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Another new client brief 🏡🐈 I’m helping a lovely Another new client brief 🏡🐈

I’m helping a lovely downsizer (and her cats!) find her next home in Brisbane’s Bayside.

We’re looking from Wakerley through to Wellington Point, with a budget of up to $1.35m.

The wish list:
🏡 Freestanding house with a manageable yard
🔑 Or a townhouse with no body corporate and a good-sized courtyard
🛏 3 bedrooms
🛁 Bathtub is essential
✨ Low maintenance and move-in ready

If you’re thinking of selling, or know of something that might suit — including something that hasn’t hit the market yet — I’d love to hear from you.

Buy Smarter, Not Just Cheaper.

#BrisbaneProperty #BrisbaneBayside #BuyersAgentBrisbane  #TheHomeBuyerHelper
🏡 NEW BUYER BRIEF | Wynnum / Manly I have a lovel 🏡 NEW BUYER BRIEF | Wynnum / Manly

I have a lovely couple searching for their next home in the Wynnum/Manly area.

They’re looking for:

✔️ Lowset home
✔️ 3 bedrooms or more
✔️ Double lock-up garage
✔️ Original condition is absolutely fine
✔️ Budget up to $1.2 million

As always, we’re looking for a quality asset that suits their lifestyle today and still makes sense as a long-term purchase.

📍 Wynnum / Manly
📩 DM me or contact me via the details in the post.

Buy Smarter, Not Just Cheaper.

#Wynnum #Manly #BrisbaneProperty #BrisbaneRealEstate #buyersagent
Why do I flush twice ? Pre settlement inspection r Why do I flush twice ? Pre settlement inspection ramblings. #buyersagent #buyersagentbrisbane #brisbaneproperty
My 2 cents on what I’m seeing in the market. Or ra My 2 cents on what I’m seeing in the market. Or random thoughts while I walk the dog? You choose. Has there been a shift in buyer sentiment?
"A big part of my job is to stop you buying the wr "A big part of my job is to stop you buying the wrong property."

I say this to every new client.

It usually catches them off guard.

"Hang on... aren't I paying you to help me buy one?"

Absolutely.

But only if it's a quality asset.

Over the years I've talked clients out of buying properties that looked incredible.

One apartment was $150,000 cheaper than comparable sales. It wasn't a bargain - the price had already factored in years of special levies after the body corporate lost a legal battle with the developer.

Another looked like a great three-bedroom apartment... until the building inspection uncovered that two of the bedrooms potentially didn't comply as habitable bedrooms.

Both clients were disappointed at the time.

Both later thanked me.

Buying property should be emotional.

You should be picturing Christmas lunch, where the couch goes and how you'll live there.

That's your job.

Mine is different.

I'm asking one question:

Is this a quality asset?

Because the property you don't buy is often just as important as the one you do.

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Remember this client brief? Just 11 days after my Remember this client brief?

Just 11 days after my client engaged me, we had secured their new home.

It might sound quick, but the reality is there was a lot happening behind the scenes.

Before stepping inside a single property, I had already ruled out more than 45 homes that simply weren’t the right fit. In the end, we physically inspected just six before finding the one.

So why this home?

It was move-in ready, low maintenance, featured ducted air conditioning, offered upgrades beyond the standard builder specification and, importantly, was close to my client’s family. It ticked the boxes that mattered. Not just today, but for years to come.

One of the biggest lessons from this purchase is that the right property doesn’t always appear where buyers expect to find it.

This home sat outside my client’s original search criteria. Looking beyond the online filters, combined with strong relationships with local agents, uncovered an opportunity they may never have inspected on their own.

Every successful purchase looks simple once it’s done.

What you don’t see are the dozens of homes ruled out, the conversations with local agents, the due diligence, the inspections and the negotiations happening behind the scenes.

That’s the difference between buying a house and buying the right house.  Buy Smarter, not just Cheaper. #brisbanebuyersagent #buyersagent #helpmebuy #brisbanerealestate #buysmarter

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