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Don’t Sell Your Home Now!
But, if you must sell, get it right.by Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 7 minsNow is not the best time to be selling a home in most parts of Australia. Unless you absolutely must sell, of course.The reason for making this call is based on one word – GLOOM.One of the golden rules of real estate […]
Don’t Hire Agents You Hate!
Take time to find an agent you like and trust.by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 5 minsKingsley Gannon is a real estate agent. He promotes himself as the agent that sellers “hate the least”.What a marketing approach.Yet it doesn’t seem to be working. With only three properties online, Kingsley isn’t attracting many sellers.What a shame that […]
The Best Home Selling Guarantee
‘Questions Every Seller Must Ask’ has become a MUST read.by Neil JenmanReading Time apx 2.5 mins. Almost six months since its release, I am now confident that I can offer all homeowners a GUARANTEE about my new book – Questions Every Seller Must Ask.Here it is…If this book does not save or create at least $40,000 […]
8 Real Estate Commission Traps
by Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 5 minsOne of the first questions that home sellers ask agents is: “How much commission do you charge?”As you’re about to see, that’s the wrong question.There are eight traps that sellers need to be aware of before they embark on their search for cheap commission.TRAP 1 – CHEAP AGENTS OFTEN […]
7 Rules For Getting The Best Price In A Bad Market
Be careful from whom you take advice.by Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 11 minutesBill and Sonia’s home is up for auction this weekend. They should cancel it.A few weeks ago, when their agent was vying for their business, he said their home was worth “upwards of $3 million”.Not anymore.Since they signed-up, Sonia said it’s like they […]
What Happens After You Choose An Agent?
7 Rules for Smart Sellersby Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 9 minutesIf you want your real estate agent to sell your house, you need to sell your real estate agent. Here are seven important tips to increase your chance of selling sooner and for a better price.1. FIND AN AGENT WHO TAKES THE RISK.Robert Louis Stevenson […]
Playing The Waiting Game
Real Estate’s Dangerous Pastimeby Neil JenmanReading time: apx 5 minsThere is one sure way to know if a home for sale is over-priced. Nobody wants to buy it.It doesn’t matter how much owners love a home – or how much they think it’s worth; it doesn’t matter how much the agent (or a valuer) quoted, […]
Meet The Agent Before You Meet The Market
Warning to 2026 home sellers.by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 4 minsAcross Australia, property prices are falling.Anecdotally, prices are dropping faster than is widely known. Credible reports from research companies are saying that Sydney prices are now on track to fall 16% in the next 12 months. Melbourne prices are set to fall about 13%.The other […]
Two Types Of Home Sellers
Facts of the new real estate market. by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 8 mins The house across the road sold for $2.5 million. Our place is much better. We should easily get $3 million, right? Wrong. The house across the road sold before the budget in May – which is about when house prices […]
How To Find A Good Agent In A Bad Market
5 ESSENTIAL POINTS home sellers need to know.by Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 4 minsAs much as one million dollars.If you’re selling, that’s the likely difference between hiring a good agent or a bad agent.Especially during what’s being described as “a bad market”.Let’s face it: When the market is booming, any fool can sell property – […]
It’s Not The Market, It’s The Method
How some agents cause sellers to lose thousands of dollars.by Neil JenmanReading time: 4 mins apxIn case anyone’s feeling sorry for those real estate agents moaning about no one bidding at their auctions, consider some behind-the-scenes facts.FACT 1 – NEEDLESS EXPENSES.For every home that fails to sell at auction – at least 70 percent of […]
Australia’s Most Beautiful Agents
Find them with an uncomfortable question.by Neil JenmanReading Time: 5 mins.In the early 80s, my closest friend was a sassy young Jewish girl from Bronte. Her name was Janey Benjamin.Janey admired a rising Irish rock star, Bob Geldof.She called him “that beautiful man”.Fast forward to November 19, 2007. Bob Geldof was in Brisbane pushing for […]
Will House Prices Collapse?
Is fear affecting your real estate decisions?by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 5 minsDoomsayers have been predicting it for years: House prices will collapse. After all, there has never been a boom in history that hasn’t eventually been followed by a bust.And the bigger and longer the boom, then obviously, the bigger the inevitable bust.Are we […]
How To Stop Your Home Price Falling
by Neil Jenman Reading Time: 7.5 minutes apx If you’re thinking of selling your home in a so-called “tough market”, be careful. When all the talk is doom and gloom, it’s easy to feel gloomy and despondent. This makes you susceptible to short-selling your home. Here are some positive facts about negative real estate markets. […]
The Negative Truth of Real Estate Reviews
Written and Compiled by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 7 mins It’s an undeniable truth: Respected research shows that 93% of Australians do not trust real estate agents. And here’s another undeniable truth: The reviews of almost all agents listed on a website called RateMyAgent (which is wholly funded by agents) show that these […]
Don’t Hire Agents You Hate!
