Don't do that.

Feel free to find a broker you're comfortable in dealing with but don't use two at the same time. It's a waste of time for all involved and can end up worse off for the borrower if multiple applications are submitted by different brokers.

If I had someone tell me that they were using another broker at the same time as using me – I'd pass on the business. I'd rather spend time/energy focusing on clients who are dealing exclusively with me rather than spending time on someone who's actively using multiple brokers/bankers.

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Jamie

+1 for House of Wealth. Have had mutual clients and all have been satisfied with the service.

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Jamie

Youtube – you'll learn how to do everything!

It sounds sarcastic but when renovating our first IP a number of years back – I used youtube to learn how to tile, render, rip up flooring, etc. I don't have as much time these days so prefer to fork out the money to let the pros take care of it.

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Jamie

Hi Yen and welcome aboard.

This is a copy and paste from another forum where I responded to your thread.

I'm all for allowing pets in IPs and have generally had good experiences with tenants who have had dogs or cats.

Can't you filter searches on realestate.com and the other larger property search sites to find rentals that allow pets? If so, you're coming up against massive competition for your website listings as I'd assume that the majority of PMs would look to list their rentals here first.

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Jamie

Hi Prudence

There's a heap to choose from on this thread – https://www.propertyinvesting.com/forums/community/heads-up/6845

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Jamie

^^^ 

What Catalyst said.

From memory, there's some ok tile paints out there – it would be the most cost effective and efficient way of getting it done, that's for sure.

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Jamie

ING just passed it all on. 

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Jamie

From my end – the challenge for some people can be overcoming paralysis analysis.

We get the odd client who is overloaded with too much information that they spend way too much time looking for the "right" property and never end up making a decision.

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Jamie

Hi Maverick

Just to clarify – what do you mean by the "real estate" side? 

Are you looking for a broker that finances residential property? If so, that's the domain of most brokers in Oz – not sure if all  have had experience dealing with expats though.

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Jamie

Hi Pru

95% lends are possible for an IP – meaning you only need a 5% deposit and enough to cover costs such as stamp duty and legal fees.

We've managed to get a few 95% IP lends for forum clients over the line recently. 

Check out this article I wrote on using a smaller deposit and leveraging LMI to grow the portfolio quicker.

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Jamie