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How to Sell Your House Privately: A 10-Step Guide

Selling your house privately is not a shortcut and it is not a gamble. It is a defined process, and if you work through it in order the only thing you genuinely give up is the commission. Here is the sequence. 1. Decide what you are selling…
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Selling a Tenanted Property: What Owners Need to Know

Selling a property with a tenant in it is common and perfectly workable, but it narrows your buyer pool and adds obligations you do not have with a vacant property. The owners who do it well decide early which buyer they are selling to. Investor…
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How to Market a Rental Property Privately and Find Good Tenants

Managing your own rental is entirely legal in every Australian state and territory, and thousands of owners do it. The part that trips people up is not the paperwork — it is the advertising and the tenant selection, because a bad tenant costs…
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What It Costs to Advertise a Property for Sale in Australia

Advertising costs are the part of a property campaign owners tend to discover late, usually in a marketing schedule attached to an agency agreement. Unlike commission, these costs are generally payable whether or not the property sells, so it…
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Real Estate Agent Commission in Australia: What You Actually Pay

Agent commission is the single largest cost in most Australian property sales, and it is also the least understood. Commission is not regulated at a fixed rate anywhere in Australia — it is negotiable, it varies widely by state and by suburb,…
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Selling a Business Privately: What Buyers Will Ask For

Selling a business privately is straightforward until the first serious buyer appears. Then the questions start, and owners who have not prepared for them lose momentum at exactly the wrong moment. Here is what buyers ask for, roughly in the…
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How to Sell Your Business Privately: A Step-by-Step Guide

Most business owners assume selling a business means engaging a broker and handing over a slice of the sale price. It does not. Plenty of Australian businesses change hands each year through a private sale, and the process is more orderly than…
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Where to Advertise Commercial Property Online in Australia

If you own a commercial property in Australia and you are ready to sell or lease it, the first real question is not which agent to use. It is where buyers and tenants actually look. Get that answer right and the rest of the process follows on…
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6 Business Sales Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Selling a business is usually a once-in-a-lifetime transaction — which means most sellers are doing it for the first time. These are the six mistakes that cost business sellers the most, and how to avoid every one of them. 1. Selling…
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The Complete “For Sale By Owner” Selling Guide

"For sale by owner" (FSBO) simply means selling your property without appointing a traditional agent — and in Australia it's not only legal, it's increasingly common. This guide covers the essentials end to end. Why owners sell privately One…
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How to Sell a Business Without a Broker

Yes, you can sell your business without a broker — thousands of Australian owners do it every year. What you need is a process. Here is the one we recommend, refined from two decades of helping owners sell privately. Step 1: Get your…
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How to Save on Business Broker Fees

Business brokers typically charge a percentage of the sale price — frequently with a minimum fee, and often with marketing charged on top. On the sale of even a small business, broker costs can easily swallow a five-figure slice of the…