Case Studies

From Doubtful to Satisfied: Mohit’s Honest Review of Prime Pursuit Properties

Is a buyer’s agent worth it if you have been burned before? Mohit was doubtful. He had reached out to buyer’s agents in the past, paid heavy fees, and lost faith in the process. He then bought a property in Narromine, New South Wales with Prime Pursuit Properties. This buyer’s agent review covers what made him doubtful, what changed his mind, and what he says you are really paying for.

Who Is Mohit, and What Did He Want?

Client Profile
Name: Mohit
Location: Blacktown, Sydney NSW
Occupation: Project manager
Property purchased: Narromine, New South Wales
Prior experience: Paid heavy fees to buyer's agents, negative outcome

Mohit works as a project manager and lives in Blacktown, Sydney. He bought a property in Narromine, New South Wales, and describes the experience as a good one.

His criteria were clear from the start.

🏠 Established property
📚 Larger block of land
🏠 Granny flat potential
📈 Future investment upside

We helped him check those criteria before he bought.

Why He Was Doubtful About a Buyer’s Agent

Mohit had a lot of fears about engaging a buyer’s agent, and he had some negative experiences. He says he reached out to a couple of buyer’s agents and paid heavy fees. In his experience, most of the options they recommended were house and land packages, which made him feel they were more inclined towards big developers. He says he lost faith in that approach.

When we first spoke, he told us he was not going to pay much, and not upfront. That is why we asked him to tell us where we could improve, and why we wanted his feedback on camera.

What Surprised Him: More Than Just Buying

Mohit says that from day one he saw us promoting our service as a buyer’s agent. After buying with us, he found that was only one part of it. He says we did far more, helping him find property managers, rent out the property, and stay on top of the process through to the end.

Suburb research → Property shortlist → Due diligence → Negotiation → Settlement → Property manager → Tenant found

What he liked best was the project management and the coordination, and he says we never highlighted it, so he was not expecting that much.

The Friday Update That Built Trust

In the beginning, Mohit says he was suspicious. Every week he would reach out and ask what we were doing, what the progress was, which options had been selected and which suburbs had been identified.

What the Friday update included
✓  Properties identified this week
✓  Properties not recommended — and the reasons why
✓  Suburbs assessed and progress on the search
✓  Next steps

What helped most was that, every Friday without fail, we sent an update with the properties we had identified and the ones we were not recommending, with the reasons. He says that kind of transparency helped him build trust in us.

The Property We Told Him Not to Buy

One story shows how the process works. We found a property in Victoria that matched Mohit’s criteria. It ticked every box, and it sat on roughly a thousand square metres of land. The offer was accepted, and the property inspection was pending.

Factor Before inspection After inspection
Criteria match Ticked every box Unchanged
Land size ~1,000 sqm Unchanged
Property condition Not yet assessed Very old — heavy renovation required
PPP recommendation Offer accepted Do not proceed — find a better property

The inspection turned up details that were not in his favour. The property was very old and needed a lot of construction and renovation, and that was the deal-breaker. Mohit says he was still inclined to go ahead. We told him not to, and said we should look for another one. We helped him understand why, and we recommended a better property.

His Advice: You Are Paying to Learn How to Buy

Asked what he would say to someone still sitting on the fence about a buyer’s agent, Mohit says hiring one for your first property is not just about buying a property. In his view, it is about learning the mindset of a buyer.

First-time buyers come in with their own reservations and criteria, often from other people. But he says the person who knows you best is you, together with the person working closely with you. His view is that you are paying not for the property but for learning the ways to buy.

He used to ask us why we recommended a property. That helped him understand how we think, and what to consider going forward: not only whether a property is in a bushfire or flood zone, but also the rental yield, how old the property is, and how to approach suburbs, since not all suburbs are good in any location. He says a thorough study makes a real difference.

You can see how we work on our services page and what it has led to for clients on our results page. If you have been doubtful about a buyer’s agent, we start with your goals and show you the reasoning behind every recommendation. Talk With Our Team.

Frequently asked questions

Is a buyer’s agent worth it for a first property?

It depends on your situation. Mohit’s view is that it is as much about learning how to buy as it is about the property.

What does a buyer’s agent do beyond finding a property?

We also help with due diligence, negotiation and what comes after, such as finding a property manager and a tenant, as we did for Mohit.

What if the property inspection turns up problems?

It can be a deal-breaker. In Mohit’s case we advised him not to go ahead with a property that needed a lot of renovation, and we found him a better one.

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