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To use our HomeFINDER service – it’s FREE
Like most things in life, there is more than one way to achieve something. When it comes to finding the home you love, there are basically two ways: the hard way and the easy way.
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The Hard Way
- False Quotes In the industry it’s called ‘price range’. In reality, it’s ‘bait pricing’. You see a home advertised with an “estimated” price. It looks great. You get your hopes up. Later you discover you had no chance of buying at the price advertised. It was a bait price. And so you start again. And then it happens again. It’s hard to buy with bait prices.
- False Advertising The home looks great in the ad. In reality, it’s another story. You soon learn the painful lesson or real estate advertising. Low maintenance garden means a slab of cracked concrete the size of a postage stamp. Close to transport means a busy road so noisy it sounds like the buses are going though the lounge-room. Four bedrooms means two bedrooms plus a sun room and a closed-in verandah where, at a pinch, you might squeeze in the single camper bed. How often do you see a home which is better than the advertisement described it? It’s hard to buy with false advertising.
- Auction The agent says you have “a good chance”. And so you spend hundreds of dollars on inspection reports. You eagerly await the big day only to discover that the first bid is thousands more than you could ever pay. When you look shocked, the agent blames “the market”. It’s hard to buy with auctions.
- Sorry, it’s sold Why is it that the homes you really wanted, always seem to have just sold?
- Respect What’s going on? You’re a serious buyer and yet you can’t get an agent to take you seriously. You are treated like a looker when all you want is some information to help you make the most important financial decision of your life. It’s hard to buy without respect and courtesy.
- Finding an Agent Why is it so hard to speak to a real person. Why do so many agents fail to return phone calls? Why do they make and break appointments? It’s hard to find a home when you can’t even find an agent.
- Listen to me! It’s probably the biggest complaint of buyers. Most agents don’t listen! You ask for three bedrooms; they show you two bedrooms. You tell them your prices and they show you homes you can’t afford. What’s going on? It’s hard to buy when an agent won’t listen to you.
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The Easy Way
- Contact Us Tell us what you want – the type of home, the area you wish to live in and the approximate price you wish to pay.
- We Contact You We will let you know what we have available that matches your description you have given us.
- Make A Time We will arrange a time to suit you to have a private viewing of the properties.
- Buy The Home You Love We will walk you through the process of buying without all of the hassles.
- Can't Find What You Want If we do not have a home to suit you, we can, subject to your approval, search for a home on your behalf. We call it our HomeFinder Program. Let us do the hard work. There is no obligation or charge for this service.
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Despite all the hassles, the discourtesy and the mucking around, you can find a home the hard way. It may take weeks, even months, but provided you keep at it, one day you will find the home you love. And the relief! You will be glad to get away from the real estate agents as you are to find a home. Thank goodness you don’t have to do it again for many years.
That’s the hard way to buy a home. It’s not impossible, just unpleasant.
Buying a home can be easy, simple and pleasurable. All you have to do is find an agent who will take out the hard parts.
Before you find the right home you need to find the right agent, one who will treat you with respect and courtesy, one who has a large range of beautiful homes at excellent prices. That’s us. At the moment, we have many lovely homes for sale. One could be the home you love.
Before you make that huge financial decision, DON’T SIGN ANYTHING to buy any home until you see what we can offer you.
We look forward very much to helping you find the home you love.
Best wishes from all of us at Gard and Associates.
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