About this episode

Rachelle and Glen James discuss the essential steps for first home buyers based on their new book.

Rachelle & Glen's book, The Quick-Start Guide to Your First Property: https://amzn.to/4svhyoH In this deep dive for first home buyers, Rachelle and Glen James from money money money unpack their new book The Quick-Start Guide to Your First Property, walking through the full property buying process step by step. They talk about: 👉🏼 before you start looking 👉🏽 property research 👉🏾 making an offer & negotiating 👉🏿 putting down a deposit and the cooling off period 👉🏻 contracts & finance clauses 👉 building & pest inspections 👉🏼 the unconditional exchange 👉🏽 pre-settlement inspection 👉🏾 preparing for settlement day delays 👉🏿 navigating the emotions of buying 👉🏻 Govt schemes and incentives 👉 does off market = red flag? this is property is proudly brought to you by: Solvere Wealth: https://www.solverewealth.com.au Sphere Home Loans: https://www.spherehomeloans.com.au Join our Facebook community, Australian Property Chat: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2324273761134945/ We're on Youtube! Subscribe to this is property: https://www.youtube.com/@thisisproperty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Rachelle Kroon

Guest: Glen James

Topics covered

• first home buying
• property research
• negotiating offers
• finance clauses
• building inspections
• settlement process
• government incentives

Keywords

• first home
• property buying process
• negotiation
• deposit
• cooling off period
• settlement day
• government schemes

Sponsors

Solvere Wealth, Sphere Home Loans

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Australian Property Chat, Acast, YouTube

Products: The Quick-Start Guide to Your First Property

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