What do I need to get ready?
The buyers who do well are the ones who got the groundwork straight first. Here's the step-by-step preparation checklist — twenty things to have in place before you make an offer. Tick them off; we'll save your progress.
01 Get your position clear
Before anything else, know what you're buying and how you intend to run it.
Management rights, motels, parks, hotels…? Compare the classes if you're not yet sure which fits.
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Management rights, motels, parks, hotels…? Compare the classes if you're not yet sure which fits.
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02 Get your money ready
Company, trust, SMSF or personal name — settle this with your accountant early, not at contract.
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Company, trust, SMSF or personal name — settle this with your accountant early, not at contract.
Learn More03 Assemble your advisors
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04 Set yourself up to act
Required to receive the Information Memorandum on most listings. Have it ready to return.
Confidentiality Agreement
Required to receive the Information Memorandum on most listings. Have it ready to return.
Confidentiality Agreement05 Before you make an offer
Nothing replaces seeing the asset, the location and the operation in person.
Nothing replaces seeing the asset, the location and the operation in person.
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When you make the call, having these in one place is the difference between an offer taken seriously today and one that drifts for a fortnight.
Proof of identity & funds
See the AML checklist
Indicative finance pre-approval
Talk to a finance partner
Your one-line buying brief
Write it with a broker
Accountant & solicitor on standby
Our partner network
Signed confidentiality agreement
Sign it online
A diary clear enough to run DD
See the buying process
Don't understand the terminology?
FHGC, multipliers, letting pools — all in plain English. Or click any underlined term on the page and the definition appears inline.
Open The Jargon Buster
The whole checklist, in one booklet.
Every step in this guide — budget, finance, advisors, due diligence — as a printable PDF you can work through offline.
- 01
Easy
Plain-English explainer
- 02
Informative
Yields, structures & what to check
- 03
Guidance
The questions to ask before you offer
Anti-money-laundering checks, without the mystery.
Buying an accommodation business involves obligations under Australia's Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) laws. ResortBrokers is required to verify the identity of buyers and the source of funds before contracts proceed. Your broker walks you through exactly what's needed early — so verification never holds up your purchase.
- 01
Identity
Photo ID for every purchasing party — individuals, company directors, or trustees.
- 02
Entity
Company extracts, trust deeds or partnership agreements where the buyer is a structure, not a person.
- 03
Funds
Evidence of the source of funds — finance approval, bank statements, or sale proceeds.
