The property questions new clients commonly ask us
By Jarrod McCabe and Brenton Potter When we sit down for our first meeting with clients, there’s a common…
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Melbourne’s most experienced buyers agent
Wakelin Property Advisory founded in 1995
Welcome to Wakelin Property Advisory, your trusted property advisor in Melbourne. With more than 100 years combined experience, our team of expert property investment advisors are equipped with unparalleled local market knowledge and can help you make informed decisions about your next property investment.
As a leading property advisory firm in Melbourne, we provide bespoke, discreet and professional services to our clients. Our expertise covers a range of services including property advocacy, investment strategy, and off-market property acquisition.
We strive to exceed your expectations and provide you with the best possible experience when working with us.
Contact us today to learn more about how our property advisory services in Melbourne can help you achieve your investment goals.
Our success comes from a dedication to understanding our clients and their individual needs. We pair this with our extensive knowledge of the Melbourne property market to achieve results above expectations.
What we do and how we can help
We offer a comprehensive range of services to help our clients achieve their property investment goals. As a trusted property investment advisor in Melbourne, we provide expert advice and guidance to both buyers and sellers looking to enter or expand their investment portfolios.
Our property advocate Melbourne services are designed to ensure that our clients receive the best possible outcome from their property transactions. Whether you’re a first-time investor or an experienced property owner, we can help you to review your current portfolio of properties and identify opportunities for growth and diversification.
As the premier property advocate in Melbourne, we also have a proven track record of partnering with other businesses that need our specialised residential property asset selection and negotiation skills.
Let us be your partner in success and help you navigate the intricacies of the Melbourne property market. Contact us today to learn more about how our property advisory services can help you achieve your investment objectives.
As a leading property advocate in Melbourne, our clients rely on our experience for the greatest chance of a successful property purchase. We consistently secure results that would not be achievable without our involvement.
We have successfully acquired more than 3300 properties over 28 years, saving our clients time and money, and securing their financial future.
Investors
We guide our clients on where to buy, the streets to buy in and the property to buy to achieve their investment goals. Our sophisticated tracking system and network of top agents ensures we identify investment grade properties as they come onto the market, so our clients never miss an opportunity. We then manage the entire process from acquisition to settlement.
Homebuyers
Through our customised service we’ll work in partnership with you to ensure you buy the Melbourne home of your dreams. We will sit down with you to determine your ‘must haves’ and ‘would-be-nice’ before we commence an extensive search of the market. Or you might choose to identify a property and have us bid at auction on your behalf or negotiate a winning deal.
As Melbourne’s premier vendor advocate, we can provide independent, impartial advice on how to analyse your property investments or home, select and manage the selling agent and protect your interests throughout the selling process.
A property portfolio needs to perform consistently above inflation and the wider market to ensure your plans for financial independence are on track.
To help ensure you stay on track throughout your investment journey Wakelin can help with a comprehensive review of your property portfolio. This is a complimentary service for existing clients or available on a fee for service basis.
Our clients return to us and recommend us to others, knowing they can rely on our expert advice, honest guidance and discreet service.
The Wakelin Approach
Dedicated | Experienced | Trusted
We have built our reputation on understanding the intricacies of the Melbourne property market, with an in-depth knowledge of its suburbs. Our disciplined filtering process and excellent negotiation techniques enable us to identify and secure properties that perfectly align with our clients’ unique needs and aspirations.
At the centre of every successful purchase is a positive relationship with our client, based on communication and trust. We seek to understand our clients’ objectives before each campaign, ensuring a smooth process that delivers the best outcome.
With our on-the-ground efforts and comprehensive local market knowledge, we deliver tailored solutions that exceed expectations, helping our clients navigate Melbourne’s complex property landscape with ease.
We work only with residential property, as that’s what we know best and we don’t work with developers or estate agents during the advisory or acquisition process.
We are your advantage
INDEPENDENT
Through our complete independence and expertise, we protect our clients from high risk strategies and speculative investments.
CONFIDENTIAL
TRANSACTIONS
We work with a range of clients from first-time investors and homebuyers, to experienced investors and high-profile individuals. Our approach is always meticulous and discreet.
NEGOTIATION SKILLS
Our experienced advisors work strategically for our clients at auction, private sales or complex, multi-party negotiations.
TAILORED
SOLUTIONS
Honest communications and prioritising our clients’ particular needs are at the core of our success. We appreciate that every client brief is individual and circumstances unique.
COMPLETE SERVICE
We ensure our clients execute all aspects of the property planning, selection and negotiation process successfully.
ACCESS TO OFF-MARKET PROPERTIES
Our advisors have an intricate knowledge of the Melbourne property market and access to superior properties on and off market to ensure our clients secure their dream property.
Market Insights and Commentary
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Buying real estate is among the most significant personal and financial decisions you’ll make in your lifetime. Whether you are purchasing property as an investment or homeowner, you must ensure knowledge and expertise underpins your choice.
Because the real estate industry is geared to servicing sellers rather than purchasers, we believe that access to independent, unbiased knowledge is the key to every successful property purchase.
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From day one our experience with Brenton and Lucy at Wakelin was nothing but positive, supportive and affirming. Not only did they find us a residential property that met all of our specifications, through the process they patiently and methodically located potential properties that helped us further define our key priorities and lifestyle. With each suggested property they also provided information on other recent sales in the immediate area to give us a sense of the market and what to expect. They came to each inspection/walk through and discreetly spoke to us about the pros and cons of each. In the subsequent private auction, their expertise came to the fore in negotiating the best possible price that was well below our budget. After auction they’ve been there supporting us where they can. We could not recommend their services enough! Thanks Brenton and Lucy!
VIC
Thank you to the Wakelin team for once again purchasing an excellent investment property at well below the estimated selling price. Sue and I never thought we would ever be able to buy into an area such as Armadale, however the Wakelin team made that possible. We look forward to using your services again in the near future.”
SA
I had a meeting with Brenton Potter today. He is very professional , he has acted fully in my interests giving me very sound and unbiased advice which was to hold on to my property and monitor the situation moving forward. His knowledge of Melbourne and its peripheries is detailed and comprehensive. His advice is accurate, based on facts and up to the minute data and very confidence inspiring.
VIC
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