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hi every body,
i drive on sydney airport, have driven trucks for a number of years i specialise in multi- axle heavy rigid vehicles . i don’t have jobs as much as ‘assignments’ previously i was a qualified fitter/ machinist, specialising in comp. machining /production, prototype development etc etc, sad point– not getting a final photo with da concord, historical point–being there for the a380 in sydney,–reality check, poiniancy–being one of a group to see our bali victims and others get to their final destination- homehello everyone,
i have signed with agent ‘c’, on the day i signed the agent agreement i found out my solicitor had a heart attack, and was in intensive care,i am now having to deal with his partner,the agent is recomended from a friend, who will sell at the mid 300k, i will now brace myself and ride this out.
incidently the costings for this are slightly reduced as i did most of the simple work myself, getting the 149, sewer and drainage .
kind regards, j4smythehey mate,
how bad do you wan’t the propery?, although i won’t take sides with dazzling there is sage advice in those words, imho, honesty is the best policy, if the house is on the market you have a right to the contract of sale, play thier game, get an agent from outside the area as a go-between, if you have to contact the owner things could go pear shaped, you don’t have the property now so you have nothing to lose, you might even get a shock and find the owner willing to talk, as i have found in NSW the REI is a non-government body with estate agents joining on a voluntary basis, so try and put a complaint against an agent with thier govorning body of which they need only be a voluntary member( don’t do this you will get no where)
at the end of the day the most you can do is find better prospects elsewhere, good luck
j4smythethanks for the ideas
C2, thats a brilliant idea, and since i had time to think i can add to this by saying i know my target market, such as an owner builder/ project builder, also i am closer to sighning with an agent.
in regard to the superstition– it goes 13 being 1+3 =4 = death and somehow i don’t think it was to work that way, i have also come across hauntings, lay-lines (lines/points at which psychic energy cross) etc. you weren’t off topic a half decent agent/ salesman would have an answer to these things.
my original problem was how to find an agent that could sell/do what i ask rather than run off .
incedently i have a friend in sydney with a similar problem , he says agent had it too good in boom times and now they have to earn their keep…. these times seperate the good, better, best from the also-rans.
regards, j4smythe‘quote’ You’ve got to be kidding !! People aged 18 or over with not a jot of property or finance knowledge / experience, gain recognised qualifications by doing a course sitting on their bums in a classroom for a few weeks, go and buy a $ 300 suit and spend $ 60 on business cards….and suddenly they are experts and add legitimacy to a deal. ‘quote’
you are correct dazzling and this is the brick wall i hit–the perception in peoples mind.when you take into account how many times people deal with agents, its generally three times, selling, buying and renting. i just took it as normal that you don’t trust an agent, i didn’t think people actually believed what they were told.
a few years ago i was involved with a probate in the supreme court, a registered valuer with ‘years of experience and qualifications’ made a valuation, a second valuer made a lower valuation, (i am not a solicitor) i valued it at the lower end and the solicitor wouldn’t listen to me because i didn’t have the ‘recognised qualifications’…..so 3 days later, 1 computer with word a digital camera and the correct formatting and a phone call to the solicitor and the second valuer, he added the new evidence and wooshka lower valuation.
i would say dazzling that you have outlined the industry, for the hard working agents that know their stuff these five minute wonders cause so much headaches.
thankyou,
in kind regards j4smythethankyou all,
you hit the nail on the head foundation, thats why i am trying to still get an agent, they offer ‘legitamacy’ to the deal because there is a perception that the agent knows best. i looked in the local paper and the house prices are wild, i have used an old trick a valuer showed me that is used as a rule of thumb it throws water on a fire as they say .price divided by area in square meters= $ per sq mtr. and also ‘step back, look and see’.
agents know this trick and are reluctant to put block sizes in, but we all have become more savvy.
IMHO cabramatter sells at say $300-$460 psqm Fairfield is at $390-$580 having said this when a block is sold in cabramatta @1000sqm for 595k by agent ‘a’ and he tells me that i am looking at 270k ??? when around the corner another agent is selling 1130sqm for $409k and when agent ‘b’ is selling the house across the road for 536k on a 650sqm block and i get told by his boss 250k-270k then some one has to have fallen out of their tree.
here is a question for ethics–if one agent sells two houses in the same street which house would he be more inclined to sell? both equaly or one over the other or one againts the other?
what is the difference between misleading and false advertising and conditioning?shift work- i need more sleep
its not how you see it, its how you play itOriginally posted by foundation:Just to clarify…
Are you saying that the properties in 2166 are being sold for less than they are worth because the real estate agents are not prepared to list them for ‘what they are worth’?
Regards, F.[cowboy2]hi foundation
in a small way i am, they apear un-willing to SELL you see,it apears that if a property is difficult to sell,then the agent wants a quick turn-over,please don’t mis-understand me or be mis-led, this small area is a flood zone, what is a burden to one person is paradise to another.2166 covers a large area. when what you ask an agent to do and he refuses, then one of you is wrong,when he refuses to make the effort you then find another agent. when you do your sums and things don’t add up you look further. if the market (buyer)dictates a lower price then fair enough but if an agent refuses to try then what do you do?. you can go down in price but you can’t go up. i have spoken with a third agent -agent’c’)– he took recent sales and and estimates a value over 310k more importantly he shows a genuine interest in wanting to sell, he sees a rivallry with local agents and could do with the extra business. incidently agent ‘b’ picked up the house across the road, selling for 536k would sell about 480khey dazzling, great thread
the kind of cars you people are driving is what i expected,mostly practical, if i may, i don’t see any body here as cheap, when you have to move a 20ft extention ladder,3 doors and 100ft of t&g flooring, the ski racks on a beemer wont cut it no matter how good is your welding, if the under 15 net ball team has got to go to practice the 2dr benz won’t do, and don’t get me started on nan’s double bed, wardrobe and side tables with a porche :p, these are the things we do on weekends we need practicle transport. i drive a 95 hilux from new 270 on the clock.
its not how you see it but how you play it.my thoughts are with you elbows,
my story is to long to say,…mum passed with lung cancer and told us what she wanted, the palative care people spoke of dignity in passing, as is dignity in life…my dad had dementia and we didn’t plan, there was supossed to be trust in a family. i took care of both my parents with my life on hold while my sibling went on with thiers, i got badly betrayed and it may have cost me my financial future……we owe the financial planning,the making of a will and the business asscociated with ones passing, to be done before we can’t do it for ourselves, we owe this to our children and our loved ones. the tragedy is not in the dying as in the leaving of so much undonemy kind thoughts to you and your family
