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Our SkyBuy Buyer's Agent Service helps first-time
airplane buyers avoid costly mistakes!
As your buyer's agent, our primary
goals are:
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To make sure you buy the right airplane for your
needs, one that we would be happy to own ourselves, and
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To make sure you don't get "stung" in the purchase
process, with hidden defects, poor maintenance history, damage history,
title defects, or any of the dozens of other ways first-time aircraft
buyers find out their new aircraft aren't what they expected
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To teach you enough about the correct purchase process so
that you can buy your subsequent aircraft without our help
SkyBuy works just like using a real estate
agent to buy a house: We will be your personal search service and buyer's
agent in the transaction. We'll look out for your interests by representing
only you in the transaction. We'll be your sole point of contact
throughout the sales process...your personal representative.
Here's what we'll do for you:
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We'll interview you so we can make recommendations about
which age, make and model of aircraft is best for your budget, mission,
and pilot experience.
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We'll send you the basic “book” values for those aircraft
from the Aircraft Bluebook Price Digest, Vref Aircraft Value Reference,
and National Aircraft Appraisers Assn.
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We'll send you third-party reviews of the aircraft we
recommend.
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Upon request, we'll provide you with ownership cost
estimates for the aircraft that meet your needs
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We'll search dozens of sources of aircraft for sale,
including "hidden" sources such as private sellers, dealer-only
publications, and wholesale dealers who don't publish their listings.
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Once we've found a few listings that we think should meet
your needs, we'll email them to you for your comments and review. We'll
include our thoughts about how the asking price compares to the market
realities and the "book" values
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If we're unable to find an airplane that meets your needs
which is published as being for sale, upon request, we'll send out
postcards to current owners to see if any of them would be interested in
selling
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We'll call each seller and get the real details...we know
the right questions to ask, in the right order, to get a complete picture
of the quality of the aircraft.
- We'll search the FAA and NTSB records to find records of any accidents
involving the airplane’s serial number.
- We'll ask the seller to photocopy the most recent engine and airframe
logs and send them to us so that we can read through them and look for
"red flags" in the maintenance or damage history.
- We'll negotiate with the seller to get you the best price...we won't
let you pay more than fair market value!
- We'll provide all of the necessary agreements and documents to
thoroughly protect your interests in the transaction.
- We'll open escrow at an independent aircraft escrow agency, which will
order a title search.
- We'll order copies of FAA 337 “Major Repair or Alteration” forms, and
review them.
- At your request, we will have a certified appraiser inspect, evaluate,
and appraise the airplane. Only an appraisal can give an accurate report
of the aircraft’s value and verify that it is what the seller says it is.
At your request, we will
have the plane test flown by a local pilot, to make sure all the avionics
and systems work and that it flies straight and true.
We will oversee a detailed pre-purchase examination from
an independent maintenance shop. (We reject
about half the airplanes we because of problems turned up in the condition
of the aircraft.)
We'll help you find suitable financing and
insurance.
We'll show you ways to avoid paying sales tax on your
aircraft purchase, and make aircraft ownership tax deductible
In other words, we'll do EVERYTHING necessary for you to buy the right
plane at the right price, with the least expense and hassle possible.
SkyBuy is ideal for people who:
Are pilots but have never purchase an airplane, or
Are new to aviation, or
Live overseas and need to find an
airplane to import from the USA, or
Prefer having an exclusive
representative looking out for them when undertaking complex transactions
Our SkyBuy service costs just $79
per hour, and the first 30-min. telephone or email consultation is FREE!
Then we'll simply bill you in advance in
10-hour increments. We accept credit cards through the PayPal system or
personal checks drawn on US banks. (Our typical client needs us for 20 hours
from the point after which a suitable piston airplane has been found until
the purchase process is completed.)
To get started,
email us what you're looking for in
an airplane, with as much detail as possible.
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