Engage A Real Estate Professional

There are essentially two approaches when it comes to buying a property. You can do the search and arrange to view on your own.

Or you could engage a real estate professional to do the sourcing and go with you for the viewings.

Let’s examine the pros and cons of both approaches.

The DIY approach (PROS)
– saves time
– less hassle

The DIY approach (CONS)
– not knowing what questions to ask or what to look out for (inexperienced buyers)
– not knowing the correct criterion to use when looking for investment properties versus properties for own occupation
– no neutral feedback from an experienced real estate professional
– buying a home is very often an emotional decision. As such, one could be wowed by the sales pitch and end up buying something that is not right

Non DIY
Appointing a real estate professional to help you in your search will help you to prevent most, if not all the problems that going the DIY approach brings. Typically for private property, the buyer does not have to pay any commission to the real estate professional who is representing him unless the price of the property is low. As a buyer, why not make use of this value added service since it comes at no extra cost?

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