Buying a home is no easy task at any stage. Visiting open homes looking for the right property to buy can quickly become a never-ending weekend ritual if you don't exert a bit of control and define a clear purpose for yourself - don't become a perpetual "potential buyer". Before you start frequenting open homes, it's important to learn to map out your day correctly, stay focused and know what you're looking for on your search.
Map Out Your Day
New Zealand's Super City is made up of so many different suburbs with their own unique characteristics that it's impossible not to choose favourites, but getting stuck searching fruitlessly in one area isn't a good way to find the best investment opportunities.
Get organised. Make a list of the suburbs you'd like to buy in and put them in order. When you're looking for open homes in Auckland to visit during any day, start with listings in areas from the bottom of your preferred order and work your way up. You're less likely to become attached to that unrealistic "dream property" and you'll find far more opportunities in unexpected places.
Before you even begin looking through listings, do some research on median sale prices in each suburb that you've chosen. If it's out of your price range, cross it off! There's no point wasting time and working yourself up over property that doesn't fit into your budget.
Know Your Open Home
Not every visit to an open home is going to be a great one. There are plenty of things to look out for upon arrival that tip you off to whether or not you're wasting your time.
Taking note of the type of agent that greets you (or doesn't!) when you arrive at the home can let you know what to expect. When you walk in, you're hoping for an agent who welcomes you immediately, is helpful, and can answer all of your questions about the property. The more eager to please they are, the better for you as a buyer. Feel free to ask anything that comes to mind - if they don't know the answer, give them contact details so they can get back to you. Creating a rapport with an agent can get you some inside information on the current owners, reason for sale and will generally make things easier.
If the agent doesn't seem interested, they may already be inundated with offers or convinced that the home is going to sell in a different way. Don't hold out hopes if nobody stands up to greet you at the door.
There are plenty of investment opportunities in Auckland. Whether you're looking for something close to the city, looking out over the Hauraki Gulf, the fashionable Mt Eden or a lifestyle block further south around Papakura or Manukau, do your research and take your time visiting ทาวน์เฮ้าส์มือสอง open homes in the city to get the best out of your investment.
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