Originally posted by Philby
- tyranny of distance!
That was a problem that we were faced with as we're in Canberra & wanted to buy in Brisvagas. So flew to Brissy & met with two buyers agents. The name of the one we used was
Scott McGeever
propertyresearch.com.au
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Mobile - 0418 971 800
For many reasons but one of the main Scott was doing the same as us buy reno sell/hold. He suited exactly what we wanted to do. Give him a call mention my name he'll have a laugh (only because we had a few challenges along the way, with brokers & draw down pmts). There are also a few others up there they regularly advertise in API so give them a call as well.
My tip with a buyers agent though the same as what has already been mentioned is "know what you want". And make sure that they don't get any kick backs from anyone else ie selling agent. If they do get a split of the commission from the listing agent and you are the highest offer by 500 dollars or so you'll miss the IP, why because the selling agent will have to split his/her comm with the buyers agent. You will never know this & neither will your agent you'll just get an excuse of there was a higher offer.
Take a trip down to BNE & speak to all of them in person and make your own decision.
Hope that helps you somewhat.
Ed
Ps. I have no connection with Property research and get no pmt from them just really happy with Scott and his knowledge of the market ad the service he provided, and I'd use them again.
Happy hunting!