Door Knock Diaries

In her time working the auction circuit, Rhiannan Jenkins, founder of Sourced Property and REBAA’s NSW State Representative, has learned that an auction isn’t necessarily over when the hammer falls. One sale proved it in spectacular fashion… it was the...

Every agent knows deceased estates come with complications: grieving families, decades of accumulated life, and the occasional surprise behind a closed door. But when one selling agent took on a deceased estate sitting on a good-sized block just a short,...

This month’s tale comes from the “those were the days… or were they?” files – a fond, faintly horrified look back at a time when property development ran on enthusiasm, hardwood frames and a relaxed attitude to workplace safety. Our...

Some stories are best told after the statute of limitations on embarrassment has well and truly expired. This one comes from a valuer – a friend of REBAA who shall remain nameless, for reasons that will become abundantly clear. Cast...

The brief was familiar enough. An interstate executive-level family, based in Sydney, had taken a coastal road trip with the kids and decided the Sunshine Coast was where they wanted to land for schooling, lifestyle, and, eventually, retirement. They knew...

Simon Clarke says a recent deal he and his Setlr team completed vividly illustrated the value a buyer’s agent can deliver to a struggling client. Simon has a theory about buyers’ agents that he’s refined over years of working in...

There are transactions that remind you why you do this work — and then there are ones that stop you in your tracks entirely. For Zoran Solano and his team at Hot Property Buyers Agency, a recent downsizer engagement was...

In her years as a buyers’ agent working the south-east Queensland market, Melinda Granzien, Precision Property Buyers has come across her share of surprises. But when a client expressed keen interest in a sprawling 370-acre property with a liveable shed,...