Roughly half of the guide is worksheets rather than paragraphs. It is built to be printed, filled in at an inspection, and argued with — not read once and forgotten.
The tracker has a search log. You record every property you watch — the quoted range, then what it actually sold for. After ten entries it tells you how far above the top of the quote homes are selling in your pockets.
Almost no buyer ever works this out. It is the single most useful number you can have walking into a negotiation, and it is yours, from your own suburbs.
I spent nearly twenty years in the zoo industry, the last eight managing a team at Melbourne Zoo — animal welfare, major projects, budgets. A high-pressure world where staying calm, managing risk and making good decisions mattered every single day.
Property was always the personal passion, and some of the lessons were expensive. The one that stuck came at an auction for a home I loved, where I set my limit on what felt comfortable rather than what the property was worth. I missed out by a few thousand dollars. Uncertainty, it turns out, costs far more than knowledge.
So I became a buyer's advocate, to give owner-occupiers the guidance and honesty I wish I'd had. Everything in this kit is what I actually do, written down.
Both files land in your inbox straight away. Print the worksheets, open the tracker, start scoring.
Found one you're serious about? Send me the listing and I'll tell you what I'd check, what the evidence suggests, and what I'd ask the agent. Free.
A relaxed 15-minute call if you want one. If I don't think you should buy it, or don't think you need me, I'll say so.
Yes. No card, no trial, no locked chapters. You give me a name and an email address, and I send you both files. If you never speak to me again, the kit still works.
No. You'll get the kit, and occasionally a genuinely useful update — refreshed suburb data, or what I'm seeing in the market. One click unsubscribes you and I won't chase it up.
Not at all. Plenty of people use the kit and buy perfectly well on their own, which is a good outcome. It is written so that it works without me.
I focus on Melbourne's eastern suburbs — Blackburn, Surrey Hills, Doncaster, Mitcham and the surrounding pockets across Whitehorse, Manningham, Boroondara, Monash and Maroondah. The kit works anywhere in Melbourne; my local knowledge doesn't stretch much past the east, and I'll tell you honestly if you're outside it.
Then send it to me. That's exactly the moment where an independent second opinion is worth the most, and it's the free offer above.
Either one is free, and neither commits you to anything. If a 15-minute conversation is faster than reading 19 pages, start there instead.
Justin Valentine Buyers Advocates · 0439 690 248 · Owner-occupiers only, across Melbourne's eastern suburbs
