The first ever international Passenger flight from Toowoomba's new airport is carrying 200 local business people to China with the intention of creating new export opportunities for our local community. Many businesses traveling on this weeks tour met with carefully matched Chinese exporters building on the incredible opportunity the new airport and weekly freight flight has provided for them.

Trade opportunities now available to exporters in the Toowoomba region are real and genuine, helped in no small way with the announcement that Cathay Pacific will begin new weekly cargo flights in November with a Boeing 747-800 direct to Hong Kong, opening a direct pathway straight to Asia.

The purpose of a due diligence clause is to allow the buyer time to carry out some investigations on the property they are buying. Generally, what exactly is being investigated is not specified. If you are a buyer and you have utilised this clause, then you can pull out of the contract for almost any reason whatsoever... even as silly as "my grandma doesn't like it." How good is that for the buyer?

There is a downside though.  An uneducated seller may be scared off by the clause and probably worse is an educated agent could be scared off by it because they know how flexible it is. So for this reason actually getting a property under contract while using this clause can be the stumbling block. For this reason it may be a good idea, if possible, to specify exactly what it is you are investigating. Brendan explains...

As soon as you think you have finished preparing your home for sale, put yourself in the shoes of a prospective buyer and begin evaluating every aspect of your home to see what can be done to improve your homes appeal.

You would be surprised at how even a minor item can reduce the perception of your home's value when a buyer first looks at your homes curb appeal. In this video, Brendan explains the game plan you can use to evaluate your home.

Many home sellers have learnt that when you list your property for sale, the buyers are coming, ready or not. The internet has caused real estate marketing to become close to instant. Within days of it being listed online, literally hundreds or even thousands of potential buyers have run their eye over it.

This brings the possibility that your greatest desire could also become your greatest fear. It's the early offer. Do you accept it, or is there an even better offer still to come?