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At Get RARE, we help people make property decisions that still make sense years later. Not by moving faster - by thinking more clearly before committing capital. This page is the whole process: how we work out where you are, what the Strategy Call covers, and exactly what happens if we go on to buy together. The process exists to reduce regret, simplify decisions, and make sure every move fits a broader strategy - not just the next purchase.
Not sure where you are yet? Start with the Choose Your Path diagnostic - a short thinking tool, not a sales funnel.
The Get RARE buyer's agent process runs in four steps: clarify where you are (a short diagnostic), understand what your stage really means, a complimentary 45-minute Strategy Call, and execution only when the decision is clear. A buyer's agent - sometimes called a buyer's advocate - represents the buyer alone, never the seller, unlike a selling real estate agent. If we do go on to buy together, the engagement itself runs from strategy brief to settlement and ongoing review - six phases, set out below. Some clients move from Strategy Call to acquisition within 60 to 90 days; others take 6 to 12 months, because sometimes the right decision is to wait.
Most people assume the hardest part of property investing is finding the right property. In reality, the hardest part is making decisions that still make sense years later. What we see repeatedly are intelligent, capable professionals who have good intent, access to information, and the financial ability to act - yet still end up with portfolios that feel fragmented, stressful, or harder to manage than expected.
The issue is rarely effort or intelligence. It is the absence of a clear decision process. A good process does not guarantee outcomes, but it dramatically reduces regret. It creates:
That is what this buyer's agent process is designed to support.
Our process is not rigid or linear. It is designed to meet you where you are, then help you move forward with clarity. Most people are in one of five broad stages (though not always in this order) - and you do not need to diagnose yourself; that is what the diagnostic is for. These are stages of your journey, not steps in our process - the four steps come next.
The four steps apply the RARE framework Rasti published in The Property Wealth Blueprint - Review where you stand, Aim the next decision, Raise with discipline, Enjoy the result - to whatever decision is actually in front of you.
Before advice, recommendations or execution, we start with orientation. The Choose Your Path diagnostic is a short, thoughtful tool designed to help you identify where you are in your property journey, understand what typically matters most at this stage, and clarify the type of decision that actually deserves attention now. It is not a quiz or a scorecard. It is a thinking tool designed to reduce noise and prevent jumping into the wrong conversation too early.
Each stage of a property journey carries different risks, trade-offs and blind spots. This is why generic property advice often feels sensible but does not quite fit. Through tailored insights and follow-up guidance, we help you understand what usually matters most at your stage, recognise patterns that commonly create regret later, and frame decisions in context, not isolation. This step is not about doing more. It is about thinking better. Our portfolio strategy and sequencing guide explains what typically matters most at each stage - useful context before the Strategy Call conversation.
At some point, thinking on your own stops being productive. Not because you lack intelligence, but because perspective is difficult to generate internally. That is where a Strategy Call fits. It is not a sales call. It is a structured conversation designed to help you think clearly about your situation. Depending on your stage, a Strategy Call may involve clarifying the role of your next property, reviewing your existing portfolio as a system, stress-testing long-term structural decisions, or reducing complexity into a small number of real choices. Most people leave with fewer options, greater confidence, and a clearer sense of direction.
Action comes last, not first. Once clarity is established, execution becomes calmer and more deliberate. At this point we may support you through our strategic buyer's agency service, portfolio reviews and sequencing, or ongoing strategic guidance. If we buy together, the engagement runs through six phases:
Importantly, not everyone moves into execution immediately. Sometimes the most strategic decision is to wait, review, simplify, or change direction. If you want to see what a full engagement looks like from first conversation to settlement and beyond, the client journey page walks through it in detail, and our results page shows the outcomes.
Our process is designed to support better decisions, not faster ones. More than 70 per cent of our clients continue with us beyond their first acquisition - the model is built for the second decision, not just the first.
Forty-five minutes on your position, not ours. No pitch deck, no obligation.
Book a Strategy CallWe do one thing. We do it deeply. Knowing where our advice ends is part of how we add value. Property strategy sits inside a broader financial picture that needs other specialists at the right moments. The most useful thing we can do up front is be precise about which decisions sit inside our advice and which sit outside, so you know exactly when to bring in your accountant, your financial planner, your broker, or your solicitor.
The shorter version: we advise on direct property strategy. Your other professionals advise on everything else. Used together, the team works.
This approach is intentionally designed to reduce the most common sources of regret we see in property investing:
Our guide to the 10 major dangers in property investing goes into each of these in depth. Good outcomes aren't just about what you do. They're also about what you don't do prematurely.
This process works best for people who value clarity over hype, want to understand decisions rather than outsource thinking, are building wealth over decades rather than chasing short-term cycles, and prefer fewer, better decisions.
