14/06/2026
This isn't just happening in Mackay. It's happening in every city, regional and capital. We have a lot of inexperienced, volume buyers agents out there who are buying rubbish property for their investor clients. They overpay, they don't physically inspect for their clients, and they promote themselves hard off the back of promising off-markets. Off-markets aren't all good. In fact, we reject around 98% of them. Yet so many buyers who watch garbage on TikTok want the elusive secret sale, regardless of it being compromised and/or overpriced.
Prospective investors.... do your homework. Spend a little bit of time understanding how your BA is going to look after your interests. Red flags include:
❌High pressure sales tactics
❌System generated reports with fancy postcode data and limited signs of personalised, locatino-based expertise
❌Promises of off-market deals
❌Pitches suggesting a high percentage of acquisitions are off-market (I worry about anything over a third, personally)
❌Claims of strong short term growth with bank valuations conducted in under twelve months from acquisition
❌BA's who pitch for multiple, low-priced acquisitions for a client
❌BA firm's who can't tell you who your actual BA will be
❌BA firms with insufficient insurances,
and.... the clincher....
❌BA's who either don't have a license in the state they are pitching you to buy in, or BA's who have obtained a QLD license quickly and paid the admin fee to purchase a license via mutual recognition, with minimal/zero experience in that state.
The growing number of inexperienced buyer's agents is putting property investors at risk. Understand the dangers and learn how to protect your investments.
