None of these are folded together into one number about you or about a professional.
- What a buyer wants
- Purpose, areas, budget, finance and timing — a buyer's own set of questions.
- What a seller wants
- Reason, authority to sell, timing, price expectation and condition — kept apart from buying.
- How the property compares
- The local evidence about the place itself, separate from the people involved.
- How the professional fits
- Area, property types, price range, room to take it on and how they work.
- Whether you're ready
- Stated in your own words, and allowed to be "not yet".
- What has been shared
- Released a step at a time, always visible to you.
- What you've agreed to
- Asked one thing at a time, nothing pre-ticked, withdrawable at any point.
- Whether both sides are ready
- Their acceptance and your request are two different decisions.
- Who gets put forward
- Relevance first, then fairness — never bought, claimed or bid for.
- How it ended
- Recorded honestly, including the endings that aren't a sale.