If you're looking for tip-of-the-week picks, hyped suburb lists, one-size-fits-all advice, or fast answers without context - this may not be the right fit. And that's intentional.
A process designed by someone who managed $2 billion in institutional mandates.
Get RARE Properties is led by Rasti Vaibhav, a CFA Charterholder and former institutional portfolio manager who managed over $2 billion in mandates at Westpac and AMP Capital before founding the firm in 2019. The process described above isn't generic property-firm methodology. It is institutional portfolio discipline - capital allocation, sequencing, risk management, and clear scope of advice - translated into private property decisions.
Clients often comment that working with Get RARE feels different from working with transactional buyer's agents, because the firm operates with fee-based, scope-defined, client-first discipline. That is not marketing language - it is the operating model carried over from institutional asset management, and it is why this process produces better-sequenced decisions over five and ten year horizons, not just better individual transactions. Across the firm, that discipline has guided 550+ client families through more than $300 million of purchases, with $80M+ in client value growth along the way.
In 2026 the firm was also named a REINSW finalist in three categories, including Buyers Agency of the Year - finalist placings, stated exactly as that. More about the firm and the full awards ledger is on our about page, and the wider team at getrare.com.au/team.
No. Get RARE advises on direct property strategy and acquisition only. We do not advise on lending or finance structuring (your mortgage broker's domain), tax or depreciation strategy (your accountant), super or SMSF set-up (your accountant or financial planner), or insurance and estate planning (your financial planner or solicitor). When clients need decisions in any of these areas, we coordinate with their existing professionals rather than extending into territory we are not licensed for. This scope discipline is structural, not optional.
No. Get RARE Properties does not take commissions from developers, vendors, or any third party. We do not sell off-the-plan stock or builder inventory. Clients pay Get RARE directly for strategic advisory and acquisition services. This independence is what allows us to recommend not buying when that is the right call for the client's situation, and to assess properties on their fit with the client's strategy rather than on what is available to sell.
Yes, and this is the preferred arrangement. Get RARE deliberately works alongside your existing accountant, financial planner, mortgage broker and solicitor rather than replacing them. Each professional handles a different specialty: your broker handles lending and borrowing capacity, your accountant handles tax structuring and depreciation, your planner handles super and insurance, your solicitor handles estate matters. Get RARE handles direct property strategy. Coordinated multidisciplinary input typically produces better outcomes than a single firm trying to extend across multiple specialties.
The Strategy Call is a complimentary 45-minute structured conversation. The agenda has three parts: Quick review of your position (existing property, borrowing as you understand it, buffer), a structured conversation about what your next decision needs to achieve, and an honest assessment of whether Get RARE is the right firm to help. There is no pitch deck and no obligation to proceed. Some calls end with a clear next step. Some end with a recommendation to wait. Some end with a referral elsewhere if Get RARE isn't the right fit.
Rasti Vaibhav is the founder of Get RARE Properties. He is a CFA Charterholder, an MBA graduate of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Australian Graduate School of Management, and a former institutional portfolio manager at Westpac and AMP Capital where he managed over $2 billion in mandates. He sits on the REINSW Buyers Agents Chapter Committee and won the REINSW John Greig OAM Community Award in 2025. He is also the author of The Property Wealth Blueprint. The institutional portfolio management background is the foundation for how Get RARE applies portfolio discipline to private property decisions, and is what structurally differentiates the firm from transactional buyer's agents.
It depends on what the right outcome is for the client. Some clients move from Strategy Call to acquisition within 60-90 days. Others take 6-12 months because the strategically correct decision is to wait, restructure existing holdings, or build savings before acting. The process is designed to support better decisions, not faster ones. We will tell you honestly which timeline fits your situation rather than rushing to a transaction.
Yes. Get RARE Properties holds real estate licences in NSW, VIC and QLD and buys for clients Australia-wide. The firm carries professional indemnity insurance and maintains active memberships with the Property Investment Professionals of Australia (PIPA), REINSW, REIV, REIQ and the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA).
There's no pressure to rush. Just a clear way forward.
Start with the diagnostic. A short, structured tool designed to help you identify your current stage and what typically matters most at it.
Choose Your PathBook a Strategy Call. Forty-five minutes. Complimentary. Structured. No pitch deck.
Book a Strategy CallIf you'd prefer to explore the educational content first, our property investment insights library is organised by topic so you can read exactly what's relevant to your stage.
Disclaimer: General information about our process, not financial, tax or credit advice. Get RARE Properties is a licensed buyer's agency, licensed in NSW, VIC and QLD, buying for clients Australia-wide. Figures current as at 10 August 2026.
