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Hi all,
I have a small question about property.
I have been looking at purchasing a property for around 5 months (focusing on Inner West). Each week goes buy and I do the same thing. Open the newspaper on Sat, look up the internet and go to the open for inspections. And I can never seem to find the one that I like and if that is the one....it is the one everyone else likes and we go into a bidding war or it gets sold pre-auction. So the question is what am I doing wrong? Am I the only one that seems to be experiences these woes? I figure that before long, one year will past and I will still be propertiless!
So my question is how can we go about finding the right house quick?
Where do we find houses?
1) Internet -> www.domain and www.realestate are the two that I know of....any others? I have found that properties appearing on the internet have ususally been on the market for a while or will be auctioned.
2)Smh - every sat.
3) Agents - now I know alot of you are thinkin....why doesn't this guy get off his lazy bum and go meet some people. But the question is a matter of time (I know I am making excuses) BUt if you work Monday to Friday and Agents are normally open on Sat....then that leaves basically 1 day to look for houses. With so many open for inspections to view ....where does one get enough time to get to know the agent on a personal level so that the newest property that comes on the market, you know the agent will be callin you first?
They are the three that I mainly use. So where are the rest of the properties sold? There are so many each week maybe it is me that isn't doin my homework and not working hard enough.
So what exactly am I looking for you ask....I looking for the Holy Grail of property. Where the real smarties go to find the right property. But like the Holy Grail....maybe it doesn't exist and I will have to go back to my Sat. open for inspections and wait and wait and ...oh.....wait.
But when I was writing this email....if there really is a Holy Grail of property ....then.....the people that know of its whereabout would be no where to be found. So we are fighting a losing battle and I take my hat off to the people who put that extra bit of effort....as I guess you people are the ones reading this and saying....I just need to keep trying and I will find the right one.
Thanks for reading this post and hope that your eyes are not watery.....from staring at the screen for so long.
Regards
HN
Hi all,
I have a small question about property.
I have been looking at purchasing a property for around 5 months (focusing on Inner West). Each week goes buy and I do the same thing. Open the newspaper on Sat, look up the internet and go to the open for inspections. And I can never seem to find the one that I like and if that is the one....it is the one everyone else likes and we go into a bidding war or it gets sold pre-auction. So the question is what am I doing wrong? Am I the only one that seems to be experiences these woes? I figure that before long, one year will past and I will still be propertiless!
So my question is how can we go about finding the right house quick?
Where do we find houses?
1) Internet -> www.domain and www.realestate are the two that I know of....any others? I have found that properties appearing on the internet have ususally been on the market for a while or will be auctioned.
2)Smh - every sat.
3) Agents - now I know alot of you are thinkin....why doesn't this guy get off his lazy bum and go meet some people. But the question is a matter of time (I know I am making excuses) BUt if you work Monday to Friday and Agents are normally open on Sat....then that leaves basically 1 day to look for houses. With so many open for inspections to view ....where does one get enough time to get to know the agent on a personal level so that the newest property that comes on the market, you know the agent will be callin you first?
They are the three that I mainly use. So where are the rest of the properties sold? There are so many each week maybe it is me that isn't doin my homework and not working hard enough.
So what exactly am I looking for you ask....I looking for the Holy Grail of property. Where the real smarties go to find the right property. But like the Holy Grail....maybe it doesn't exist and I will have to go back to my Sat. open for inspections and wait and wait and ...oh.....wait.
But when I was writing this email....if there really is a Holy Grail of property ....then.....the people that know of its whereabout would be no where to be found. So we are fighting a losing battle and I take my hat off to the people who put that extra bit of effort....as I guess you people are the ones reading this and saying....I just need to keep trying and I will find the right one.
Thanks for reading this post and hope that your eyes are not watery.....from staring at the screen for so long.
Regards
HN
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