I've made videos before about the danger for anyone buying property of being naive
it's particularly acute the danger is particularly acute if you're a first
time buyer or if you're buying in Ireland from abroad it's one of the biggest things that you
really need to guard against and I've heard one or two difficult stories to put it mildly of
people who naively purchase the property and basically believed everything that were told
regardless of who told them the statements that they relied on and they bought it basically Hook
Line and singer and they're now in a difficult position in terms of having bought a property
which secondhand property it's a question of fire beware a caveat MTAR and it's going to be very
very difficult for them to rescue the situation some of us appeared to be built or are born with
some sort of an inbuilt [ __ ] meter some sort of an inbuilt skepticism and an aversion to trusting
things as they are claimed or are appear to be some of us are more trusting with a willingness
to believe greater quantities of what we're told if you're buying property in Ireland from abroad
or if you're buying as a first-time buyer and you have no experience then you really need to
be in the group that has the [ __ ] meter built in and has the aversion to believing everything you
can believe some stuff you can accept some stuff but my view would always be to trust or believe
but verify so avoid naivety listen carefully but carry out your own checks trust but verify shoot
to breathe but recognize that you cannot rely on everything that you're told especially when
it comes to property let's face it if you have a poor property that will be difficult to sell and
you're looking at a sort of a financial millstone around your neck for the next 10 or 20 years
it's going to be easy for you to tell a few porkies a few White Lies it's going to be easy for
you to over egg the pudding it's going to be easy for you to exaggerate or engage in some hyperbole
so if that's the case you make sure that you're not the person walking into such a situation
if you're a potential buyer walking into this sort of a situation I hope you can see the problem that
might arise if you rely on what you're told regardless of whether it's the vendor or the
estate agent or some surveyor or anybody else for that matter neighbors etc etc always be skeptical
carry out your own checks but don't believe everything that you're told if you do then you're
going to be in difficulty and you may well wade into a situation where you make an investment your
dream home will quite frankly become a nightmare so believe nothing do your own research carry
out your own checks get a survey from a trusted surveyor or engineer and remember that if you're
buying especially a second-hand house you do buy it in the condition that it's in it's very much
a question of caveat mtarlet the buyer beware so trust but verify that's what I believe you
should do and you need to guard against and avoid naivety in believing everything that you're told
because there's too much at stake both for the vendor and for the purchaser I hope you find this
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