Rich Harvey

Getting something particularly that's got a stronger yield is going to be really important for investors as we go through this environment of rising interest rates as well.

Looking forward to it, Craig.

Thanks again, as always.

Yeah, it's been quite an interesting week, Craig, with the change of government on the weekend.

And as expected, the Labor Party's got in.

They're still counting the votes to work out how much of a majority they've got and whether they're going to have the Greens and the Independents sitting on the crossbenches.

But we'll see what happens there.

But yeah, we've noticed actually a little bit of a pickup in inquiry this week as a result.

Hopefully it'll give the consumers and the economy a little bit of confidence and we can get on with business as usual.

Well, I've been a buyer's agent for over 21 years.

I started life as an economist and then switched across to being a buying agent.

I started my business, yeah, 21 years ago when I saw that there was a real need in the community to help people make wise buying decisions.

And I actually prefer the word buyer's advocate because that's what they're essentially called more in Melbourne than Sydney.

The word advocate means a layer of protection.

We're there to protect the interests of the buyer in the real estate transaction.

But the essential definition of a buyer's agent is simply a licensed real estate professional that represents the home buyer or the investor exclusively in the transaction.

They don't get any kickbacks from agents.

They get paid exclusively by the buyer.

And by law, a real estate agent can't act for both a buyer and a seller in the same transactions.

So it's very important that you use someone who's an independent and exclusive buyer agent if you're thinking of using someone.