Why Sell With Us

Selling your home should be a smooth process and you should receive the highest possible price with no risk to you as the seller.

The greatest problem facing Property Sellers is lack of information. Selling your home can be a nightmare of frustration and disappointment. It can cost you thousands of dollars, either in selling too cheaply or in needless expenses. However, it should not be this way.

Since commencing our family business back in 2003, we have promoted ethics in real estate and have always put our Property Sellers' interests first. Thousands of Property Sellers and Buyers have experienced the refreshing difference made by the Tidbold Real Estate team and experienced firsthand how we achieve the results we do.

Here’s just a quick overview of what we do to make your selling experience the best ever.

• No Sale, No Charge.
  When you sell with Tidbold Real Estate if there is no sale, there is no charge. This service means exactly that – no upfront costs and zero advertising costs and just one flat selling fee. We aim to make your sale totally risk free.
• Proven Track Record of Results.
  Tidbold Real Estate is Redland City’s number one residential real estate sales specialists.
• Smart Modern Marketing.
  Tidbold Real Estate has invested heavily in smart modern marketing. This guarantees you maximum exposure to every buyer.
• Pre-qualified Buyer Inspections.
  The Tidbold Team pre-qualify every Buyer prior to each inspection. We will pre-arrange scheduled private inspections with qualified Buyers. This removes all the risks involved with the typical public open house method and guarantees one of our skilled team members can negotiate the Buyer’s highest price privately and effectively.

The Truth About Public Open Houses.
There are several truths about public open houses you need to know. 

• Public open houses are a lead generating activity and nothing more for lazy agents.
• They’re very restrictive for Buyers. Having flexible viewing times can ensure you don’t miss a sale because the Buyer could not make the open. 
• Buyers feel rushed and not relaxed to absorb all a home has to offer, which will mean a lower price for the Seller. The agent cannot present all the property highlights to the Buyer or know what main features that appeal to the Buyer.
• You’re not insured. Most insurance companies will not cover you during the entire marketing campaign if you hold a public open house.
• Public open houses bring anyone with a pulse. Buyers are not qualified by the agent and this massively impacts the price you will receive because the agent cannot focus on what is truly important to the Buyer.
• Too many Buyers (people) in your house at once can make it seem small and Buyers may be put off by other Buyers’ comments.
• Public open houses attract nosy neighbours and other Sellers comparing their properties to yours.
  You don’t need an open house to sell your home. You need a Sales Team to find the right Buyer and great negotiation skills to achieve the Buyer’s highest price.

Price or No Price?
Research proves 99% of Buyers prefer a true asking price. So, why do agents insist on using flawed ‘no price’ marketing strategies such as Auction, By Negotiation, Offers Over, Tender, Expressions of Interest, Property Preview, Make an Offer?

The ‘no price’ strategy happens because agents either don’t know the real market value, or they don’t want you to know the honest value and jeopardise losing a listing. This should tell you two things, the agent is lying by omission, or is incompetent, either way you should not choose one of these agents.

The Team at Tidbold Real Estate are experienced and trained to provide you with an accurate market value of your home and a proven pricing strategy that guarantees you the best Buyers and the highest price.

Your Reason for Selling is Kept Confidential.
Be sure the reason you’re selling your home is kept confidential. If the Buyers know you have a pressing reason for selling, this could be used against you.
The agents that openly disclose the Seller’s reason for selling and push Buyers to ‘make an offer’, are mostly focused on getting a sale at any price, not on the Buyer's ‘highest price’. Such marketing headlines as ‘Bought Elsewhere’, ‘Divorce Forces Sale’, ‘Mortgage Stress’, ‘Urgent Sale’, ‘Express Sale’ all create a picture of desperation and inevitably means Buyers will offer less. This can cost Home-sellers thousands.

The Property Silent Bid Gets A Higher Price.
The essence of a Property Silent Bid is to keep all offers confidential. Each Buyer has an opportunity to put forward their best offer. In a Property Silent Bid, if the price and conditions fail to meet the Seller’s expectations, there is no public failure for the property and the owner. The only people who know what the property ‘passed in’ for are the Buyers, the owners and the agent. The owner and the agent can continue to sell the property without the stigma of a public failure and a wasted costly marketing campaign.
9 Dangers of The Public Auction System.

1. The Failed Auction Stigma. When an auction fails, it means the bidding price did not reach the reserve price, which is the Seller's minimum sale price. This low price becomes the benchmark for other Buyers. Buyers will focus on this low price and even worse, they might question what’s wrong with the property. 
2. Upfront Costs. An auction can cost between $4,000 and $12,000. This is a serious amount to lose if your property does not sell.
3. A Low Reserve Price. Agents are taught to use high pressure techniques to get the ‘Seller's reserve price’ as low as possible, so the property is ‘on the market’ quicker and at a lower price. This means it can be sold without the Seller having any say in the sale price.
4. Undersold. How do you know what the highest bidder could have gone to? You simply don’t. Most auctions severely undersell properties because the highest bidder does not pay their highest price. 
5. Stressful. Buying and selling a home can be stressful enough without going to auction. That’s why most Sellers and Buyers avoid auctions.
6. Buyers Lose Money Too. Buyers need to pay for building and pest inspections plus bank valuations and run the risk of not getting the property.
7. No Price and Bait Price. Agents are taught to bait the Sellers with hopes of a high price and bait the Buyers with hopes of a low price. On top of this issue, our market research proves that 99% of Buyers don’t like real estate advertising with ‘no price’. Most Buyers will not enquire if there is no price.
8. Ready Buyers are Limited. How many Buyers have a pre-approved loan or cash that enables them to bid safely at an auction? The answer is very few!
9. Agents Can’t Lose. Whether your home sells or not by auction the agent gets free ‘profile advertising’ for which you have paid. The agent can also sell other homes to Buyers who called up about your property.

At Tidbold Real Estate we don’t auction homes or use complicated tricks to sell property. The success of the systems used by our company such as the Property Silent Bid to market and sell properties has become very popular with both Sellers and Buyers.

REIQ Accredited.
The Real Estate Institute of Queensland provides resources and compliance guidelines to help protect consumers.

Negotiation Skills.
The highest price you will receive for your property is almost solely determined by the negotiation skills of the salesperson. The Tidbold Sales Team undertake weekly training in all areas of negotiation. Our training is both in-house and we also partner with several of the finest real estate training companies in the world.

Salary Paid Team.
The Tidbold Team receive a secure salary for which they are expected to provide a high level of service, and they receive incentives for the results they achieve above our minimum standards. Tidbold Real Estate also has an amazing Support Team so the Sales Team can focus on what they do best, selling property.

Home-sellers Service Guarantee.
Tidbold Real Estate is the only agency to offer a written guarantee to protect you and guarantee your experience is risk free.

One Central 24 hour Number - 3207 6000.
We’ll never miss an enquiry about your property. Over 40,000 Buyers have called our one central number since we commenced business in 2003. Most of these Buyers have been recorded and are used to match the perfect property.

Remember, if you sell with us you will be safe. We offer you a NO SALE, NO CHARGE service with ZERO advertising costs.