Posts by Cate Bakos

Whether the property plan is a home or an investment purchase, most couples are not completely aligned. In fact, sometimes couples are so misaligned that issues can strike. Whether it be fear of debt, a disbelief in property as the most suitable asset class to tackle at the time, anxiety around the proposed price tag or concern…

Over the past week I’ve had two prospective clients ask me about the suitability of their property selections as they canvas the market for their home. My responses to both were very similar. “I don’t recommend it at all.”  My reason was all about the zoning of the property. Unlike some of my words of caution where…

Like no other real estate topic, this one gets hearts pumping and sometimes tempers frayed. So many people misunderstand the legal rules though, and in particular the relationship between the three. This is understandable, particularly given we’ve had recent changes to our Victorian legislation around how agencies can represent a price expectation on a property…

I presented recently to a crowd of interested property investors and as I always find, the answers at the end of the presentation were varied and thought-provoking. People often ask situational questions that give me an insight into what they are considering, what they’ve already signed up for, or what has perhaps frightened them. It’s no…