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Posts, guides, and comparisons — everything we've written about running a deal without losing the thread.
Trace vs. AML compliance software: what buyer's agents actually need
AML/CTF software screens your client and files the paperwork. It has no idea what's in the building report, or that the CDD check and the deal are the same thing.
PostThe six dates every deal runs on
Settlement is in three people's calendars, which is exactly why it isn't the one that hurts you. The finance date sits three weeks earlier, belongs to someone else, and slips quietly.
PostThe report that reached the client before you did
Your client calls asking if the inspector got back to you. The report's already on their page — released twenty minutes ago, straight from the inspector's own lane. You haven't even read it yet.
PostThe number you didn't have in the room
You're on the phone with the selling agent about the price, and you know the issues — you just don't have the total. Here's what changes when the number's already added up before you call.
PostThe claim you were fairly sure about
Your client calls after an open home. The agent said the strata's fully funded. You skimmed the report two weeks ago and you're fairly sure that's right. Fairly sure isn't what you tell someone about to sign.
PostThe loan update nobody sends until you ask
You text the broker: "any update?" A day later they reply with nothing new. Here's why that's the default, and what changes when a status is something they update, not something you extract.
PostThe five-person email thread every BA deal becomes
It's 9pm and a client wants an update you already sent Tuesday. It's just buried. Here's why that's not a you problem, and what actually fixes it.
GuideDeal room software for Australian property deals
One workspace per deal — broker, solicitor, and building & pest inspector each get a lane, and your client gets a portal to follow along.
GuideProperty due diligence software for buyer's agents
Trace reads every document, cross-references your own agency's history, and keeps a tamper-evident record — built for buyer's agents, not generic AI chat.
ComparisonTrace vs. a CRM: what buyer's agents actually need
A CRM tracks contacts and pipeline stage. It has no idea what's in the building report, or who signed off on the boundary encroachment. Here's where it stops.
ComplianceAML/CTF Tranche 2: what buyer's agents must do
Tranche 2 is live and buyer's agents are a designated service under AUSTRAC. Here's what's required.
The AML/CTF Tranche 2 starting-point checklist
Seven questions for Australian buyer's agencies, each cited to AUSTRAC's own published guidance.
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