Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:26am
Hi Gary
I would go with the advice of 271935, do your search on line well in advance, get a list of the properties and contact a few different agents asking if they could arrange visits with you. Even though a property may be listed by a certain agent, exclusivity is not the norm and they will get the details and keys from other agents if there is potential for a sale, as both agents will benefit from this. Downside is that the agent will want to show you other properties too that they are trying to sell, and if they are taking you around then it could be a long day!
We did the same a few years ago when we bought our property, which we didn’t see on-line before we flew out - it just happened that we contacted the agent beforehand regarding another property and they ended up showing us the one that we ended up buying! Ore-research is well & good, but there are a lot of additional properties that you probably won’t see on-line, these are the ones that the agents will try to guide you too....
We did our research and ended up with 3 different agents taking us out over 4 days,picked us up and dropped us back at our hotel, and we ended up seeing 30+ properties across the region, ended up buying the 2nd one we saw!
Good luck with your search!