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INSIDE THE JAMES TOSTEVIN SCANDAL
Late last month, Melbourne real estate agent James Tostevin was pictured in newspapers, drink in hand, toasting his latest success.

HOUSES OF DARKNESS
Each night, after he finishes work, Conrad Joseph stops briefly at a five-star hotel. Striding up to the reception desk, he hands over his

GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
Taking investment advice from real estate agents will be more important than ever in 2004. So says Enzo Raimondo, the CEO of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV).

BAIT PRICING – “SERIOUS BREACH OF LAW”
Agents in Queensland are being warned to cease using bait pricing.

STIFF FINE “A JOKE” SAYS AGENT
A Sydney real estate agency has been fined $20,900 for misleading behaviour over the sale of a home in which a triple murder occurred.

ROBERTG ALLEN FLEES FROM CHALLENGE
American get-rich-guru, Robert G Allen, travels the world claiming that he is “under deadline to create a thousand millionaires”.

STOP THE OUTRAGE
Stamp duty is back in the news. And, as usual, governments are being blamed for ripping off homebuyers.

THE DEATH CALLERS
When it comes to the REIQ, their code of ethics is little more than a code of silence.