consistently interesting interviews with people at the top of their game in property. I particularly like this one around whether or not we are witnessing a price bubble and will it end in tears?

The Property Couch

Bryce Holdaway is a buyers agent I know and is a good guy. He is one of the hosts on ABC TV’s Escape to the Country. He and Ben Kingsley have teamed up to deliver this well rounded and informative podcast. At least these people know what they are doing. There are so many promos out there from some pompous 20/30ish nobody touting “I Made A Fortune out of Property – No Money Down – Blah Blah”. Stay away from them.

Byron Dreaming: Where will we be in 10 years?
Hard Rains Gonna Fall: Climate Change Resilience
Magical Byron: What Do We Want To Keep?

Real Estate Buyers Agent

BYRON BAY | BALLINA | LISMORE | OCEAN SHORES

Since 1999

250+ happy clients
$310 mil

Properties sold across the Northern Rivers
1 in 5

Properties purchased off market

Videos and Podcasts

Disruptive Industries

Sensemaking and the search for Truthiness

The elephant in the Room

The Property Couch

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BYRON BAY | BALLINA | LISMORE | OCEAN SHORES

Since 1999

$310 mil

1 in 5

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