Selling
How I manage your sale.
Clients deal directly with Clinton — from the first appraisal through to settlement, without a call centre or being handed between team members.
Overview
Four stages at a glance
A short summary of the campaign. The complete process is set out in full in the eleven steps below.
Appraisal and strategy
An honest value range, and a clear view of what the property needs before it goes to market.
Presentation and marketing
Styling, photography and campaign build — the part that decides how buyers feel in the first three seconds.
Campaign and buyer management
Every enquiry handled personally, with weekly feedback you can act on rather than a generic report.
Negotiation and settlement
Competitive tension managed carefully, then the detail work through to keys handed over.
The full process
Eleven steps, start to settlement.
Your campaign is more than a listing on the major property portals. It combines tailored social media, direct outreach to Clinton’s database and buyers who missed similar properties, neighbourhood marketing and wider listing networks to put your property in front of as many genuine buyers as possible.
Negotiation begins during open inspections—not only when an offer arrives. Clinton speaks directly with buyers, gauges genuine interest and starts shaping how they understand the property’s value from their first inspection.
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Preparing your property to sell
What I do
I always book a professional photographer to shoot the property. Where it will genuinely help present your property at its best, professional cleaning can be included as part of the selling campaign, with the scope agreed for your property.
Why it matters to you
Buyers form an impression in seconds, mostly online before they ever inspect. A property that presents at its best from the very first photo gets more genuine interest — and where a clean will make a real difference, that's arranged as part of the campaign, not left to chance.
What it does for your result
More people who are actually interested — not just curious — means more competition, and more competition is what drives the strongest possible result.
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Building your marketing strategy
What I do
I build a marketing strategy tailored to your property and campaign — including a dedicated social media campaign, an email to my own database, and personally reaching out to buyers who missed out on similar properties in the area. I also prepare the signboard and brochures, which are sent to you for approval before they are ordered.
Why it matters to you
Your marketing is planned around your property and timeframe, not dropped in from a generic template. The main campaign direction is agreed with you, and you approve key property-specific materials such as the signboard and brochures, while I manage the day-to-day marketing activity so the campaign can keep moving without unnecessary delays.
What it does for your result
A coordinated campaign — signage, print, targeted digital outreach and timing working together — reaches more of the right buyers at the right moment, including people I already know are still looking after missing out on a similar home nearby.
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Presenting and launching your property
What I do
Once everything is ready, I publish your listing across realestate.com.au, Domain, my own website, the eXp network, LYVVE — eXp's global listing platform, reaching agents and buyers in nearly 30 countries — and the other free listing platforms available to me, all at the same time.
Why it matters to you
Buyers monitor multiple platforms. A simultaneous launch means your property is visible everywhere serious buyers are actually looking, from day one.
What it does for your result
Maximum reach in the first few days — when a listing gets the most attention — has a direct bearing on how much genuine competition you get early, which is when it counts most.
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Attracting and engaging buyers
What I do
I promote your listing on social media, drop a "Just Listed" brochure to the surrounding streets, and personally invite your neighbours to the open inspection.
Why it matters to you
Neighbours are often an overlooked source of a genuinely motivated buyer — not just the neighbours themselves, but family or friends of theirs who'd love to move to the area but aren't actively looking yet. A personal invitation puts your property in front of people a portal search never would.
What it does for your result
Casting wider than just the portals brings in buyers who might never have searched for your property online, adding to the pool of genuine competition.
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Open inspections where negotiation begins
What I do
I don't just open the door and collect names. While buyers are in the property, I speak with them directly, answer their questions, and gauge how genuinely interested they are.
Why it matters to you
This is where negotiation actually starts — not at the offer stage. Buyers who are seriously considering the property get a clear, honest read on where it sits in the market and what real interest looks like, without exaggeration or invented competition.
What it does for your result
A buyer who understands a property's genuine value moves from wondering "could I pick this up for less" to thinking about what they need to do to secure it. That shift — built on honest information, not pressure — is what protects your price.
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Continued buyer follow-up and negotiation
What I do
After each open inspection, I record buyer attendance and feedback in REX, giving you visibility of how buyers are responding to your property. I then personally follow up interested buyers, answer further questions, work through any concerns and continue the negotiation process.
Why it matters to you
Buyer interest can quickly disappear if it isn't followed up. I want to know who is genuinely interested, what may be holding them back, and what needs to happen to move them towards an offer.
What it does for your result
Consistent follow-up helps turn interest into genuine offers and keeps negotiations moving while buyer interest is still strong.
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Tracking how your campaign is performing
What I do
I set clear internal benchmarks for how many enquiries, open inspection visitors and genuine offers a well-priced, well-presented property like yours should be generating in the first two weeks — and I track your actual numbers against them in real time, drawn from real enquiry, inspection and offer activity in REX along with the buyer feedback I've gathered, not just a general sense of "how it's going."
Why it matters to you
A listing that loses momentum can become harder to reposition, so I want to identify problems early rather than wait for the market to make the decision for us. You shouldn't have to wonder whether things are on track — I'm measuring it against a real standard, not just watching and hoping.
What it does for your result
If enquiries, opens or offers are running behind what a healthy campaign should be producing, we look at what needs to change — the strategy, the presentation or, if necessary, the price — before the listing loses momentum.
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Qualifying offers, not just price
What I do
When an offer comes in, I don't look at price alone. I qualify the buyer's finance position, deposit, conditions and settlement requirements. Where appropriate, and with the buyer's permission, I also speak with their broker or lender to clarify how ready they are to proceed.
Why it matters to you
The highest headline price isn't always the strongest or safest offer. An offer with shaky finance, an unsold property behind it, or conditions that could fall through can cost you more time and certainty than a slightly lower offer that's genuinely ready to proceed.
What it does for your result
I weigh price against finance readiness, deposit, conditions, settlement terms and the overall likelihood the sale actually completes — then explain the strengths, weaknesses and risk of each offer so you can make a properly informed decision. The choice is always yours; my job is making sure you're choosing with the full picture, not just a number.
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Advising you before you decide
What I do
Once an offer — or offers — have been properly qualified, I bring everything together — what I've learned about each buyer's finance, conditions and likelihood of completing — and give you a clear, honest recommendation.
Why it matters to you
You shouldn't be negotiating or deciding blind. You should know exactly what you're comparing before you accept, counter, or decline.
What it does for your result
A decision made with full information, backed by someone who has personally tested each buyer's position, gives you the best chance of a result that's not just a good price on paper, but a sale that actually settles.
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Progressing your accepted offer to contract
What I do
Once terms are agreed, I have the contract prepared and exchanged, with every key date — finance, building and pest, cooling off — booked in. I actively chase updates on finance approval, inspection results and any special conditions rather than waiting for them to come to me.
Why it matters to you
Sales can quietly stall or fall over in the conditions period if no one is chasing outcomes. This is where a deal is won or lost after the handshake.
What it does for your result
Active tracking protects the sale you've already negotiated from unnecessary delay or collapse, and keeps you informed at each milestone rather than left wondering.
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Confirming the sale, through to settlement
What I do
Once every condition is satisfied, I confirm to both you and the buyer that the contract is unconditional. I confirm the settlement date with both sides' solicitors or conveyancers, arrange a final walkthrough for the buyer before handover, and on settlement day confirm funds have cleared and keys are released before letting everyone know it's done.
Why it matters to you
The final stretch is where vendors most want certainty. You're kept informed at every milestone, not just at the start and the end.
What it does for your result
A clean, well-managed finish protects the result you've worked toward through the whole campaign — the sale isn't truly done until settlement is confirmed, and I treat it that way.
Next step
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