Posts by Cate Bakos

A fabulous couple recently engaged Cate’s services to help find a home which would not only enable them to keep living in Melbourne’s inner west, but would bode well as a possible investment property in the years to come if and when they upgrade. The brief was simple. Three bedrooms, a lock up garage, no…

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Two special past clients asked me to contact their friends late last year to help them with their quest to find their family home. This lovely young family had sold their current home on a particularly long settlement but they were concerned that with the demands of work and children, finding their dream home could…

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We recently had the pleasure of assisting two very special repeat clients with their investment purchase. We carefully chose the inner north, knowing that our target spend of sub-$500,000 needed to deliver attractive, long term capital growth – but also a better-than-average rental yield to assist them with their ability to hold the asset for…

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Buyers hate it. Agents do it. Advocates understand it, and some accept it. But how do we cope when our clients are STILL tempted to go to auction under the false hope that they actually have a chance of success when we know that their budget does not match the property value? Recent comparable sales…

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The first Saturday of February was the official start to the 2015 auction season and we were prepped to bid on this three bedroom single fronted Victorian property for a client of ours. At first glance, this property is dated and stands out in the street as the one which is in need of some…

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