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Cancel the auction!
It all looks so good in the beginning. The agent loves your home and is confident it can be sold for a huge price. Just like the one up the street where the owners got three hundred thousand dollars above their reserve price.
Sellers lose heavily at weekend auctions
Home sellers lost millions of dollars in last weekend’s auctions. Most never realised it. On the contrary, many sellers thought they got a great result because their homes sold above their lowest price – known as the “reserve”.
25 facts about real estate advertising
If home sellers knew the truth about advertising, if they knew what went on behind-the-scenes, they’d realise they are part of what can best be described as a billion-dollar scam.
17 Rules for Investing in Real Estate
by Neil Jenman The biggest mistake in real estate is failing to do enough research. Look for yourself: Every month, thousands of homes up for public auction and almost all short-sold, often by tens of thousands of dollars. And why? Failure to do adequate research. No, in most cases, make that “ANY research”. What about […]
How to Beat the ‘Ad Scam’
HOME SELLERS BEWARE: One result is 100 per cent guaranteed with many agents. You lose. No matter what happens, whether your home sells or not, whether you get a good price, a bad price or no price, the agent wins and you lose – big time.
Neil Jenman and Failure
For years, I have said three words to real estate consumers – “DON’T SIGN ANYTHING!”
This Man is an Agent… But We Can’t Show you His Face
Years ago, when I worked in my real estate office, another agent came to see me. He seemed nervous. I took him into my office and closed the door. Almost in a whisper, he said: “I need to sell my house.”
The ‘Kicker’ Scam
Like all scams, this one can appear perfectly reasonable – at first. Especially if suggested by a smooth-talking agent or, sadly, media commentators who haven’t done their research.
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.
Irish Warned About Land Banking
With no let-up in the goldrush to buy property overseas, a number of British ‘land-bankers’ have begun targeting Irish investors with the prospect of making easy money on sums that Ray Burke might describe as “walking around money”.
Reiv Dismisses ‘SEX CLAIM’ Without Proper Investigation
“CLEARED!” shouted the headlines. Around Australia newspapers and radio stations have reported the “exoneration” of a Ballarat real estate agent accused of inappropriate behaviour in a client’s home.
American Guru Exposed in Australia
American get-rich-guru, Robert G Allen, travels the world claiming that he is “under deadline to create a thousand millionaires”.
“Millionaire Challenge” in Deep Hole
Property investor, Steve McKnight, is under fire over claims that he can make people into property millionaires. Last night, on ABC television, David Marr, the host of Media Watch, criticised both McKnight and Channel Seven’s program Today Tonight, over claims about creating millionaires.
The Blacklist Shame
Peter is intellectually disabled. He is also an independent and productive member of society. He has a job, handles his own finances and takes care of himself.
Angry Clients Picket Get-Rich-Quick Seminar
Give the money back – QUICK. ‘Turn $1 into $1million within 7 years’, trumpets the sign outside 168 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest.
Public Apology About Henry Kaye
I deeply regret not saying more about Henry Kaye and not saying it sooner. I am sorry. I will try not to make the same mistake again.
Hope for Kaye’s Finance Victims
Regulators may come to the rescue. Of all the stories to emerge from the Kaye scam, the saddest are those involving loans to low income earners.
