{"id":1773,"date":"2016-01-24T22:43:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T14:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/?p=1773"},"modified":"2016-01-24T22:43:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T14:43:38","slug":"negotiate-like-a-pro-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/2016\/01\/24\/negotiate-like-a-pro-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Negotiate Like A Pro!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2. Prepare to negotiate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Being able to identify a good deal all comes down to doing your homework. Do your due diligence and undertake a sales comparison of similar properties that have sold in the last three months in your chosen area. Also consider engaging a valuer who has access to detailed sales data and is experienced in valuing property based on its location, existing condition, accommodation, style and land size\/content. Using a third party to negotiate can also prevent you from getting carried away with emotion and spending too much on the property. A professional buyers agent, solicitor, friend or family member can negotiate on your behalf and separate the emotion from the property deal.<br \/>\nYou can also purchase property data from research firms such as RP Data, Residex or APM. These provide recent sales information to help you assess if<br \/>\nthe property is a good deal, or just at market value.<br \/>\nAlso organise a pre-purchase building report. If there are structural building issues and maintenance concerns, it may give you some leverage in getting the vendor to lower the price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2. Prepare to negotiate Being able to identify a good deal all comes down to doing your homework. Do your due diligence and undertake a sales comparison of similar properties that have sold in the last three months in your chosen area. Also consider engaging a valuer who has access to detailed sales data and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/2016\/01\/24\/negotiate-like-a-pro-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Negotiate Like A Pro!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18926,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18926"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/noorsidi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}