Why we advocate using
a vendors’ advocate.
A vendors’ advocate is the person you turn to when you want to sell your property, but you don’t want all the angst and stress that goes with it. Basically, we take care of everything including marketing, property and location research, appraisals and valuations, negotiating, finding an agent, private sales and auctions and all the other tricky stuff that goes with selling a house.
Click on the tabs below for a more detailed description on our vendors’ advocacy services.
Provide Independent Advice
Depend On Us For Independent Advice
As a Vendors’ advocate, everything we do is personalised and confidential and we work exclusively in your best interests.
We don’t have any third-party agendas or links with particular real estate sales agencies. We pride ourselves on giving you professional, independent support and unbiased advice, specifically tailored to your needs and requirements.
Property Research & Independant Valuations
Helping you arrive at the right price:
Selling a house is not just as simple as selling a house. One of the most important tasks of a vendors’ advocate is to perform property and location research in order to give you a realistic appraisal of the market and enable you to make informed decisions.
To this end, we research sales statistics and market trends, details of recent property sales and comparative information about other similar properties in your area.
Arrangement of independent valuations
Unfortunately, there are quite a number of unscrupulous elements in the real estate industry and it is not uncommon for sales agents to inflate their valuation of your property to win your business, and then reduce it later on.
But at Master Advocates we independently assess and consider the value of your property to give you an accurate estimation of the property’s worth and the potential interest from the market. If required, we will enlist of services of a certified property valuer to deliver an independent valuation of your property.
This creates realistic expectations for you upfront and means you don’t come across any nasty surprises later on.
Enlist And Oversee Agents
Keeping real estate agents real
Not all agents are created equal. And, just as in all walks of life, there are good ones and bad ones.
Fortunately, here at Master Advocates, we enjoy strong relationships with all our agents and always receive honest and equitable treatment.
This means you will always get a fair rate when it comes to marketing expenses and sales commissions.
We will organise only the best agents to inspect your property and submit their detailed proposals. This includes an estimated selling price, marketing, advertising and their commission. We will then consider a number of different factors, including their credentials, level of experience, local knowledge and presence, recent track record and, of course, gut feel.
Advertising & Marketing Strategies
Effective Marketing For When Your House Is On The Market
Working closely with your selected sales agent, we’ll come up with an effective marketing and advertising strategy to sell your house. (Auction, private sale, or expression of interest.) We will then appraise this strategy on a regular basis to ensure it is delivering results.
Manage Auctions & Private Sales
Making The Hard Sell Easy
If you are selling your property by auction we will be with you every step of the way, with valuable information and advice that will allow you to make the right decisions.
All private sale offers from potential purchasers come to you through us. This prevents selling agents from putting pressure on you.
We will always act in your best interests and provide recommendations in relation to price, terms, deposit, settlement date, special conditions, etc.
Once an offer has been made and a contract accepted, we will be with you right up until settlement day to ensure that everything is as it should be.
Manage Documentation & Administration
Taking The Hard Work Out Of Paperwork
One of the worst things about selling a house is all the paperwork. From your lawyers, the buyer’s lawyers, state and government. It’s enough to do anyone’s head in.
So, we can help you understand the mountain of paperwork and liaise with your legal representatives to ensure they prepare and review documentation and explain the nitty gritty, just leaving you with the stuff you absolutely have to sign.
Regular Due Dilligence & Feedback
Regular Update To Ensure You Feel Safe As Houses
We may take the pressure off you, but that doesn’t mean we leave you in the dark. We will regularly keep you appraised of every part of the process and do due diligence to ensure the agents are doing their job to the best of their ability.
We will also give you feedback and suggestions on how we can improve the selling process and ensure you get the price you want for your house.
Liasing & Negotiating
We’re completely at home with the paparwork
As you’d expect, there’s a lot of paperwork that goes with selling a house, and if any of it is missed or incorrectly filled out, then the property cannot legally be sold.
And this is where a Master Advocates vendors’ advocate is worth their weight in gold. We will liaise with your legal representative or licensed conveyancer to arrange the documentation to be prepared. We can even recommend specialised lawyers if you don’t currently have one.
Get more than you bargained for
Many people become squeamish when money is concerned and will accept an offer that they are not 100% comfortable with. But not us. We have been negotiating, and negotiating hard, on our clients’ behalf for many years and we will ensure the chosen sales agent will get nothing less than the correct price for your house.
Resource-Full
A complete list of all the buyer resources we have available for you.
