Full Buyers Advocacy
End-to-end representation for properties up to $1.5M. Brief, search, shortlist, due diligence, negotiation or auction bidding, and support through to settlement.
Flat fee inc. GST$16,500
Buyers advocacy · New South Wales & Queensland
Everyone else in the room works for the seller. We work for you.
Cross Consulting is a boutique buyers advocacy firm led by Samantha Cross, a licensed real estate agent. We search, assess, negotiate and bid — exclusively on behalf of buyers, for a fee agreed in writing before we start.
- Licensed — NSW No. 20148753
- Licensed — Queensland
- 100% buyer-side representation
- Flat fees, agreed upfront
- No vendor commissions
Why buyers lose
The market is not designed to be fair to you
Every selling agent you meet is contractually obliged to act for the vendor. The campaign, the price guide, the auction, the "another party is interested" phone call — all of it is a system built to extract the highest possible price from you.
Buying without representation is not just a time problem. It is an information problem, a discipline problem, and — in the last ten minutes of a negotiation — an emotion problem.
“A buyers advocate is the only licensed professional in the transaction whose duty runs to the purchaser.”
What changes when we are engaged
- You see stock before it is advertised — and stock that never will be.
- Value is established from comparable sales, not from a price guide.
- Someone inspects, calls and follows up every week, whether or not you have time.
- Risk is identified before you are contractually committed, not after.
- The negotiation is run by someone who does it professionally and is not emotionally invested.
- On auction day, you never have to raise your own hand.
What we never do
- List or sell property for vendors.
- Accept referral commissions from selling agents, brokers or developers.
- Charge a fee that rises with the price you pay.
Services
Engage us for the whole search — or just the hard part
Three tiers, so you can bring us in where the value is greatest for you. Every fee is fixed and confirmed in a written Buyers Advocacy Agreement before any work begins.
Advocacy — Above $1.5M
The same end-to-end service for higher-value acquisitions, where scarcity, off-market access and negotiation leverage matter most.
Of purchase price1.1%
Negotiation & Auction Only
You have found the property. We step in for the part that decides the price — the negotiation table or the auction floor.
Flat fee inc. GST$5,500
Appraisal & Due Diligence
An independent written view on value, comparable sales and risk before you make an offer. No emotion, no vendor spin.
Flat fee inc. GST$1,650
Why Cross Consulting
Boutique by design, not by accident
Larger agencies scale by adding staff between you and the decision-maker. We scale by being selective about how many clients we take at once.
Dual-state coverage
Licensed to act in both New South Wales and Queensland — so a Sydney buyer looking at Brisbane, or a Queensland investor buying in regional NSW, deals with one advocate, not a referral chain.
100% buyer-side, always
We never list or sell property. There are no vendor relationships, no sales appointments to protect and no referral commissions. Our only obligation is to you.
Boutique and principal-led
Samantha Cross is personally involved in every engagement. You are not handed to a junior after the sales meeting — the person you meet is the person who inspects, calls and negotiates.
Transparent flat-fee pricing
You know the full cost before you sign. Because the fee is fixed, we have no financial incentive to spend more of your money — our interests point in the same direction as yours.
Off-market and pre-market access
Years of agent relationships across NSW and QLD mean we routinely see stock before it is advertised, and sometimes stock that is never advertised at all.
Professional negotiation
As a licensed real estate agent, Samantha negotiates against selling agents for a living — private treaty, expressions of interest, or bidding for you on auction day.
The process
Six stages, from first conversation to keys
Most engagements run from signing to exchange in around 60 days, though the market and your brief will move that either way.
01
Discovery consultation
A no-obligation conversation about what you are trying to buy, why, and what you can commit. We tell you honestly whether we can add value — and if we cannot, we say so.
Week 0 · complimentary02
Buyer brief & strategy
We document the brief in writing: locations, property type, non-negotiables, budget ceiling, and the acquisition strategy. This is the document every later decision is measured against.
Week 103
Search & shortlist
On-market, pre-market and off-market. We contact agents across the target area weekly, inspect on your behalf, and bring you a shortlist with reasons — including the ones we ruled out and why.
Weeks 1–4
Where we buy
Two states, one advocate
Roughly half of Australian buyers who use an advocate are buying outside the city they live in. Being licensed in both NSW and Queensland means a cross-border purchase does not have to be handed to a third party.
New South Wales
Sydney metropolitan, the growth corridors, and the major regional markets.
- Sydney — Inner West
- Eastern Suburbs
- Lower & Upper North Shore
- Northern Beaches
- Northern District & Hills
- Sydney South & Sutherland Shire
- South West & Macarthur
- Western Sydney growth corridors
Queensland
Brisbane and the South East Queensland growth belt, coast to hinterland.
- Brisbane inner north
- Brisbane inner south
- Brisbane west & Kenmore corridor
- Brisbane bayside & Wynnum
- Moreton Bay & North Lakes
- Logan & Springfield
- Ipswich corridor
- Gold Coast — north
Ready when you are
Start with a conversation, not a contract.
The first consultation is complimentary and carries no obligation. If we do not think we can add more value than we cost, we will tell you.