Vendor's Advocate Service
What is a Vendor's Advocate?
We negotiate against selling agents every week. Now we'll do it for you. A Vendor's Advocate works for the seller, and only the seller. We don't list your property or sell it - we choose the agent who does, and we make sure the campaign is run in your interest rather than theirs.
Why should you use one?
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Takes the stress and emotion out of selling
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Saves you weeks of your own time chasing agents and appraisals
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Independent representation from first appraisal to settlement
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Finds you the agents who genuinely perform in your area
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Negotiates a fair commission structure
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Gets the method of sale right for your property - auction, private treaty or expressions of interest
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Presents your home to the market properly, with the marketing budget spent where it moves the price
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'Agent Select' is no cost to you
Choosing an agent is the most expensive decision in your sale.
You'll make your decision after three meetings, once every seven to ten years. Your agent does this every week. That gap is where money leaks.
The highest quote is rarely the highest sale.
Over-quoting wins listings. The conversation that walks your price back down comes later, after your marketing money is spent.
Everything in the agreement is negotiable.
Commission, marketing spend, the term, the exit clauses. Most sellers negotiate none of it because they don't know they can.
A quick sale suits the agent.
They're paid to transact. A fast result at a fair price beats a slower one at a great price - for them, not always for you.
There are two ways for sellers
to work with us
Take the agent decision off your hands, or hand us the whole campaign.
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Agent Select
For sellers happy to run the campaign themselves, but who want to be certain they're picking the right agent at the right price expectation.
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Independent appraisal, using the same comparable-sales analysis we run for buyers
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A shortlist of up to three agents matched to your property type and price bracket - agents we've transacted with and can vouch for
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We vet each one: brief them, review their appraisal, and check how they've actually performed on properties like yours
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Full negotiation of the agency agreement - commission rate, marketing spend, term and exit clauses
(Share of agent's fee. No cost to you. Negotiated with agent & disclosed in writing before you sign anything.)
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Sale Managed
For sellers who are time-poor, emotionally invested, selling from interstate/overseas, or simply want a professional carrying the whole thing.
(everything in Agent Select, plus)
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A written recommendation setting out which agent we'd choose, what we expect the property to sell for, and the method of sale we'd back
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A preparation plan covering what to spend money on before listing - and what to skip
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We review the photography, copy and floorplan before the campaign goes live
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Weekly reporting, translated honestly: enquiry, inspections, where feedback is really pointing
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We take the conditioning conversations, and test whether it's the market or campaign fatigue
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Offers assessed on terms as well as price - deposit, settlement, conditions, buyer capability
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Settlement coordinated with your conveyancer, through to keys
($3,500 incl. GST Part payable on engagement, the balance at settlement.)