Buyers agent for Algester/Parkinson/Calamvale area (Brisbane)

A friend of mine has a budget of $500k, and is looking for her first property as a PPOR. For various reasons (she's very shy, has little confidence in her English etc) she is thinking of using a buyers agent. She's spoken to 2 so far, and been quite underwhelmed. $500k is a bit on the low side for that area, so if she can pick up a $550k~ property for at/under $500k she'll be happy. All things considered, I would not have thought getting a 10% discount to market value would be an unreasonable proposition to put to a professional buyers agent, but the 2 BAs she's spoken to have both basically said that her expectations are unreasonable.

She does plan to speak to more, but in the mean time, can anyone recommend a BA that would be capable of achieving this outcome?

For reference, here are some examples of the sort of place she's after:
6 Mead Place, Calamvale, Qld 4116
6 Glenlee Place, Parkinson, Qld 4115
17 Montana Place, Calamvale, Qld 4116

Thanks mightily!

 

Exactly.. Isn't it their business to be able to find off market opportunities, and identify situations where they can negotiate a below market price? This is what they all go on about in their marketing material and on their websites. If they can't, I don't see any value in hiring one.

 

I think by the time you're paying that sort of fee for that sort of discount, you'd be chewing up too much of your deposit for it to be a good ROI.

In any case, I do agree that they can offer value in other ways, especially in terms of risk mitigation (ie avoiding lemons!) Would you care to share the names of those BAs you work with, that you think provide value?

 

I won't comment on budget/location but two BA's my clients have had good experiences with are Property Zest and Allen Real Estate.

Cheers

Jamie