Real Estate Articles Keep yourself informed in real estate. Discover what agents don't tell you.
WHY AGENTS LIE TO HOME BUYERS
by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 6 minutes When home-buyers attempt to buy a home, one of their greatest shocks is the crooked element of the real estate industry. It’s not only infuriating, it’s depressing. What is supposed to be one of life’s best experiences – buying a home – can be a living nightmare.Rather than get […]
HOW NEIGHBOURS CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY AND RICH
by Neil Jenman READING TIME: 5.5 mins apx Whether you are a homebuyer or a seller, this article can have a major impact on your happiness and your finances. First, let’s talk about buying a home. And your happiness. May 23, 1994, was a Monday. The big news story was the weekend arrest of a […]
OFFERS YOU MUST REFUSE
by Neil JenmanReading Time: 3.5 minsWhen you are selling your home, you may receive offers. Indeed, offers are almost part of the pre-sale process.But there is one common type of offer that you must always refuse.Most agents – especially incompetent negotiators (which is most agents) – encourage buyers to make offers. These agents think the […]
HOW TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR COMMISSION
by Neil Jenman Reading time: 5 mins apx Home-sellers be warned. When negotiating commission with an agent, there are three mistakes most sellers make. Each mistake can be very costly – amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. The first mistake is that sellers choose an agent based on who offers the cheapest rate. The […]
HOW TO GET THE BEST SUPPORT TO GET THE BEST PRICE
by Neil JenmanIf you are selling your home in 2022, this is a brief article you must read. It will likely add tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of dollars to the sale price of your home.Please forgive me if this sounds like a promotion. It is. I don’t know how else to tell today’s home-sellers […]
REAL ESTATE IN 2022
INVESTING, SELLING OR BUYING, PUT SAFETY FIRST by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Apx 7 mins If you plan to have anything to do with real estate in 2022, your first goal should be safety. The real estate world is a dangerous place. Most people who enter this world get ripped-off or emotionally traumatised. Or both. […]
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 […]
HOW TO SPY ON AGENTS
And avoid the worst ones!by Neil JenmanReading time: 5.5 minutesIt’s happened to all of us. You’re outside on a beautiful day, soaking in the atmosphere, feeling good to be alive. Suddenly, it’s dark. As if someone turned the brightness down 80 per cent.A dark cloud had blocked out the sun, that was all.This is how […]
BEWARE OF “THE BEST” AGENTS
Most are also the worst agents!by Neil JenmanREADING TIME: 8.5 minutesReal estate agents who describe themselves as “the best” are the worst when it comes to looking after home-sellers.Not all of them, of course. But certainly, most of them. They may sell the most homes, but they rarely sell homes for the most money.According to […]
WHICH AGENT IS CHEAPEST?
by Neil JenmanReading Time: 5.5 minutesWhen choosing agents, sellers tend to pick the agent who charges the cheapest commission.This can be a costly mistake.On the surface, it seems reasonable to choose an agent who offers the lowest commission. And it would be so if all agents sold your home for the same price.But that is […]
RIDICULOUS ADVERTISING RIP-OFFS
by Neil JenmanREADING TIME: 5 mins apxIf you are selling a home and an agent is asking you to pay money up-front for “marketing costs,” here’s a message for you: Don’t pay. Find a better agent.It is ridiculous how agents are scamming so many home-sellers. Well over a billion dollars a year is now “spent” […]
THE ‘BUCKS’ BEHIND ‘THE BLOCK’
How to learn to sell for a “blown-away” price!by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 15 minsIf you watched the final of the 2021 season of Channel 9’s top-rating show, The Block, here’s what you would have seen.Five couples had worked hard over twelve gruelling weeks, building, and renovating five different homes in the Melbourne suburb of […]
THE ‘RULES’ OF REAL ESTATE INVESTING
Break them at your great peril!by Neil JenmanReading Time: 5 mins apxThis morning something unusual happened to me. I saw a property on-line that, in my opinion might be a great investment.I texted some of my phone contacts.Here is what I wrote: “This is something that is seriously worth consideration – now. If someone could do […]
THE REAL ESTATE BOOK
It shows you how to find the best agents.by Neil JenmanReading Time: 5 mins apxA Sydney agent who once sold my former family home has just written a book.And I am glad he’s done so.He did a good job selling my home and he’s done a good job writing this book.The agent’s name is Russell […]
