Property Buyer

**Exceptional Service for Out-of-State Property Purchase**

While working innerstate, my schedule was incredibly demanding, leaving me with little time to navigate the complex process of buying a property in Sydney. This was compounded by the fact that it was my first home purchase, and I was unfamiliar with the intricacies involved, such as negotiating prices, understanding strata fees, and conducting property inspections.

Choosing PropertyBuyer was a game-changer for me. Their buyer's agent, Niki McComb, provided an invaluable service by inspecting properties on my behalf, offering honest and thorough feedback, and skillfully negotiating with sellers. Niki's expertise not only streamlined the process but also significantly reduced the stress and time commitment on my end.

The additional guidance provided in connecting me with reliable conveyancers and other necessary services was a testament to their comprehensive approach. I was particularly impressed with how PropertyBuyer transformed what I anticipated to be a daunting and complex process into a smooth and enjoyable journey, despite managing it from a different state.

I wholeheartedly recommend PropertyBuyer to anyone embarking on the property buying journey, especially those who find themselves time-poor or unfamiliar with the process. Their professionalism, expertise, and client-focused approach are unparalleled. I would definitely use their services again without a second thought.

Thank you, PropertyBuyer, and especially Niki McComb, for making my first property purchase a resounding success.

We recently settled on our new commercial property. Alberto did fantastic Job, and the experience was exceptional from start to finish. Alberto's expertise, professionalism, and proactive communication made the entire process smooth and stress-free.

I am living overseas.i think Alberto did a great job in finding me the right property. It has really good returns, I hope going forward Alberto can help me build a portfolio of properties that will always increase in value.

Most people make very few property purchases. Even if you've been watching markets and planning ahead it's a very steep learning curve with many unkowns. It's an area where if I'm realistic, I'm far from expert. So we engaged Munro's expertise and have no regrets.

Munro impressed us from the outset with his approach to helping us with our recent purchase.

The most important issue, prior to sign up was helping us clearly understand for ourselves - then explain to him - how the new property fitted into our bigger life plans. That process in itself was worthwhile for the confidence it brought us.

Upon signing, he swung into action, immediately organising a property inspection and the relevant reports, along with evidence based value comparisons.

His negotiations on our behalf meant we could carry on with normal life while the contract process progressed.

What was very impressive and, frankly, impossible for us to match, was his knowledge of areas and the people involved. That gave him the edge in negotiating. And we were very satisfied.

Financially he paid for himself, but even more, when I felt out of my depth, he was always there, with advice and encouragement.

We're very happy that we engaged Munro and the resources behind him. Thanks mate.

100% recommend PropertyBuyer. Hiring such effective buyer agent service was the most value decision we made to acquire our home.
We are so glad with the outcome we end up with! Special thanks to Nick who helped us in this journey

Propertybuyer has just been awarded buyers agency of the year from REINSW Awards for Excellence and I can see why, especially when they have a team of buyers agents like our man Alberto Da Grava! From the time we met Alberto until the end of settlement day we found him to be happy & friendly, punctual, trustworthy, very informative and extremely helpful. We were overseas for a period and Alberto even answered our messages in the middle of the night! Alberto has exceptional negotiation skills and managed to save us nearly $100,000 which we were able to use some to pay for Propertybuyer's commission and added expenses. Every hurdle we came to Alberto went above and beyond to solve the issues and answer our questions which we encountered many including the contract, lease and ongoing communications with the solicitors. If you 're thinking of using a buyers agent to buy a commercial property anywhere from Sydney to Brisbane and beyond this guy is your man.
We highly recommend Propertybuyer Sydney as the whole team gives 110%!
Liz

We approach property buyers to assist us in purchasing our first home in Sydney and reduce all the hassle of buying a home for a busy family of three. The smooth engagement process led us to Nick, our buyer's agent. Nick was very approachable, transparent, and a great listener. He understood our needs and provided honest advice. He found us an off-market property that exceeded our expectations. During the process, Nick negotiated and renegotiated the price to fit our needs, and the agency was flexible enough to accommodate our payment needs. We would be happy to re-engage Property Buyers, particularly Nick if we are lucky enough to buy additional property in NSW.

