The assumptions investors bring to a new market are almost always formed in a different one. In Adelaide, those assumptions regularly produce miscalculations that take years to become visible.Adelaide has drawn a growing number of property investors in recent years, drawn by a combination of

Pre-sale spending is a near-universal part of the selling process. The relationship between pre-sale spending and sale price is not always the one sellers expect. Some of it never had a chance of returning anything at all.The gap between what sellers spend preparing a property for sale and w

Most sellers know the commission percentage before they know anything else about their agent. It gets asked in the first conversation and rarely examined beyond the surface.The way real estate agent fees work in Australia is straightforward on the surface - a percentage of the sale price. Th

Why Property Valuation Is Not a FormulaGetting two appraisals that disagree is not evidence that one agent is wrong. It is evidence that pricing involves judgement, not just calculation.Property appraisals are not produced by a formula. Data feeds the process, but the output

What the Agent Sees Before They Walk Through the DoorA lot of sellers feel uncertain before a property appraisal. Not about whether the home is worth something - but about whether they have done the right things to prepare for it. That uncertainty is reasonable. The appraisal is con