The things people ask first

One fixed fee, agreed in writing before any work begins. It isn’t a percentage, so it doesn’t change if the search takes longer and it doesn’t go up if the purchase price does. We’ll send you the full schedule, what it costs, what’s included, what isn’t, and a worked total on a real purchase, without you having to book anything: get the fee schedule.

Typically {{TIMEFRAME}} from your strategy call to a signed contract, though it depends on the market and how tightly your brief is drawn. We’d rather take an extra month than buy the wrong property, and we’ll tell you early if your brief and your budget don’t meet.

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What we won’t do is buy something marginal to close out an engagement. If the market isn’t offering anything worth owning at your budget, the right advice is to wait, and you’ll get it.

Yes, and we’d rather you did. We’ll send you a complete suburb research report exactly as a client receives it, so you can judge the standard of the work before you speak to anyone: see a full sample report.

Only by you. We never accept commissions, kickbacks or referral fees from sellers, selling agents or developers, so nobody on the other side of a deal has any influence over what we recommend. When we refer you to a broker, conveyancer or building inspector, we’re not paid for that either.

Yes. We hold licence number RLA2362841 and carry professional indemnity insurance. We operate as DVMK Property Pty Ltd, ABN 23 701 657 525, and we’re happy to provide certificates of currency on request.

{{CLIENT_CAPACITY}} Every search is run by Darren personally. There is no junior researcher and no handover after the sales conversation. That caps how many engagements we can hold at a time, and it’s deliberate.

Our process is built around investment purchases, and that’s where we do our best work. We do take owner-occupier briefs where the property also has to stack up as an asset. If you’re buying purely on where you want to live, we’ll tell you honestly that you may not need us.

Yes. We’re based in Adelaide and buy nationally, working with you online wherever you’re buying, and the process is the same across every market. For Australians buying from overseas we manage inspections, shortlisting and negotiation on your behalf, coordinate with expat-friendly brokers and advisers, and keep you informed across any time zone.

We stay with you. We review at six months and beyond to talk through how the purchase is tracking and where your next move might be, so you keep progressing toward your financial and property goals.

No. Off-market is a way a property is sold, not a reason to buy it. We look across the available market and buy the property that clears the assessment at the right price.

No. Nobody can credibly guarantee what a property market will do next. What we can control is the research, the property we choose, the risks we reject and the price we’re prepared to pay.