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Don’t Pay Anything
Especially for what you don’t want. by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 5 mins Recently, my wife and I went for dinner at a Thai restaurant. It looked good from the outside. But appearances are not always reality. We ordered mixed vegetables with chicken. When the meal arrived, it was mixed vegetables with beef. Not […]
Whom Can You Trust In Real Estate
The answer could save and delight you. by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 9 mins Every week inexperienced real estate consumers – home buyers, sellers, investors, tenants – make dreadful mistakes. Most mistakes are caused by two factors – the advice from agents (which is in the best interests of agents) and by the consumers’ […]
The Asking Price Trap
When it comes to the value of our homes, most of us are hugely optimistic. Our place is better than next door. It’s got better features; it’s better
The True Cost Of Real Estate Marketing
How thousands of home sellers get ripped-off. by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Apx 5 minutes Real estate is full of myths and misinformation. Unless things go wrong, myths can go undetected. Home sellers may never realise they have been over-charged or under-sold. Once sold, sellers move on. Their home was sold; they got their […]
Property’s Prickly Pear
How Agents ‘Guilt’ Sellers by Neil Jenman Reading Time: 8 mins apx VPA – ‘Vendor Paid Advertising’. It’s now the most common scam in real estate. More than 90 per cent of agents perpetrate this scam. In some areas, it’s 100 per cent – all agents are conning all sellers. Except those sellers who know […]
The High Price Of Stupid
How to spot smarter agents and sell for more by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 7.5 mins Most real estate agents have three characteristics: Greedy, Lazy and Stupid. GREEDY Greedy is not too bad – provided sellers control the agents. Don’t sign up for longer than 42 days (six weeks). If you give agents time […]
How To Price Your Home
If you want to sell your home for the best price, there is one simple rule you must follow. Put a price on it.
Lazy Real Estate Agents
Don’t let them take your money. by Neil Jenman Reading time: 6 mins apx Zac is a Sydney schoolteacher, one of the best. Zac cares about the children with whom he spends each day. Indeed, he cares so much that he takes extra courses (outside the school or Education Department) on how to be a […]
HOW TO SELL YOUR HOME FOR A GOOD PRICE IN A BAD MARKET
by Neil Jenman Reading Time: 5.5 mins apx If you’re selling your home, the first thing you’ll likely hear in many areas (not all) right now is that “the market is bad”. Or that “prices have dropped”. And who will give you that sad and bad news? Probably a real estate agent, that’s who. Now, […]
Don’t Focus On Faults
A classic mistake of many home sellers by Neil Jenman Reading time 3 mins apx Famed psychologist (and lover of Ayn Rand) Nathaniel Branden, once wrote: “Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.” The same applies to home sellers. If you’re about to […]
National Home Sellers Strike
Enough is enough. SAY NO TO VPA. by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Depends how serious you are. Max 7 mins WARNING (to self): This article will make agents hate me (more than they do now). I don’t care. I only care about the home sellers of Australia, most of whom are overcharged by thousands of […]
Dangerous Real Estate
How NOT to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. by Neil Jenman Reading time: 8.5 mins apx Two homes on Sydney’s North Shore. Next door to each other. A combined worth of more than $10 million ($5 million each). The first home sells for an extra $700,000. The second home under-sells by $500,000. How can […]
What Are You Thinking?
