Posts by Cate Bakos

It’s not an unusual occurrence for us to buy for a trusting investor who makes a purchase decision without sighting the property themselves. In fact, that is our job – to guide investors through the steps, mitigate as much risk as possible, share our media clips and pictures of the property we’ve set our sights on…

I had all of the great ingredients for a really fun client brief. $500K-ish budget, capital growth focus, up-and-coming-suburbs, and best of all, a lovely client who was engaged in the whole process and had fabulous questions along the way. We decided to target two main catchments; Sunshine & surrounds and Reservoir/Fawkner. Our aim was to…

A fantastic, third-time client of ours decided to take our advice and diversify his portfolio by adding a piece of Melbourne’s inner-north to it. His mutual love of Victorian cottages and terraces matched mine and we knew that we’d have a challenge on our hands this time with a $650,000 brief targeting quality areas in…

Just this week we had two lovely clients and a prospective new client ask us about our thoughts on a high-rise, high-density apartment they’d each picked out; one in the CBD and one in Docklands. It was an interesting adventure for one who’s preapproval was deemed invalid for the property she’d set her sights on. So while she was…