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DO YOU DESERVE A DISCOUNT?
Try selling a home on Sydney’s North Shore or Melbourne’s Eastern suburbs. One owner just forked out $200,000 in commission for selling a modest family home

HELP FOR 2020 HOME BUYERS
The 2020 real estate world is not kind to home buyers. Gone are the days when buyers – be they family home buyers or investors –

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

HOW SELLERS CAN EARN AT LEAST $80,000 IN 6.5 HOURS
Years ago, we fell victim to a simple scam. A fake email was sent to our accounts department asking for an invoice to be paid.

HOW TO SAVE YOUR HOME
The word ‘mortgage’ is French in origin. It means “an agreement until death”. In January 2020, the number of Australians suffering

DROP YOUR AGENT, NOT YOUR PRICE!
The easiest way to sell any property is to drop its price
In most cases, however, owners should drop their agent not their price.

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

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.

9 Reasons Auctions Get Lower Prices
Homesellers tempted to auction their homes should remember four words: AUCTIONS GET LOWER PRICES.

How a Zookeper Discovered his Home was Worth $300,000 More.
Recently, someone asked John a personal question: What’s your home worth?

8 Reasons To Consider A Jenman Approved Agent When Selling A Property
You will receive a guarantee that the selling price you are quoted will be honest and accurate.

Another Auction Failure – Dave Hughes Admits He Would Have Paid More!
Early this week we discovered that comedian Dave Hughes was the mystery buyer behind the winners of The Block. But, he has now admitted that he would have paid more!