How to protect your valuable asset. by Neil Jenman The author Earl Nightingale once told how the famous philosopher, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, on a visit to London was asked by a journalist: “What’s wrong with people today?” The doctor paused for a moment and said: “The trouble with people today is that they simply […]
Danger: Exclusive Means “Excluded”
How Most Home Sellers Get Trapped! by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Apx 9 minutes If you are selling your home, you need to learn a tip to save you thousands of dollars. It’s simple and easy to use. And yet, probably 99 out of one hundred home-sellers would never use this tip. They’ve probably never […]
How To Sell Your Home Without Being Conned
And get the Best Price with No Risk and Low Costs by Neil Jenman Reading time: 3.5 mins apx Please BE WARNED: Most people who sell a home these days get badly conned. They pay thousands of dollars in unnecessary expenses; plus, they undersell their homes. All because unethical or ignorant real estate agents […]
Don’t Pay Anything
Especially for what you don’t want. by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 5 mins Recently, my wife and I went for dinner at a Thai restaurant. It looked good from the outside. But appearances are not always reality. We ordered mixed vegetables with chicken. When the meal arrived, it was mixed vegetables with beef. Not […]
Whom Can You Trust In Real Estate
The answer could save and delight you. by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 9 mins Every week inexperienced real estate consumers – home buyers, sellers, investors, tenants – make dreadful mistakes. Most mistakes are caused by two factors – the advice from agents (which is in the best interests of agents) and by the consumers’ […]
The Asking Price Trap
When it comes to the value of our homes, most of us are hugely optimistic. Our place is better than next door. It’s got better features; it’s better
The True Cost Of Real Estate Marketing
How thousands of home sellers get ripped-off. by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Apx 5 minutes Real estate is full of myths and misinformation. Unless things go wrong, myths can go undetected. Home sellers may never realise they have been over-charged or under-sold. Once sold, sellers move on. Their home was sold; they got their […]
Property’s Prickly Pear
How Agents ‘Guilt’ Sellers by Neil Jenman Reading Time: 8 mins apx VPA – ‘Vendor Paid Advertising’. It’s now the most common scam in real estate. More than 90 per cent of agents perpetrate this scam. In some areas, it’s 100 per cent – all agents are conning all sellers. Except those sellers who know […]
The High Price Of Stupid
How to spot smarter agents and sell for more by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 7.5 mins Most real estate agents have three characteristics: Greedy, Lazy and Stupid. GREEDY Greedy is not too bad – provided sellers control the agents. Don’t sign up for longer than 42 days (six weeks). If you give agents time […]
How To Price Your Home
If you want to sell your home for the best price, there is one simple rule you must follow. Put a price on it.
Lazy Real Estate Agents
Don’t let them take your money. by Neil Jenman Reading time: 6 mins apx Zac is a Sydney schoolteacher, one of the best. Zac cares about the children with whom he spends each day. Indeed, he cares so much that he takes extra courses (outside the school or Education Department) on how to be a […]
Don’t Focus On Faults
A classic mistake of many home sellers by Neil Jenman Reading time 3 mins apx Famed psychologist (and lover of Ayn Rand) Nathaniel Branden, once wrote: “Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.” The same applies to home sellers. If you’re about to […]
National Home Sellers Strike
Enough is enough. SAY NO TO VPA. by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Depends how serious you are. Max 7 mins WARNING (to self): This article will make agents hate me (more than they do now). I don’t care. I only care about the home sellers of Australia, most of whom are overcharged by thousands of […]
Dangerous Real Estate
How NOT to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. by Neil Jenman Reading time: 8.5 mins apx Two homes on Sydney’s North Shore. Next door to each other. A combined worth of more than $10 million ($5 million each). The first home sells for an extra $700,000. The second home under-sells by $500,000. How can […]
What Are You Thinking?
How to protect your valuable asset. by Neil Jenman The author Earl Nightingale once told how the famous philosopher, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, on a visit to London was asked by a journalist: “What’s wrong with people today?” The doctor paused for a moment and said: “The trouble with people today is that they simply […]
Danger: Exclusive Means “Excluded”
How Most Home Sellers Get Trapped! by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Apx 9 minutes If you are selling your home, you need to learn a tip to save you thousands of dollars. It’s simple and easy to use. And yet, probably 99 out of one hundred home-sellers would never use this tip. They’ve probably never […]
How To Sell Your Home Without Being Conned
And get the Best Price with No Risk and Low Costs by Neil Jenman Reading time: 3.5 mins apx Please BE WARNED: Most people who sell a home these days get badly conned. They pay thousands of dollars in unnecessary expenses; plus, they undersell their homes. All because unethical or ignorant real estate agents […]
12 Real Estate Secrets
What sellers and buyers seldom know. by Neil Jenman Reading Time: 3.5 mins apx If home sellers and buyers were better informed about real estate, they’d get a much better result when they sell or buy real estate. There are so many ‘secrets’ in the real estate world – information that’s deliberately hidden from consumers […]