I was anxious about investing a large sum of money to Daichi and Rich into a project. However after seeing the money in my account and making a solid return on my investment. I can confirm these guys are legit.
Merry Christmas to me!

We had such an amazing experience with Property Buyer. Super prompt response to our enquiry - We were clueless on how we would get through the auction process and were finding it daunting to participate and bid on our own.

Nick came to our rescue. In a short span of time, he understood our financial position and emotions on our short-listed property. His calm and composed approach helped us to manage our anxiety. On the day of auction Nick ensured he spent time with us and gave us confidence regarding the auction process and his proposed approach.

We won the bid and can't be grateful enough for the support with buying our 1st dream house!

We are thankful to the Property Buyer team for their wonderful support and would highly recommend to prospective buyers.

Highly recommend the PropertyBuyers team. Our property agent, Nick, guided us through our first property purchase in the competitive Sydney market. We are Australian citizens living abroad and needed someone on the ground to do the leg work for us and could negotiate the best possible purchase price for us, which Nick unreservedly did. When you look at the fees for engaging a buyers agent you might think surely I can do this myself instead? Engaging a professional firm who do this day in and day out puts you in the best possible position for a property purchase, they know the local market, the sales agents and they have comprehensive data to share with you that the average consumer doesn't have access to. Nick saved us hundreds of thousands off the list price of our Sydney property - something I didn't even think would be possible in this market, had we not used their services we would have absolutely overpaid. Even factoring in the buyers agency fees we were ahead over 150k. Highly recommend Nick, who happens to also just be a nice, professional great guy who genuinely wanted to get the best deal for us. We are happy clients!

We recently bought our first commercial property as an investment with help from Alberto and I would readily recommend PropertyBuyer and Alberto to others.

This was the first time we had looked to buy commercial property and were aware that there were differences when looking at residential and we also didn't have the time to do all the leg work ourselves. We wanted to minimise the risk of making mistakes and were very glad that we did with Alberto putting forward a number of property options that were off-market, including the one we ended up purchasing.

From the beginning the service was excellent with Alberto working with us to define our target market and criteria and he then got to work putting forward a number of properties. He was always available for discussion and would explain why we should think about certain tactics and the pro's and con's of each property.

We recevied detailed property appraisals and clear feedback as we missed a few opportunities as it is a very competitive market and we wanted to be disciplined.

The outcome was the successful purchase of a property that met nearly all of our criteria and we are very happy with the result. I would readily use Alberto again and would recommend him to others as well.
Nathan

This will be an unbiased and objective review as I did not proceed with the service after 1 month.

For background, I was looking for an investment property in any state of Australia, QLD was the recommended area for the requirements which I accepted.

My initial contact with Glen and Rich was excellent, very knowledgeable and wrote me a very extensive research report on a particular area which was awesome! 'totally worth nearly $14,000' I thought to myself.

It wasn't until nearly 1 month had passed since the initial meeting and acceptance that we had put an offer onto the table for a property that was found by Propertybuyer, unfortunately it wasn't accepted.

-Timeliness -
The problems started shortly after the 1st property. I thought to actually do a search on the area we were looking in only to find 2 other properties that met the criteria within 15 minutes of searching, both of these properties were listed for the entire time the engagement was active. Glenn rebutted that these two were 'dual-occupancy' not 'duplexes' with the intent that they could only be sold under one title. Whilst this may be a good decision matrix for long term purchases and what propertybuyer has done for other clients, this comes at a significantly higher present value due to the fact the market has priced in these aspects to the property leading to a lower yield and the fact they are few and far between. In practice, by the time the next property comes up, the price on all the properties has increased $10-$20k. It is essential that a big mix of properties are found with an element of intuition to get into the market.

-Negotiations-
Negotiations with agents were unfruitful at best, I was expecting at least some haggling with the vendor/agent as is common with normal commercial deals. I put forward some out of the box ideas that have been successful in my own business. The types of negotiation used for other clients or not is outside of the scope of this review.

-research-
No appraisal/research was offered with two of property proposal I have had so far (as agreed to) without extensive enquiries with the person searching for the properties. For the price point, I was expecting full comprehensive reports and analytics. An excel spreadsheet was sent to me to put figures into. Isn't this why we are paying you nearly $14,000 to find and purchase these properties?

