Guides

Practical answers about buying and selling in Sydney.

• How to buy an off-market property in Sydney A practical guide to finding and buying homes in Sydney before they are advertised, including who to tell, what to prepare and what usually goes wrong.
• What is a buyer brief, and how do you write a good one? A buyer brief is a short written summary of exactly what you want to buy. Here is what to include, what to leave out, and a template you can copy.
• How to be found by sellers before a home is listed Portals show you homes after they are advertised. Here is how to make owners and agents come to you first, and what to say when they do.
• Questions to ask before you inspect a property The questions worth asking before you spend a Saturday inspecting, so you rule homes out early and arrive at the right ones prepared.
• How to sell your house in Sydney without listing it publicly What a quiet sale involves, what it costs, when it works and when a public campaign is the better call.
• What does off-market really mean when selling a home? Off-market gets used loosely. Here is what it actually means, the three versions of it you will hear about, and what each one costs you.
• How do you tell if there is demand for your home in your suburb? Four checks that tell you whether buyers actually want your type of home right now, before you spend anything on selling.
• How agents find sellers using buyer demand data A prospecting approach built on real buyer requirements rather than mail drops, and the exact line that gets an owner to reply.
• Working off-market with pre-qualified buyers How to run a quiet campaign properly: qualifying buyers, protecting the owner, setting price expectations and knowing when to go public.
• Where Sydney buyers are looking right now, suburb by suburb A live picture of buyer demand across Greater Sydney, built from real buyer briefs rather than search clicks, and how to read it.