PROPERTY ADVISORY
Services
Investors Direct Property Advisory offers 3 core services:
1) Property Acquisition Service
Property Acquisition Service
While Investors Direct Property Advisory service sources investment properties for our clients, it operates quite differently from other services in the following ways:
- Although we have substantial experience in property development ourselves, we choose not to be either a property developer or a land developer ourselves, so we don't have any of our own properties which we are then pressured to sell to our clients. This helps us to avoid the conflict of interests that others have when they know an area is no longer giving the best return but they still have to offer their clients their own properties because they have a vested interest in selling them.
- While we hold a full real estate licence in both Victoria and New South Wales, we don't operate like your local real estate agent or your local buyer's advocate, which are usually bound to find you properties only within their existing operating areas. This leaves us free to choose any suburb we feel offers the best returns in the current market without having to force our clients to buy in those suburbs which were "once high performing but are now over-valued".
- Our property advisory service is built on our indepth understanding of finance, hence risk management against market fluctuation and lender preference is built into our selection criteria. Although it is part of our job to source the best growth investment properties for our clients, we also recognize the need for balance in delivering assets which can achieve your overall financial objectives with the minimum downside risk and within manageable cash flow limits.
- We have no fixed ideas about whether certain types of properties will “always” be better than other types of properties, or which locations will “always” be better than other locations. We remain agile enough to tap into our inside knowledge of the finance industry and other networks to find you the best possible opportunities.
- We get paid by the vendors only, so there is no charge to our clients.
Property Portfolio Review
We also assist clients with some of the most common issues that property investors with multiple properties find themselves facing, including:
- Their instinct tells them that they have some properties they should get rid of, but they can’t seem to find the time or courage to do so, and so they often leave the decision too late which costs them more in the long run;
- They find themselves with properties sold to them by reputable advisors that are currently underperforming, leaving them unsure about whether they should act on the current facts of the situation or keep their hopes for the future alive;
- They do not know how to measure real performance in terms of growth, cashflow and risk to ensure that their property portfolio remains in great shape;
- They do not know if they have bought too many or too few properties based on their current financial position and the market conditions;
- They do not know what actually makes money and what doesn’t, and how to let the winners run and cut out the losers fast;
- Some just never pay attention to the performance of their properties after they have bought them, turning a “buy and hold” strategy into a “buy and hope” strategy.
Investing is about getting the best return from your financial resources, safely. Your investment portfolio is no different to a physical body which requires constant attention and care to maintain its vitality.
Our Property Portfolio Review service combines our experience in finance, real estate, planning, risk management and best investment practice to help our clients get a better return for their money. We can also assist you in obtaining advice and contacts in the following areas: rental comparison, suburb performance, cash flow analysis, tax depreciation schedule, town planning, building and renovation.
The Property Portfolio Review service is complimentary to our clients as one of our Added Value Services.
Property Disposal Service
We have found that most property investors tend to have a lot more experience in acquiring a property than disposing of one.
Here are some of the most common issues they face when needing to dispose of a property asset:
- They don’t understand the difference between a listing agent and a selling agent, and often offer their property to the most convincing listing agent but the selling is handled by an incompetent selling agent.
- They don’t know how to structure a commission with an incentive to weed out the agents who have no ability to sell their property at the price they want, and also convince the ones who can sell to put all their best buyers onto selling their property instead of other people’s property.
- They don’t know which particular selling agent (i.e. the actual salesperson) has the best track record in selling their type of properties in the area, and end up getting their property sold by an inexperienced agent in a potentially reputable real estate agency.
- They don’t know which real estate agents to trust when it comes to pricing their property, and whether their type of property is best to be offered for auction or private sale in the existing market conditions.
- They don’t know whether the advertising package being offered to them by the real estate agent is really for their benefit or simply the one that generates the best rebate for the agency.
- They don’t know if there is possibly a better time to sell their property than the one they are considering based on interest rate movements, or the supply and demand situation in the market.
Our Property Disposal Service is designed to help you resolve the above issues, plus any other issues in regard to disposing of property that our experience can assist you with. We can also refer the best selling agents in certain areas to help you dispose of your properties quickly and at the best possible price. This service is complimentary to you as we will be paid a listing fee by the agent/s selling your property.
