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This page works differently to your location guides. Those target people already looking at a specific place. This one is standalone, general apartment-buying education — it targets people earlier in the process, "how do I even do this" searches — and its job is to get them watching your videos and, eventually, on a call. Every section's text exists to create a reason to press play, not to answer the question in writing.

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How to Buy an Apartment: 5 Things Most Buyers Get Wrong

Five short videos covering exactly what I check before any buyer of mine makes an offer — price, history, strata, due diligence, and the old-vs-new decision. Watch them in order, or jump to the one you need.

Is the Asking Price Actually Right?

Most buyers anchor on whatever number is in the listing and never check it against anything else. There are online tools that can tell you, in a few minutes, whether a specific apartment is priced fairly, underpriced, or overpriced for what it actually is — and almost nobody uses them properly.

In this video I show you exactly which tools I use and how I read the numbers, so you're not just trusting the agent's word for it.

What This Exact Apartment Has Actually Done for 20 Years

The asking price only tells you where a property sits today — it says nothing about whether it's actually been a good performer. Every established apartment has a resale and price-growth history you can pull up, and it often tells a very different story to the one in the listing.

This video walks through how to look up 20 years of price and resale history for a specific unit or building, and what's actually worth paying attention to in that data.

Strata — The One Thing That Can Make or Break Your Purchase

This is the video I'd ask you not to skip.

More apartment purchases go wrong because of strata than almost anything else — special levies buyers didn't see coming, poorly managed buildings, disputes between owners, or a strata report that got a quick skim instead of a proper read. Most buyers don't actually know what strata covers, let alone how to tell a well-run scheme from a problem waiting to happen.

This video covers what strata actually is, the red flags to look for, and the questions worth asking before you commit to a building — not just a unit.

Building & Pest Inspections, Strata Reports — What They're Actually Telling You

A building and pest inspection and a strata report are two of the most commonly ordered — and most commonly misread — documents in an apartment purchase. Most buyers either skip them under time pressure, or get them done and have no real way to judge whether what's in the report is a minor note or a genuine problem.

This video breaks down what each report should cover, and the specific red flags that should make you stop and ask more questions before you proceed.

Older Unit or New Build? The Honest Pros and Cons

"Buy established" and "buy new" are both common advice — and both right, depending on the buyer. The real trade-offs go well beyond price per square metre: build quality standards, strata health, depreciation, renovation potential, and resale demand all move differently depending on the age of the building.

This video walks through how to actually weigh that decision for your situation, not just the generic pros-and-cons list you'll find everywhere else.

Still Not Sure Which Apartment Is Actually Right for You?

These five videos cover the process I run through on every apartment purchase — but applying it to one real apartment, one real strata report, one real inspection result, is where it actually gets useful. If you're currently weighing up a specific unit, or just want a second opinion before you make an offer, book a free call and we'll go through it together.

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