When it comes to investing in property, you cannot simply buy any property and then wait and pray that it will increase in value. At the end of the day, the laws of demand and supply will ultimately influence the value of a property. To really dig deep and understand what properties will perform, or outperform the market, it will come down to understanding and using data in order to make investment decisions. This is where Think Property excels at.
Our goal at Think Property is to help investors find and secure ideal property, while imparting our knowledge on the process of investing in property and holding your hand throughout the process. Our small team of buyer’s advocates all have investment properties and are also local experts who either grew up or live in Sydney’s Hills District. We have worked with clients with all forms of property investment strategies including (but not limited to): traditional buy and hold capital growth, positive geared, negative geared, renovate and flip, house of multiple occupancies (HMO), development opportunities (such as R3 and R4 opportunities) and more!
Our knowledge of the Hills District is above others as it is the main our that our team helps overseas and interstate buyers invest in. This means we are well across developments happening with the Hills Shire Council and we are familiar with the many streets in the Hills District, giving you an edge as your team “on the ground”.
Every investor has different goals and outcomes they wish to achieve which means it can vary from some buyers focusing on rental yield whilst others will want to focus on capital growth. Our process aims to understand your investment goals that either you or your advisors have identified. With your brief, we will work with you to find properties that meet your criteria. As investors ourselves, we are very picky throughout the entire process! We use data and numbers every step of the way, from the suburb selection down to the negotiation in the final stages of purchasing an investment property. Some examples of the data points we examine as part of our checklists include:
Schedule a free consultation call with us and we will work with you to understand your situation, investment goals and whether we can help you. This session is all about:
At this stage, there is no obligation to proceed! Likewise, if we believe we aren’t the right partner for you, we will let you know as well!
If you need help with preparing your finance, we have partnered with Reservoir Finance, a Sydney based mortgage broker who helps Australians from all walks of life, everywhere.
If you choose to partner with Think Property, congratulations and welcome! In the second step of our process, we will have another call to confirm all your goals and requirements for this purchase and then start educating you into our process, strategy and approach for purchasing an investment property. There will be lots of data points that we can talk with you about. If you want the summary, we can also walk through that with you too! You guide us on how deep and analytical you want to be in learning and understanding the property investment process. At the end of this call, our goal is to complete a buyer’s brief to ensure that everyone is aligned. We will talk about:
Once the buyer’s property brief has been aligned and signed off, our team begins the search stage! We will set up alerts, reaching out to our network and will be contacting agents on a regular basis to ensure we get a constant deal flow. This gives us (and you) access to off market properties, choice as well as helping you as the buyer get a good feel for the market and what is currently available.
Our team will provide you with regular updates, even if there isn’t any property that meets your criteria for that week. Generally, we expect the search phase to take anywhere from 2 weeks to three months (depending on the time of the year).
The Think Property team will filter and present to you properties of interest. The team will also attend inspections and speak with agents to find out more about the property being sold.
If there is a property of interest, it will then go through a process of due diligence. The Think Property due diligence process is extremely detailed. We will look as many items as possible in order to give you as much information as possible in making a decision. The team will:
We want to make sure you are happy if you were to be successful securing this property. If we recommend a property you are not happy with, we will understand why and keep searching.
If you are happy with the property of interest, we will work with you to form a strategy to secure the property. Throughout the due diligence process, our team will have already spoken to the selling agent to understand items such as who the seller is, the reason for selling and any terms they may be favourable to.
Combining with an understanding of your price and your terms, this helps to inform whether we want to make a pre-auction offer or bid at auction. We will act on your instructions and in your best interests in order to secure the property.
In the event that the proprety goes to auction, we can also bid on your behalf. We also have certain strategies to use in order to help secure the proprety.
If the seller accepts your offer or you have the winning bid at auction, then congratulations! You are almost at the finish line. The steps between offer acceptance / contract signing and settlement as just as important as you have now entered into a legal contract with the seller. We can liase with your mortgage broker, conveyancer and other advisors as need be in order for you to complete settlement.
Once the property has settled, then celebrations are in order!
Afterwards, we will have a review with you in order to understand how the entire process was for you overall and how we can continue to improve our services.
The Hills District of Sydney is located around 30 to 40km north west of Sydney. The Hills Shire Council is the local council for this region and is responsible for the suburbs running east of Old Windsor Road to Old Northern Road and for suburbs running north of the M2 Motorway all the way up to the Hawkesbury River at Wisemans Ferry.
This area is very popular due to its large range of amenities, housing options, public transport options and work options available. It also has some of the best public schools in the state of New South Wales, making it very popular for families.
The older suburbs of the Hills District will tend to have larger land sizes (in excess of 700m2), which makes it very popular for families looking to have a large backyard or a pool or just extra space.
The Hills District is a relatively affluent suburb with median weekly household incomes in excess of $2400 per week according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001 Census.
Some of the most popular suburbs in the Hills District include: Baulkham Hills, Castle Hill, Cherrybrook, Dural, Glenhaven, Kellyville, Bella Vista, West Pennant Hills, Norwest and Rouse Hill.
For a more detailed breakdown of the Hills District and why it is a good area for a place to call your home, you can view our in-depth guide of the Hills District.
Interested in partnering with us or finding more about how we can help you? Book a free strategy session, obligation free.
We’re passionate about helping people buy in the Hills District, whether to live in or invest. We love this area which is why we live there!
If you are keen to work with hyper-focused location experts in the Hills District, contact us using the form, or feel free to email or call us.
contact@thinkpropertyhq.com.au
+61 411 111 111