-Qualifications-
The person searching for the properties was unaware of some property law concepts (caveats, lending requirements etc…) which have material impact on purchasing/research decisions. This is particularly important when going into a contract of sale or picking up legal liabilities from the current vendor such as rent guarantee arrangements. This is not to say they were unqualified however a brush up in the subject will be useful.e. G. A university degree from 25 years ago is likely not to be of much use without substantial professional development.

-Price-
I have no problem paying for a service however, a price sets an expectation. If $1 was charged, my expectations would be virtually non-existent. Nearly $14,000 was expected to be charged for a successful purchase, there is no way I was going to pay this for finding and conducting the research on the properties that I found. The buyer's agent quickly tried to quell my concerns by making a very high offer on a property without due diligence or report creation. The offer was conveniently in the next bracket for their service charges, possibly a co-incidence.

By incrementally increasing the price as the property increases in value, I think that the service offering favours clients who are purchasing larger value properties. Consequently, experienced agents such as Glen would not oversee my engagement coherently. I put this to Glen with no response on this particular issue.

-Conclusion-
While the concept of a buyer's agent may be a useful service for some people, it wasn't for me. I think this service is geared towards retail investors or first home buyer's from a non-finance background.

Alberto is very professional and he is the best and patience to answer all my questions. Highly recommend their services!

I was very happy to have Nick as my buyer's agent, he brought a wealth of experience and helped finding me a great property. He made sure that I did not take any impatience decision. He was very receptive to what I was looking for and helped us achieve a great result. I would defiantly engage Nick again and highly recommend him.

Nick at Propertybuyer was fantastic. His knowledgeable and professional approach saved us time and stress and allowed us to confidently move forward buying our first house. We are overseas Australian citizens so he certainly made the entire process seamless. He even managed to negotiate the property below list price which we wouldn’t have known was possible. 100% would recommend Propertybuyer and will use them/Nick again if we are fortunate enough to be in the position to buy another property in the future.

I have been looking at property far and wide across Sydney for the last few years. I approached Property Buyer and ended up connecting with Nick Taylor-Fick who was brilliant. Helpful, chatty and the whole process really helped me zero in on a few areas and stop spinning on the spot.in less than 2 weeks and after only 3 inspections I have bought my first place in Sydney after years of saving….

I paid roughly $10,000 which translated to brief, research, viewings, negotiations, pre purchase inspection as I was going to be overseas at the time…

For me meeting Nick really was a brilliant experience as I was searching all over the place for everything and I ended up buying in a suburb which I had never considered yet exactly fit what I was looking for…

I was a little skeptical to sign up initially but for me it really crystallised exactly what I was looking for and I’m absolutely chuffed to bits! Wonder if Nick also does dating as I reckon he would find me a great husband too

Thanks again Nick I am really grateful for all the patience, advice and help.

Rich Harvey from Propertybuyer Buyers' Agent recently assisted us in finding and negotiating to buy a new home in our downsizing exercise. We found Rich to be very professional and responsive at all times. He provided excellent feedback and advice in a very timely manner which took a great deal of the stress out of the whole process for my wife and I. We believe it to be a cost effective exercise and would recommend Rich to those that are looking at using his firms services.

Munro made a typically stress-induced process a breeze. He was always proactive and helpful with communication. Within a week, we were well acquainted and he was able to narrow down our options according to the brief.

It’s bittersweet having Munro find a property for us so quickly and not having him for longer – he’s become a great friend throughout the process.

We engaged Propertybuyer to help us secure our home. We had identified 2 properties we liked and wanted to make offers on. Both were open to offers prior to auction. However this can often be very difficult to navigate. Stewart did an amazing job And was quick to get into action. He helped us successful the property prior to auction and less than a week from engaging him. In the current hot market, a buyers agent on your side makes a huge difference and definitely gave us the winning edge in the negotiations.

Would highly recommend Stewart Fraser.

Having recently completed my first commercial property purchase using a buyers agent, I believe that I received tremendous value in having Alberto Da Grava assist in locating the property and dealing with the vendor.
I would thoroughly recommend Alberto and his team.