Saturday mornings are when people buy houses! You should definitely schedule some open home inspections every Saturday (and a few after work as well). The purpose of the open home is to introduce your house, and yourself, to the buyers, and hopefully encourage them to submit an offer or at least register their details as a prospect. You can include your listing’s open homes schedule in the inspections section and your opens will be advertised on all the online portals. To choose the best time to schedule your open home, go to RealEstate.com.au and search for your suburb. On the results page select INSPECTIONS & AUCTIONS at theRead More →

When you’re selling an apartment, unit, townhouse or villa in a Community Titles Scheme (ie: with a body corporate) you are legally required to include a “disclosure statement” with the sales contract. This statement is a specially prepared document that outlines the property’s current standings with the body corporate. A question that people often ask when selling an apartment, townhouse or unit in a strata scheme is: How do I acquire the disclosure statement for the sales contract? In order to procure the disclosure statement you can start by contacting the Body Corporate management company. You’ll no doubt already know who this is, it will beRead More →

Contrary to popular belief, the most difficult aspect of an agent’s job, isn’t selling property. On the contrary, the most difficult task for an agent, is getting listings to sell in the first place. Once an agent has been given exclusive authority to sell a listing, his greatest challenge is already behind him.  As a home owner selling your own home – you have the unique luxury of not needing to get the listing. You already own the listing – two thirds of the work is already done for you. All you need to do now is sell it, and selling a house is not difficult. It’s no more difficultRead More →