What Does a Buyers Agent Actually Do For You?

What's included in your complete service?

Our buyers agent service covers every step of your property purchase:

• Initial consultation: Free discussion to understand your requirements, budget, timeline, and property criteria
• Property search: Comprehensive search across your target suburbs using our extensive market knowledge
• Off-market access: First access to properties before public listings through our agent network (60% of our purchases are off-market)
• Property inspections: We attend inspections on your behalf or arrange inspections for you, providing detailed evaluations
• Due diligence: Building and pest reports, contract reviews, council checks, strata reports (for units), zoning investigations
• Independent valuations: Comprehensive market analysis using comparable sales data to determine true property value
• Negotiation: Expert negotiation on your behalf to secure the best purchase price
• Auction representation: Attending auctions and bidding strategically on your behalf
• Settlement coordination: Liaising with solicitors, conveyancers, and all parties through to settlement

From start to finish, we're your advocate throughout the entire process.

How is a buyers agent different from a real estate agent?

This is a critical distinction:

• Real estate agents (selling agents): Represent the seller and work to achieve the highest possible price for them. They're paid by the seller and their loyalty is to the vendor.
• Buyers agents: Represent you, the buyer, and work to secure the best property at the lowest price in your interests. We're paid by you and work exclusively for you.

We're on opposite sides of the negotiating table. Using a buyers agent means you finally have professional representation, rather than negotiating alone against an experienced selling agent.

What makes your due diligence so comprehensive?

Due diligence is where many buyers make costly mistakes. Our comprehensive process includes:

• Building inspections: Professional structural assessments identifying issues like foundation problems, roof damage, or structural defects
• Pest inspections: Termite and pest reports revealing infestations that could cost $30,000+ to repair
• Contract reviews: Legal review of contracts identifying unfavourable terms, special conditions, or risks
• Council checks: Zoning restrictions, approved/unapproved works, development applications, flood overlays
• Strata reports (units): Body corporate financials, sinking fund health, upcoming levies, building defects
• Title searches: Easements, covenants, caveats, or encumbrances affecting the property
• Market analysis: Comparable sales to ensure you're paying fair value

These checks cost $1,500-$2,500 per property, but they can save you $50,000+ by identifying issues before purchase or providing negotiation leverage for price reductions.

How do you provide access to off-market properties?

Our off-market access comes from years of established relationships:

• Real estate agents contact us first with off-market opportunities before publicly listing properties
• We represent serious, finance-approved buyers, so agents trust deals won't fall through
• Our $4,000 booking fee demonstrates genuine buyer intent
• We're searching on behalf of multiple clients, so agents call us when they have opportunities
• 60% of our client purchases are off-market or pre-market properties

As individual buyers, you rarely get first access to off-market listings. Agents call us because we represent the right buyers at the right time.

What's your role for interstate buyers?

For interstate buyers, we become your eyes and ears on the ground:

• Property inspections: We attend all inspections on your behalf
• Video walkthroughs: Detailed video tours showing every room, highlighting positives and concerns
• Comprehensive reports: Written evaluations with photos, measurements, and our professional assessment
• Local coordination: We manage building/pest inspectors, conveyancers, and all local professionals
• Settlement support: Handle everything remotely so you can purchase with complete confidence without being physically present

Interstate buyers are one of our core client groups. Many of our clients successfully purchase Queensland properties while living in Melbourne, Sydney, or interstate, without ever seeing the property in person until settlement.

How do you handle negotiation differently?

Our negotiation approach differs from individual buyers in several ways:

• Experience: We negotiate hundreds of property purchases annually versus once every 7-10 years for most buyers
• Emotional distance: We remove emotion from negotiations, preventing overpaying in heated situations
• Market knowledge: We know what properties are really worth based on comprehensive data
• Agent respect: Selling agents negotiate more transparently with professional buyers agents
• Multiple strategies: We use various negotiation tactics depending on the situation: auction, private treaty, off-market, multi-offer scenarios

The result is an average of $65,000 in savings for our clients through expert negotiation.