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Property Buying Process

The property buying process I use involves the following steps:

1. Pre-approval
2. Research

3. Inspection

4. Valuation

5. Getting to yes

6. Closing the deal

•The 80/20 principle
•When to buy: the Buying Zone
•Where to buy: drilling down to suburb level
-Bird’s-eye view
-Local information
-Agents
•What to buy:
-Appropriate for the area
-Goldilocks principle
-Future demand
-Desirable features
•How much to pay: recent sales
•Online inspections
•The four key questions
•Open inspections
•After the inspection
•Types:
-Professional
-Agent
-Automated
-DIY: summation, comparison, capitalisation methods
-Valuer-General
•Last sales price
•Pre-purchase vs lender valuation

 

•Buying strategies
•Privates treaty sales
-Offer
-Negotiating tactics
-Psychology of negotiations
•Auctions
-Pre-auction offers
-Bidding tactics
•Holding deposit
•Exchange of contracts
•Conveyancing
-Contracts
-Building inspections
-Pest inspections
-Unconditional loan approval
-Balance of 10 per cent deposit
•Settlement
 

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