The Property Playbook: five guides to Australian property, plus two tools

Five guides to Australian property, from someone who worked inside it.

Andrew Roache sold residential real estate in Brisbane and left the industry at twenty-one. He wrote this in the months straight afterwards, while he could still hear the conversations. These are not market conditions, which move constantly. They are incentives, and incentives sit still.

Swimming With Sharks, selling. The commission structure that works against you, the permanent public record on your property, how sellers get talked down over five weeks, and the seven questions to ask before you sign.

The Buyer's Edge, buying. The research to do before every offer, what never to say at an open home, and how to buy a discount with terms instead of money.

Knowing Your Insurance, investing. The two words that decide whether your landlord claim gets paid.

Knowing Your State. The property rules that change at the border: cooling off, price guides and underquoting, and auctions, for all eight Australian jurisdictions side by side, with the regulator to complain to in each.

The Agent Interview Scorecard, to fill in while an agent is talking.

The Renovation ROI Calculator, an Excel workbook that applies the 1.5x rule and compares sell as is against renovate first, so you know whether a job is worth doing before you spend the money.

Six files, instant download: five PDFs and one spreadsheet. About ninety minutes to read. Written specifically for the Australian market: strata, stamp duty, auctions, vendor paid advertising, agency agreements.

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Published by Lantern Path Books. General information only, not financial or legal advice.