Buying real estate from a private person in Turkey
Dear readers of my blog, today I will tell you about buying an apartment from a private person in Turkey and do you need it?
Real estate in Turkey anyway, you will buy from a private person or from the developer. In these cases between you there may or may not be a realtor, it is your choice.
There are many ways to reach the property owner, for example, you can put a filter on the largest Turkish portal www.sahibinden.com and it will show you only those apartments that the owners sell themselves.
There is no such filter on the Russian portals such as prian.ru, homeoverseas.ru or tranio.ru, they work only with agencies. This is their business model, so if you need an owner, look at the local real estate websites in Turkey.
You can also circumvent the realtor after the first meeting with the owner by calling him directly, but is it worth it while being abroad?
Self-purchase of property abroad is a risk, however, like everything else, if you do not understand and do not possess enough useful information.
Personally, I do not put at risk the purchase of real estate because of 1%, which the realtor will work out by:
a) Meeting you at the airport.
b) Accommodating you at the hotel.
c) Listening to you, organizing and showing dozens of properties.
d) You will have the opportunity to learn a lot about real estate and not only in Turkey from the person who does it every day.
Information is MONEY.
e) Helping with documents and legal issues and design of the apartment.
With the help of realtors you can negotiate with the owners more effectively.
Do I need to trust every realtor? No, you need to be vigilant, to delve into the process yourself, but with a professional you will make a more effective decision.
Personally, I think your main task is not to buy an apartment directly, but to find a professional who will help you find and buy the best real estate option abroad.
As a result, if you count 1 or 2%, which you pay to a realtor, it will be cheaper than if you did all this yourself, possibly making mistakes.
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Thanks for attention!
Ilkin Hasanov, expert practitioner on foreign real estate investments. E-mail: [email protected]