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HOW ADS KILL SALES
There are 195 countries in the world. Yet Australia and New Zealand are the only countries where agents expect home sellers to pay for advertising costs.
THE CORONAVIRUS EXCUSE
Aside from the pandemic, I believe something else is hurting home sellers today. I’d like to tell you about it.
Home sellers, you are being told that prices are crashing, and the property market is falling off a cliff –
HOME SELLERS MUST SHOP AROUND
With prices at an all-time high and the market showing signs of being at its peak, it’s a good time to sell property.
FALLING DOMINOES IN OFF-THE-PLAN PROPERTY
It’s one of the oldest tricks in real estate – distort the sales results to make auctions look good.
AGENTS SAY “ALL BUYERS ARE LIARS”
How to get the truth and the best price by Neil Jenman This happens all the time in real estate… Buyers make an offer on a home. They tell the agent they “won’t pay any more”. The agent contacts the sellers and urges them to accept the offer. The agent may say: “If you don’t […]
CONTROL YOUR FEAR OF AGENTS
In February, Lana and Ian, a retired couple, decided to sell their home. An agent said auction would get the best price. Only dishonest or incompetent agent
MONEY CAN’T BUY YOU LOVE
A common mistake of agents – and the reason they often fail to get the best price for a home – is this: They focus too much on price.
SELLING WITHOUT AN AGENT
For Sale By Owner troubles show how hard it is in Australia to compete against real estate agents. Despite the emergence of several private
HIRING AN AGENT IN COVID-19
If you want to sell your home for a great price in these times of COVID-19, you must find a great agent. There are two stories going around about the effect
REAL ESTATE SNAKE-OIL
They came from the East, fanning across the country, setting up shows with promises of miracle health cures and “new discoveries”.
SHOULD YOU SELL IN COVID-19?
In these times of COVID-19, one thing is certain: Thousands of home-sellers are withdrawing from sale. In addition, thousands are delaying selling.
INDUSTRY AWAITS OUTCOME OF MARKETEERING CASE
The people and companies behind the property scam known as marketeering – or two-tier marketing – have good reason to be nervous.
CONVICTED AGENT SELLING REAL ESTATE
A Queensland real estate agent is selling real estate despite being caught behaving dishonestly twice in a year.
THE FRAUDS AND FLAWS OF SELLING BY AUCTION
It was billed as “The worst real estate disaster .” A Current Affair told the story of how the highest bidder refused to sign the contract
COVID-19 “AGENTS DECLARE WAR ON TENANTS”
For the first time in their lives, due to a disaster over which they have no control, thousands of good tenants are facing some very bad agents dishing out very bad treatment.
Selling Your Investment Property? Don’t Evict the Tenants!
The main goal of most agents is to make sales, not look after home-sellers. Oh sure, agents say they put their clients’ interests first. But the evidence suggests otherwise.
Should I Auction My Home? – A Dead Duck in 2 Minutes
Discover Why Auctions are a Dead Duck – In Two Minutes! Answer the question “Should I auction my home?” and earn yourself thousands of EXTRA dollars!! How long does it take you to save thousands? Discover how you can in two minutes!
How to “Nab” a Bargain at Auctions
Contrary to mythology, auctions are never the best way for homeowners to sell. But they are often the best way for homebuyers to, well, I’ll say it again, “nab a bargain”.
How Much Commission Should You Pay an Agent?
There are several important points home sellers should know before choosing an agent based on their rate of commission.
Warning to Income Seeking Investors
The saddest stories I see are retirees who lose their savings – sometimes their homes. Lured by above average returns, unsuspecting folk sink too much money into companies that sink.
7 Ways to Get a High Price – In any Market!
The cheaper you price your home the easier it is to sell. And, the easier your home is to sell, the quicker your agent gets paid.
Bait Prices Help Agents – Not You!
Last weekend a home was being auctioned. Like most auctions, the buyers had been lured along with bait pricing.
How to Find an Agent to Sell Your Home
Discover two ways to identify two qualities possessed by the best agents.
How to Keep Agents Honest!
Learn an idea that will protect you from being stung by real estate agents.
The Purple Bricks Fiasco
There was one major flaw with English real estate company Purple Bricks and their entry into the Australian real estate market: They were dodgy.
Selling Property in a Tough Real Estate Market
Real estate agents take note: Face facts. Face reality. When you work in real estate, you MUST MAKE SALES. Especially in a tough market.
How Home Sellers Force Real Estate Agents to Deceive Them!
Before telling you how so many home sellers lose thousands of dollars, please consider there two very important questions.
Media Article
A national real estate agency has entered into two enforceable undertakings with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), for alleged breaches of the Australian Consumer Law and the Property Occupations Act 2014.
