Tag: property Negotiation Archives

  • 7 Dos and Don’ts Everyone Should Know About Property Auctions

    7 Dos and Don’ts Everyone Should Know About Property Auctions

    A property auction can be a good place to acquire your next investment. Owing to the crazy sense of competition it can instill – there can be a tendency to go overboard. So how can you come out on top and avoid overpaying? Here are some do’s and don’ts to help you survive your next property…

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  • Tips for Property Negotiations

    We start to negotiate the day we are born. Our first cry in the cradle is a small negotiation used against our loved ones in the most beautiful ‘power struggle” of our life. Nowhere more do we manifest the skill for negotiation than when we deal with our staffs and suppliers, not to forget the…

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  • Useful Property Negotiation Tricks

    Property negotiations, without fail, bring up a few critical points to the fore. If they don’t, they aren’t negotiations and you are far from talking turkey yet. While every negotiation is expected to give us a winner, the best property negotiations are those which give us two clear winners- the buyer and the vendor….yes a…

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  • How To Choose The Right Buyers Agent

    I know that most of you are well versed with the essential difference between a buyer’s agent and a sales agent. For the aid of a few who are uninitiated on this, a buyer’s agent works exclusively on the buyer’s behalf whereas a sales agent is paid to represent the best interests of the seller.…

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  • Due Diligence Clause For Figuring Out Council Approvals

    A house has 5 bedrooms but the 5th one hasn’t earned council approval yet- can you still advertise it as a 5-bedroom flat? The answer is NO. A vendor cannot do so. Plain and straight! Liz Wilcox for the blog Property Update writes why it is important for buyers to prefigure the nitty-gritty of council…

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  • What To Do If You Fail A Property Settlement Date

    Rob Balanda for the Property Update advises how buyers should act if a real estate deal fails being closed on its intended date of settlement. In cases when you do not show up on the property settlement date, sellers get one-up on the buyers and often quote a higher price (let us say $100,000 more…

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