Take time to find an agent you like and trust.by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 5 minsKingsley Gannon is a real estate agent. He promotes himself as the agent that sellers “hate the least”.What a marketing approach.Yet it doesn’t seem to be working. With only three properties online, Kingsley isn’t attracting many sellers.What a shame that […]
The Best Home Selling Guarantee
‘Questions Every Seller Must Ask’ has become a MUST read.by Neil JenmanReading Time apx 2.5 mins. Almost six months since its release, I am now confident that I can offer all homeowners a GUARANTEE about my new book – Questions Every Seller Must Ask.Here it is…If this book does not save or create at least $40,000 […]
8 Real Estate Commission Traps
by Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 5 minsOne of the first questions that home sellers ask agents is: “How much commission do you charge?”As you’re about to see, that’s the wrong question.There are eight traps that sellers need to be aware of before they embark on their search for cheap commission.TRAP 1 – CHEAP AGENTS OFTEN […]
7 Rules For Getting The Best Price In A Bad Market
Be careful from whom you take advice.by Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 11 minutesBill and Sonia’s home is up for auction this weekend. They should cancel it.A few weeks ago, when their agent was vying for their business, he said their home was worth “upwards of $3 million”.Not anymore.Since they signed-up, Sonia said it’s like they […]
What Happens After You Choose An Agent?
7 Rules for Smart Sellersby Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 9 minutesIf you want your real estate agent to sell your house, you need to sell your real estate agent. Here are seven important tips to increase your chance of selling sooner and for a better price.1. FIND AN AGENT WHO TAKES THE RISK.Robert Louis Stevenson […]
Playing The Waiting Game
Real Estate’s Dangerous Pastimeby Neil JenmanReading time: apx 5 minsThere is one sure way to know if a home for sale is over-priced. Nobody wants to buy it.It doesn’t matter how much owners love a home – or how much they think it’s worth; it doesn’t matter how much the agent (or a valuer) quoted, […]
Meet The Agent Before You Meet The Market
Warning to 2026 home sellers.by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 4 minsAcross Australia, property prices are falling.Anecdotally, prices are dropping faster than is widely known. Credible reports from research companies are saying that Sydney prices are now on track to fall 16% in the next 12 months. Melbourne prices are set to fall about 13%.The other […]
Two Types Of Home Sellers
Facts of the new real estate market. by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 8 mins The house across the road sold for $2.5 million. Our place is much better. We should easily get $3 million, right? Wrong. The house across the road sold before the budget in May – which is about when house prices […]
How To Find A Good Agent In A Bad Market
5 ESSENTIAL POINTS home sellers need to know.by Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 4 minsAs much as one million dollars.If you’re selling, that’s the likely difference between hiring a good agent or a bad agent.Especially during what’s being described as “a bad market”.Let’s face it: When the market is booming, any fool can sell property – […]
It’s Not The Market, It’s The Method
How some agents cause sellers to lose thousands of dollars.by Neil JenmanReading time: 4 mins apxIn case anyone’s feeling sorry for those real estate agents moaning about no one bidding at their auctions, consider some behind-the-scenes facts.FACT 1 – NEEDLESS EXPENSES.For every home that fails to sell at auction – at least 70 percent of […]
Australia’s Most Beautiful Agents
Find them with an uncomfortable question.by Neil JenmanReading Time: 5 mins.In the early 80s, my closest friend was a sassy young Jewish girl from Bronte. Her name was Janey Benjamin.Janey admired a rising Irish rock star, Bob Geldof.She called him “that beautiful man”.Fast forward to November 19, 2007. Bob Geldof was in Brisbane pushing for […]
Will House Prices Collapse?
Is fear affecting your real estate decisions?by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 5 minsDoomsayers have been predicting it for years: House prices will collapse. After all, there has never been a boom in history that hasn’t eventually been followed by a bust.And the bigger and longer the boom, then obviously, the bigger the inevitable bust.Are we […]
How To Stop Your Home Price Falling
by Neil Jenman Reading Time: 7.5 minutes apx If you’re thinking of selling your home in a so-called “tough market”, be careful. When all the talk is doom and gloom, it’s easy to feel gloomy and despondent. This makes you susceptible to short-selling your home. Here are some positive facts about negative real estate markets. […]
The Negative Truth of Real Estate Reviews
Written and Compiled by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 7 mins It’s an undeniable truth: Respected research shows that 93% of Australians do not trust real estate agents. And here’s another undeniable truth: The reviews of almost all agents listed on a website called RateMyAgent (which is wholly funded by agents) show that these […]
Real Estate Reviews
What consumers need to know.by Neil JenmanReading time: 10 minsReal estate agents are the least trusted profession in Australia.Says who?Says the trusted research group Roy Morgan.93% of Australians consider agents untrustworthy.Wherever you go in Australia, most people have something negative to say about real estate agents.But not if you go to a website called Rate […]