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About Us
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- We only Buy Property
- We buy all forms of residential property
throughout Melbourne, Geelong and the Peninsulas
- We can search and negotiate, or just negotiate
- We deal at private sales, auctions,
Expressions of Interest, tenders and others
- We can arrange independent legal, pest,
building and valuation inspections
- We are qualified, experienced industry professionals
- We have more dedicated advocates than any
other Advocacy company
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Our Team
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Antony Bucello - Buyer Advocate |
Antony is married with 2 children and lives in Lower Templestowe. He commenced working with JPP Buyer Advocates in 2002 and is an Authorised Buying Agent.
Antony is a Representative Member of the REIV and loves his sport, gardening and getting away with his family when he's not working. |
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Catherine Cashmore - Buyer Advocate |
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A honest and friendly approach has always worked well for Catherine who worked firstly as a professional international musician before turning her hand to real estate. The keen eye for detail that served her so well in music will set the right note for you when hunting for that special deal. Originally from the UK Catherine has found a passion for the Victorian real estate market. Working first as a sales agent for a leading real estate network, she now enjoys taking the stress out of the house hunting process for her clients.
When not working, Catherine spends her time keeping fit, and pursuing her musical interests. |
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Ian James - Director |
Ian is married with 2 children and lives in Brighton East. He is a keen fisherman and plays basketball when he's not buying property for his clients. Ian was educated at Swinburne and is a Licensed Buyer Advocate/Estate Agent (License No 067312L).
His humour, persistence and ability to get onside with almost any selling agent are a few reasons why Ian is so well liked and respected. |
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Mike Walmsley - Buyer Advocate |
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Mike is a long time Geelong resident living in Newtown. An enthusiastic property investor he has a portfolio of both residential and commercial properties, including interstate investments. He is family man with 4 adult children and thoroughly enjoys the good times they bring.
Sport is a priority when time permits. Mike's involvement at AFL level has been exciting having recently spent 4 years with the Melbourne Football Club. Cricket and Golf are other passions along with generally keeping fit by walking daily and swimming. |
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Courtney James - Buyer Advocate |
Courtney comes to us from a background in
hospitality management; she enjoys client
interaction and dealing with agents. Her
organisational skills are a terrific
addition to the group, whilst her humour &
motivational skills help keep the group
alive.
Outside of work, Courtney enjoys spending
time with her partner & friends. |
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Craig Hart - IT/IS Manager |
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Craig
is married with 3 young boys and lives in
Skye. He is a qualified IT Technician who
manages our office systems and back end
processes. If it "works by electricity" then
he can fix it!
When not in front of a computer, he
enjoys coaching and competing in Inline
Speed Skating, camping, and time with
his family. |
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Samantha James - Buyer Advocate |
Sam is married with 2 teenage children and lives in Brighton East. Her main role and skills lie in finding the property that others seem unable to find. She also enjoys the cut and thrust of auction bidding and her negotiation skills present the company with a number of options not involving the male ego. Sam's main non-work activities revolve around her family. |
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Fees and Guarantees
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How much do we cost?
Prior to starting we sit down with you, listen to what you want, and then clearly set out our fees in writing. They will vary depending on the service you want. Generally speaking,
our fee will be between 1% and
2% plus GST of your estimated budget. Our fees are fixed in advance - based either on your estimated budget (so as you have no thoughts we are encouraging you to pay a higher price for our own gain)
or on the actual sale price (when you are not sure exactly what your budget will be).
Our minimum full service fee is $6000 plus GST.
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Do I have to pay for our first meeting?
No.
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Do we receive money from selling agents,
mortgage brokers, solicitors or other third
parties?
No. Never.
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Do you work with Expats, Interstate, Overseas or Foreign buyers?
Yes. We have a great deal of experience working for buyers from afar - in fact it is quite normal for us to never meet our interstate or overseas clients face-to-face. We understand issues like time zones, currency conversions, FIRB laws and Power of Attorney, and we have the resources on hand to overcome the unique problems that working from afar can present.
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What's our guarantee?
If you are not completely happy with our
service and we haven't yet made a purchase for
you, then we will refund your engagement fee upon your request.
That is not a mis-print - Yes we are offering a money back guarantee.
We have no interest in any of the properties we recommend.
We are qualified and licensed by the REIV in the same way as selling agents, and operate under the same legislation. We just happen to work for the buyer rather than the seller.
These are the cornerstones of how we work and our promises to you. They are in writing, publicly available and we are totally committed to them.
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Your Privacy
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We are subject to the Privacy Act. We do not reveal the names of our clients to anybody (a) without their permission; or (b) unless it is in the normal course of signing contracts etc. or (c) as required by law.
All references on this site are genuine and were provided by clients who were happy to have their names revealed.
We are regularly involved in property purchases "off market" without any publicity or fanfare.
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Declarations & Conflict
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Owing to the amount of properties JPP Buyer Advocates purchases, there are plenty of times where conflict is possible. However we have always felt it's not the conflict itself, but how you handle it as being the real issue. This is how we handle conflicts. |
It can be a conflict to receive money from a selling agent
Our solution We never receive any money
from selling agents - ever.
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It can be a conflict to receive money from a past client when they are selling
Our solution We never receive any money from past clients for selling. We do not sell.
If a current client is interested in buying the property of a past client, we would always act for the current client. The past client knows we will do this. There are benefits for our current clients in having many past clients. However to date, a current client has not bought a past client's property. We also declare to the current client that we know the seller (vendor) and have acted for them in the past.
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It can be a conflict to be paid more if a client pays more when we are working for the client.
Our solution We can agree on a fixed fee at the start so as we can't be seen to be encouraging you to spend more for our benefit.
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It can be a conflict to take on a new client for a specific property, when we already have a client looking at that specific property.
Our solution We don't take on the new client for that specific property where we have started a property report for an existing client.
It IS A CONFLICT where we have two clients who
become interested in the same property. This
does occasionally happen as we deal with a lot
of investors and some of our owner occupier clients change their
YOUR NEEDS profile. Our solution to this
difficult issue is communication :
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We would tell both parties
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We would prepare the same Property Report in all aspects except YOUR NEEDS.
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However we discuss no client details with other clients.
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While we CANNOT encourage one party NOT to bid (e.g. have our own private auction to determine a winner), we can inform if one party is no longer interested.
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In summary, we recognize there is conflict and this makes things difficult. There will almost always be competition on good property and on the rare occasion this happens within our company, we will be completely straight and inform you, so as you can make informed decisions.
Communication, one of the cornerstones of our company. |
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