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Independent buyer’s agency, QLD, Australia
Tradies, families, first-time and seasoned investors. We source new house and land packages in growth areas, act for you alone, and put real numbers on every recommendation.
You are not doing this on your own. You deal with Paul the whole way through, from the first coffee to the keys.
30+
years in property, building and development
19
published client results with sourced figures
121%
growth on our longest published hold
5
states and territories where clients have bought
Every figure is published with its source and date. No cherry-picked averages.
Eglinton, WA
46% value growth
This dual key home in Perth’s northern coastal suburbs was purchased in 2023 for $719,990. Its value has since climbed 46% to more than $1 million, on a 7.2% rental yield.
Zuccoli, NT
8.2% rental yield
Sold off the plan in November 2024, this Top End home has already jumped 32% in value and returns an 8.2% rental yield.
Redbank Plains, QLD
121% decade growth
Purchased in 2014 for $330,000, this Ipswich-corridor property is now worth $730,000 with a 7.6% rental yield, more than 121% growth over the decade.
How it works
There is no account manager and no handover to a junior. Paul is the one who sits with you at every step, and he is still there long after settlement.
Paul gets to the heart of why you are investing: retirement, the kids, income. Your reasons shape everything that follows. Nothing is signed and nothing is sold at this stage.
Paul builds the strategy with you, then sources properties that match it, many of them off market. You see the figures behind every option and he talks you through what they mean before you decide anything.
Paul negotiates, manages the purchase through to settlement, and keeps an eye on the portfolio as markets move. Same person the whole way. You get his mobile number, not a ticket queue.
We are paid by you, never by a builder or a developer. That single fact changes every recommendation we make.
You earn well but the money is not building anything
Plenty of Australians on solid incomes, tradies especially, get to their forties with nothing working for them outside the day job. Property fixes that, if the first purchase is right.
You do not have 20 hours a week to research markets
Suburb data, builder contracts, rental appraisals, land releases. It is a second job. That is the job you hand to Paul.
You have heard the pushy pitch before
“Last one at this price.” We are the opposite of that. Independent, buyer-side only, and paid by you, so nobody is moving stock onto you.
You want the numbers, not the brochure
Every property we publish comes with the purchase price, the current value, the source and the date. Have a look at the results and judge for yourself.
Queensland growth corridors are our home ground, and we source Australia-wide when the numbers are better elsewhere.
Redbank Plains
QLD
Yarrabilba
QLD
Griffin
QLD
Townsville
QLD
The person you deal with
That is how Paul Merritt starts with most clients. A third-generation real estate professional with more than 30 years in property, building and development, Paul founded Merritt Property Group on a simple position: understand why someone is investing before showing them a single property.
Buying an investment property is not a small decision, and most people making it for the first time are doing it around a full-time job. So Paul does the parts that eat your evenings and walks you through the rest himself.
Merritt Property Group is truly independent. We act for you alone, with no developer commissions and no stock to move. And we are property investors ourselves, so we know exactly what the decision feels like from your side of the table.
More about Paul and how we are paidMerritt Property Group is an independent buyer’s agency based in Queensland, Australia. We help everyday Australians build a property portfolio, specialising in new house and land packages in growth areas Australia-wide. We act for the buyer only, never for sellers or developers.
You tell us your goals and budget. We research markets, source properties (many off market), do the due diligence, negotiate the price and manage the process to settlement. You make every decision; we do the legwork and act only in your interest.
We charge the buyer a fee for the sourcing and purchase work, agreed up front before we start. We take no commissions from sellers, builders or developers, so our advice is not tied to any stock we need to move. Fees are covered on the how it works page.
No. Merritt Property Group is an Australian buyer’s agency founded by Paul Merritt, based in Queensland, helping Australian property investors. It has no connection to Merritt Properties, a commercial developer in Maryland, USA.
No. We are based in Queensland and know the SEQ growth corridors deeply, but we source Australia-wide. Our published client results include purchases in Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Victoria.
Yes. Self-employed income needs more paperwork, not a bigger deposit. Many of our clients run trade businesses. Lender policies differ a lot for ABN income, which is why we work alongside brokers who know self-employed lending well.
A free 15-minute call about your situation and whether we can help. No pitch, no obligation.
