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An offer to purchase is a set of dated promises from buyer and seller, and most failed sales trace back to one that was never tested.

A new trustee can learn most of the job from the minute book, old correspondence and the scheme’s rules, left behind by earlier committees.

A defect disclosed plainly with quotes attached costs a seller less than one that is mumbled, and voetstoots does not cover hidden ones.

Trustees can only enforce conduct rules and collect levies while owners see them keeping the same rules themselves.

A conveyancer’s fee pays for knowing where transfer errors hide, which takes years to learn, more than for hours of paperwork.

A buyer whose offer was declined politely may return if the accepted deal falls through, so how an ending is handled shapes what comes next.

A sudden special levy is usually years of skipped maintenance arriving at once, which a body corporate’s plan and reserve fund exist to prevent.

Chatty answers at a viewing tell the other side about deadlines and pressure, and those details shape the first offer made.

A slow property market thins out the crowd, rewarding prepared buyers and owners who use the slack period to fix houses and paperwork.