Thread: Professional real estate agents??

Hi Rasi, welcome to the forum! Maybe you could give some more details? Desired Location, size of the land, style, budget, how many bedrooms f.e.?

I don´t know where your dreamhouse & location might be but I know that some agents are more and more frustrated with all those mails & phone calls in which 90 % want a freehold Villa in Seminyak close to the beach and of course for a cheap price...

Oh sorry, more info :)

We want to live: Kerobokan/Jimbaran/Canggu, or anything nearby/in between...our budget is around $130, 000 AUD give or take :) Freehold of course with 3 bedroom and Western bathroom as the essentials.

When we find one online we email the agent asking details and if still available and thats when we get ignored...

But I see the point if the internet is slow they might not be bothered, I didn't think of that! My husband has called a few and some ads are written wrong, agents using cheap mobile providers so we cant hear properly, or they say they will email details and dont...

I guess we might have to wait until we are next there...

I visited a property a few months ago with Bali Property Information, Bali Dream location, Bali Property Broker, Bali Villas & Homes, Bali Land, Bali real estate for Sale and property leases in Bali Indonesia , they looked professional and always replied my emails. You can give them a try...

greetings,

Hugo

Originally Posted by rasi

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When we find one online we email the agent asking details and if still available and thats when we get ignored...

But I see the point if the internet is slow they might not be bothered, I didn't think of that! My husband has called a few and some ads are written wrong, agents using cheap mobile providers so we cant hear properly, or they say they will email details and dont...

I would guess that they get lots of email enquiries, and that few progress to sales - so maybe they give them low priority. If that is true, then I agree it is not very professional. But then think about it - no one would really buy without coming here and looking - so the agent maybe thinks its OK to wait till you are physically here.

But what could you do to make progress? I would use the phone more to get past this email thing. If they promise to email something and don't - ring again.

Then, you are right, you will make more progress when you are here

130.000 A$ is around 1 billion Rupiah right? The cheaper houses are always gone very fast - rich Balinese and Indonesian buy it straight away - for rent, so it is not easy to find a GOOD house in Kerobokan, Canggu area for 1M. I made the same experience in the past: ask for more info re a cheap house and I didn´t get any feedback, some month ago I send a mail for a client who was interested in a 10 Million $ plot, I had a VERY POLITE reply after 15 minutes!

Bali provides a laidback feeling, most of the bigger realestate guys are just looking for the big deals / fishes! So they have more time to chill / surf / relax....for a 1M villa they might get only just 50 million rupiah commission (5%) just something over 5 grands...that´s probably the reason they made too much money in the past (sinister)...

Hi Rasi.... Try out Alamo International Real Estate - Home. They are in Seminyak

Try rumah123.com lots of properties all over Indo and good searching facilities

Originally Posted by sakumabali

130.000 A$ is around 1 billion Rupiah right? The cheaper houses are always gone very fast - rich Balinese and Indonesian buy it straight away - for rent, so it is not easy to find a GOOD house in Kerobokan, Canggu area for 1M. I made the same experience in the past: ask for more info re a cheap house and I didn´t get any feedback, some month ago I send a mail for a client who was interested in a 10 Million $ plot, I had a VERY POLITE reply after 15 minutes!

Bali provides a laidback feeling, most of the bigger realestate guys are just looking for the big deals / fishes! So they have more time to chill / surf / relax....for a 1M villa they might get only just 50 million rupiah commission (5%) just something over 5 grands...that´s probably the reason they made too much money in the past (sinister)...

Hi Rasi,
I can totally understand your frustration, as I have made the same experience when we were looking for a property to rent in Bali. Totally agree with Sakumabali. The majority of the real estate agents in Bali are not very professional at all (not their fault maybe, I am assuming there is no training given on customer service..). They look at the price, and if they think it's not high enough for them (apparently business is good here - so it's not the 'tenant's market'), they just ignore the client. I would advise you the same, come to Bali, spend a few weeks here and check the market. By the way, at the end we found a great place through our driver. Since your husband is Indonesian, communication is not a problem.

Just want to share my thoughts.