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No More Dumb Money: Price, Pace & Poker Face

Date/Time: Date(s) - 14 October 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location: NAI Harcourts

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Keynote meeting featuring Aaron Davis, Harcourts Auctioneer
Admission from 6.00 pm
Presentations from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm


How to control your buying from listing to gavel

Investors lose deals for avoidable reasons. This session is a practical clinic with Harcourts National Auctioneer Aaron Davis on how to remove tells, price risk properly, choose the right negotiation lane, and run a disciplined auction plan. Walk in with habits. Walk out with a Buy Plan.

What you will learn

  • Silence your tells. How to walk an open home without telegraphing interest or ceiling.
  • Price the risk, not the FOMO. A simple comp stack and risk discount ladder you can apply immediately.
  • Choose the right lane. Offer, multi-offer, pre-auction offer, or auction day and when to use each.
  • Terms before dollars. Offer structure that protects price and timeframes.
  • Bid like a pro, consider entry, increments, pause and re-entry.
  • Pre-auction vs post-auction multis.
  • How to work with client-focused agents to get intel without leaking your ceiling.
  • Be likeable to stay lethal, how to lower friction without upping your offer.
  • A 30-day First Timer Buy Plan to convert pre-approval into a purchase.

Who should attend

Active investors and buyer-landlords who want higher hit rates without overpaying.

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