Advanced Buyers Agents · Property Detective Method™

Property Alpha & Acquisition Assessment

Anchor the position, read the gatekeeper, find the alpha — then decide attack, watch or retreat. Feeds the Negotiation & Strategy matrices and your Roadmap targets.

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Manual mode — no data source connected

01 Property & price

Low/mid/high from whichever source you trust for this property — PropTrack (free via property.com.au), Cotality, or your Roadmap. Mid is the anchor; the spread sets confidence. Imports never overwrite a value you've typed.
Risk zones below feed Threats.

02 The playing field — market temperature

Buyer leverage ⟷ Seller's marketBalanced
Cold — buyer's marketHot — seller's market
Set from signals instead
Listings / stock trendFlat
Rising (cooler)Falling (hotter)
Vendor discounts trendFlat
Widening (cooler)Tightening (hotter)
Clearance / demandModerate
Weak (cooler)Strong (hotter)

03 The gatekeeper — agent strength

Agent capability 1–106
Weak — alpha leaksStrong — alpha sealed
Not sure? Rate five traits

04 Vendor motivation

05 Alpha & gaps — what the market hasn't priced

06 Know yourself — buyer position

Verdict
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Alpha score / 100
Enter the property, market and agent to generate a read.
A guide — one input of many. Your read leads.
Value (mid)
List vs value
Indicative target
Negotiation room
Agent $ impact
Agent tier
Agent multiplier
Market
DOM vs suburb
Budget headroom
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Alpha breakdown

Field — market dislocation0
Pricing — AVM gap0
Vendor — motivation0
Micro — property & marketing gaps × agent0

Micro gaps are multiplied by agent weakness — a weak gatekeeper amplifies them, a strong one seals them.

SWOT

Strengths

    Weaknesses

      Opportunities

        Threats