WHY AGENTS LIE TO HOME BUYERS
by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 6 minutes When home-buyers attempt to buy a home, one of their greatest shocks is the crooked element of the real estate industry. It’s not only infuriating, it’s depressing. What is supposed to be one of life’s best experiences – buying a home – can be a living nightmare.Rather than get […]
HOW NEIGHBOURS CAN MAKE YOU HAPPY AND RICH
by Neil Jenman READING TIME: 5.5 mins apx Whether you are a homebuyer or a seller, this article can have a major impact on your happiness and your finances. First, let’s talk about buying a home. And your happiness. May 23, 1994, was a Monday. The big news story was the weekend arrest of a […]
OFFERS YOU MUST REFUSE
by Neil JenmanReading Time: 3.5 minsWhen you are selling your home, you may receive offers. Indeed, offers are almost part of the pre-sale process.But there is one common type of offer that you must always refuse.Most agents – especially incompetent negotiators (which is most agents) – encourage buyers to make offers. These agents think the […]
HOW TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR COMMISSION
by Neil Jenman Reading time: 5 mins apx Home-sellers be warned. When negotiating commission with an agent, there are three mistakes most sellers make. Each mistake can be very costly – amounting to tens of thousands of dollars. The first mistake is that sellers choose an agent based on who offers the cheapest rate. The […]
HOW TO GET THE BEST SUPPORT TO GET THE BEST PRICE
by Neil JenmanIf you are selling your home in 2022, this is a brief article you must read. It will likely add tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of dollars to the sale price of your home.Please forgive me if this sounds like a promotion. It is. I don’t know how else to tell today’s home-sellers […]
REAL ESTATE IN 2022
INVESTING, SELLING OR BUYING, PUT SAFETY FIRST by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Apx 7 mins If you plan to have anything to do with real estate in 2022, your first goal should be safety. The real estate world is a dangerous place. Most people who enter this world get ripped-off or emotionally traumatised. Or both. […]
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 […]
HOW TO SPY ON AGENTS
And avoid the worst ones!by Neil JenmanReading time: 5.5 minutesIt’s happened to all of us. You’re outside on a beautiful day, soaking in the atmosphere, feeling good to be alive. Suddenly, it’s dark. As if someone turned the brightness down 80 per cent.A dark cloud had blocked out the sun, that was all.This is how […]
BEWARE OF “THE BEST” AGENTS
Most are also the worst agents!by Neil JenmanREADING TIME: 8.5 minutesReal estate agents who describe themselves as “the best” are the worst when it comes to looking after home-sellers.Not all of them, of course. But certainly, most of them. They may sell the most homes, but they rarely sell homes for the most money.According to […]
WHICH AGENT IS CHEAPEST?
by Neil JenmanReading Time: 5.5 minutesWhen choosing agents, sellers tend to pick the agent who charges the cheapest commission.This can be a costly mistake.On the surface, it seems reasonable to choose an agent who offers the lowest commission. And it would be so if all agents sold your home for the same price.But that is […]
RIDICULOUS ADVERTISING RIP-OFFS
by Neil JenmanREADING TIME: 5 mins apxIf you are selling a home and an agent is asking you to pay money up-front for “marketing costs,” here’s a message for you: Don’t pay. Find a better agent.It is ridiculous how agents are scamming so many home-sellers. Well over a billion dollars a year is now “spent” […]
THE ‘BUCKS’ BEHIND ‘THE BLOCK’
How to learn to sell for a “blown-away” price!by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 15 minsIf you watched the final of the 2021 season of Channel 9’s top-rating show, The Block, here’s what you would have seen.Five couples had worked hard over twelve gruelling weeks, building, and renovating five different homes in the Melbourne suburb of […]
THE ‘RULES’ OF REAL ESTATE INVESTING
Break them at your great peril!by Neil JenmanReading Time: 5 mins apxThis morning something unusual happened to me. I saw a property on-line that, in my opinion might be a great investment.I texted some of my phone contacts.Here is what I wrote: “This is something that is seriously worth consideration – now. If someone could do […]
THE REAL ESTATE BOOK
It shows you how to find the best agents.by Neil JenmanReading Time: 5 mins apxA Sydney agent who once sold my former family home has just written a book.And I am glad he’s done so.He did a good job selling my home and he’s done a good job writing this book.The agent’s name is Russell […]
