Decision tool
Should I hire a buyer's agent?
Six inputs, one recommendation. The 90-second decision tool that tells you whether to engage a buyer's agent (A$12-30k), run propautopilot's playbook on Investor (A$249/month), or do a hybrid of both. Computed in your browser; nothing is saved.
Six inputs, one recommendation.
Output isn't saved or sent anywhere. It's computed in your browser from your inputs alone.
Answer all six questions to see your recommendation.
Why six inputs and not twenty
The buyer's-agent question reduces cleanly to two underlying variables: how much time the buyer can put in, and how much comfort the buyer has interpreting raw property data. Everything else (interstate, complexity, urgency, budget) is a modifier on those two. The six-input form captures the full signal without forcing the buyer through a fifteen-question intake.
The scoring is intentionally transparent: open the page source and you can read the exact point allocation per input. We don't want a magic number — we want a reproducible recommendation the buyer can audit and disagree with.
Four recommendation tiers
Score 0–3 · DIY on Investor
You have time + comfort with data. Run the playbook end-to-end on a self-serve research plan. Save A$12–25k versus engaging a buyer's agent.
Score 4–5 · Investor + chat translation
You can run the playbook, but lean on the chat surface to translate the dense parts. Investor tier covers both.
Score 6–7 · Hybrid — DIY research, BA for negotiation
Run Steps 1–7 yourself. Engage a REBAA-member buyer's agent for the negotiation step only (Steps 8–9). Specialist mandates run A$3–6k versus A$12–25k for full search-and-acquire.
Score 8–10 · Full-mandate buyer's agent
Time-poor, interstate, complex, low data comfort — engage a full-mandate REBAA agent. Demand the 12-question vetting script (Chapter 1). Choose a agent who can show a source-backed brief and dated recommendation history.