Mmmmm.
Plenty of reasons to use a BA. Plenty of reasons not to. Its a free choice - take it or leave it.
Reasons why clients have used our services in the past (when I've asked them why?) - their words, not mine.
1. I'm Asian and I can't get white Anglo male real estate agents to take me seriously. They don't put my offers to vendors, I think I'm missing something.(Unfortunately that's true and its not nice)
2. I'm no good at negotiating.
3. I've purchased property before and when I look at what I've purchased, it has not worked out to be the greatest investment.
4. I get nervous bidding at auction and I need someone unemotional to stop me getting carried away and overpaying.
5. I've tried to buy for 6-12 months but I keep getting pipped at the post - someone else buys before the Open home or I'm the underbidder at auction.
6. I'm unsure of the true value of the property.
7. I'm in some overseas location and I can't afford to keep flying over there just to miss out on property by the time I get there.
8. I'm working 80 hours a week as a highly paid professional, I earn $2K per day, - I want to outsource the home buying thing to someone else who I can just pay to get the job done.
9. I value my family time on week-ends, kids at sport etc. I don't want to spend my Saturdays looking at property, but I know I need to get one.
10. I've been wanting to buy an investment property since I was 25 years old. I'm now 35 years old and I still have not bought anything. I figured if I paid you money, you could make it happen for me. I am clueless when it comes to selecting a good investment property.
11. I'm a newbie. I don't want to make a mistake on my first IP. Can I use the Buyers Agent exercise to buy me a good property plus help me learn so I can do it for myself next time?
.....I could go on.
The fact is that if you have the time, the energy, the inclination & skill, then you don't need a BA. But there are a LOT of people that recognise their lack of some or all of these things and do something about it. (if they didn't, I'd be out of business)
Plenty of reasons to use a BA. Plenty of reasons not to. Its a free choice - take it or leave it.
Reasons why clients have used our services in the past (when I've asked them why?) - their words, not mine.
1. I'm Asian and I can't get white Anglo male real estate agents to take me seriously. They don't put my offers to vendors, I think I'm missing something.(Unfortunately that's true and its not nice)
2. I'm no good at negotiating.
3. I've purchased property before and when I look at what I've purchased, it has not worked out to be the greatest investment.
4. I get nervous bidding at auction and I need someone unemotional to stop me getting carried away and overpaying.
5. I've tried to buy for 6-12 months but I keep getting pipped at the post - someone else buys before the Open home or I'm the underbidder at auction.
6. I'm unsure of the true value of the property.
7. I'm in some overseas location and I can't afford to keep flying over there just to miss out on property by the time I get there.
8. I'm working 80 hours a week as a highly paid professional, I earn $2K per day, - I want to outsource the home buying thing to someone else who I can just pay to get the job done.
9. I value my family time on week-ends, kids at sport etc. I don't want to spend my Saturdays looking at property, but I know I need to get one.
10. I've been wanting to buy an investment property since I was 25 years old. I'm now 35 years old and I still have not bought anything. I figured if I paid you money, you could make it happen for me. I am clueless when it comes to selecting a good investment property.
11. I'm a newbie. I don't want to make a mistake on my first IP. Can I use the Buyers Agent exercise to buy me a good property plus help me learn so I can do it for myself next time?
.....I could go on.
The fact is that if you have the time, the energy, the inclination & skill, then you don't need a BA. But there are a LOT of people that recognise their lack of some or all of these things and do something about it. (if they didn't, I'd be out of business)