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BE AWARE OF AGENT-FINDING COMPANIES
This is an article about how you can save thousands of dollars by avoiding companies that do nothing for you.
ARE AGENT-FINDER SERVICES OR SITES WORTHWHILE?
No, definitely not. The internet is peppered with companies that claim to help home sellers to find the best or the cheapest agents. None of these companies have ethical or competency standards for agents. Their only standard is that the agent is prepared to pay these companies a share of the agent’s commission. Agent-finding companies […]
THE MOST VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN THE WORLD
Agents often use negativity to help them make sales.
Be careful believing negativity. Sure, some is true. But you need to consider two questions before you are influenced by negativity. First, does the negativity apply to you? And second, is the negative option being suggested as a first strategy or as a last resort?
Armed with the knowledge from this article, we hope you increase your success when selling.
HOW MANY HOURS’ WORK IS INVOLVED IN THE SALE OF A HOME?
Usually less than 10 hours. Sometimes as little as four hours – if you exclude the time spent at the listing presentation. Even less for an auction sale. Consider four open-for-inspections at 30 minutes each and then 60 minutes on auction day. That’s three hours. And often the open-for-inspections are delegated to a junior – […]
HEART BREAK HOME BUYING
On the beautiful South Coast of New South Wales, there is a beautiful little town (one of many). And in this town, there is a beautiful home for sale. The sort of home that buyers could easily fall in love with.
SHOULD WE MYSTERY-SHOP AGENTS – IF SO HOW AND WHEN?
There are two reasons to mystery-shop agents. The first is to help you find the best agent to sell your home. The second is to check up on your chosen agent when your home is for sale. Most agents treat buyers appallingly. They don’t return phone calls. They don’t follow up. And they have scant […]
How 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.
WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TERM ‘A TYPICAL AGENT’?
A typical agent is an agent you should avoid. Most agents are typical agents. As you will see (in answer to further questions) if the only agents you can find are typical agents you will be better off selling your home yourself. When a typical home seller is placed alongside a typical agent, the home […]
DANGER: EXCLUSIVE AGENCY AGREEMENTS MEAN YOU GET 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 […]
BEWARE THIS PRICE-LOWERING TRICK
How thousands of sellers get caught and lose thousands of dollars.by Neil JenmanReading Time: 4 mins apxReal estate consumers: If only you knew what goes on behind-the-scenes in real estate.You’d be a lot safer.You’d have a lot more money.You’d have a lot less stress.You’d also be more likely to enjoy yourself.Yes, I wish real estate […]
THE REAL ESTATE RED FLAGS YOU MUST NEVER IGNORE
How to know if an agent deserves your trust. by Neil Jenman Reading time: 4 mins apx Good and decent people often think everyone else is good and decent too. This is why they get hurt. In real estate, “hurt” comes in two forms – financial and emotional. The financial hurt comes from paying too […]
THE REAL ESTATE RED FLAGS YOU MUST NEVER IGNORE
How to know if an agent deserves your trust. by Neil Jenman Reading time: 4 mins apx Good and decent people often think everyone else is good and decent too. This is why they get hurt. In real estate, “hurt” comes in two forms – financial and emotional. The financial hurt comes from paying too […]
INVESTOR MAKES $100,000 PROFIT FOR 3 HOURS ‘WORK’
At expense of sellers who sell with wrong agent! by Neil Jenman READING TIME: 8 mins apx Tony is a coffee shop owner. He ‘dabbles’ in real estate on the side. In March of 2022, he noticed a home for sale in a regional centre. At $420,000, it seemed cheap. After an hour or so […]
WHEN SHOULD WE NEGOTIATE THE COMMISSION?
Always negotiate the commission at the point of sale NOT at the point of sign-up. You can’t possibly know how much commission an agent is worth until you see what they do for you. It’s their performance that counts more than anything else. And, of course, performance on your behalf. Tragically, the high point in […]
BEWARE THIS PRICE-LOWERING TRICK
How thousands of sellers get caught and lose thousands of dollars.by Neil JenmanReading Time: 4 mins apxReal estate consumers: If only you knew what goes on behind-the-scenes in real estate.You’d be a lot safer.You’d have a lot more money.You’d have a lot less stress.You’d also be more likely to enjoy yourself.Yes, I wish real estate […]
THE REAL ESTATE RED FLAGS YOU MUST NEVER IGNORE
How to know if an agent deserves your trust. by Neil Jenman Reading time: 4 mins apx Good and decent people often think everyone else is good and decent too. This is why they get hurt. In real estate, “hurt” comes in two forms – financial and emotional. The financial hurt comes from paying too […]
INVESTOR MAKES $100,000 PROFIT FOR 3 HOURS ‘WORK’
At expense of sellers who sell with wrong agent! by Neil Jenman READING TIME: 8 mins apx Tony is a coffee shop owner. He ‘dabbles’ in real estate on the side. In March of 2022, he noticed a home for sale in a regional centre. At $420,000, it seemed cheap. After an hour or so […]
“HOW CAN YOU BE SO STUPID?!”
HOW TO STOP YOURSELF GETTING RIPPED-OFF by Neil Jenman Reading time: 7 mins apx NOTICE: Following a deluge of complaints from distraught home sellers, most of whom are lovely people – who just made a stupid (but massive) mistake – I feel the strong need to use the word “stupid” in this article, especially the […]
THE GOT-A-BUYER TRAP
How sellers resist a common bait. by Neil Jenman READING TIME: Apx 6 minutes If you live in anything but a tent anywhere in Australia, you get “junk mail” from real estate agents. Their common headline is “BUYERS WAITING!!” And these buyers are ready to pay you a whopping price. If you respond to these […]
Understanding Real Estate Advertising Costs
by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Apx 8.5 mins When you sell a property in Australia, most agents expect you to pay advertising costs. Usually, this amounts to thousands of dollars. That’s in addition to thousands of dollars in commission when you sell. Or as happens in many cases, if you sell. Many home-owners get so […]
REAL ESTATE IN 2025
HOW YOU CAN COME OUT ON TOP by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 7 mins. Every Australian is involved with real estate; we all live somewhere. We are owners (either alone or with a lender). We are tenants. Or investors. Sometimes a mix. As for being active, we are either selling or buying (a home […]
Do I Need An Agent To Sell My Home?
by Neil JenmanReading time: 2.5 mins apxNo. You do not need a real estate agent to sell your home.One of the many myths that abound in the real estate industry is that sellers always get a better deal if they use an agent than go it alone. This is nonsense. The opposite is more likely […]
REAL ESTATE STALKERS
by Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 5 mins In these supposedly cautious times, the lack of privacy in the real estate world beggars belief. Like so much in the real estate world, the privacy issue needs attention – in the form of stricter regulations, enforcement and penalties. Millions of consumers are at risk because of reckless disrespect […]
A SMART AND EFFECTIVE PLAN
TO SELL YOUR HOME
For lower costs and a better price.by Neil JenmanReading Time: 4 mins apxIf you can design an effective plan for the sale of your home, you will get a much better price and pay far less in costs.The first point to consider is: What is an effective plan? It’s the best way to find the […]
DO YOU NEED A REAL ESTATE VALUER?
by Neil JenmanREADING TIME: 4.5 mins apxIf all real estate consumers – sellers, buyers, or investors – hired a valuer before selling, buying, or investing, much stress, heartache and loss would be avoided. Sellers would lower their risk of underselling. Buyers would have more confidence. And investors would almost eliminate the chance of disaster. THE COST […]
THE TRUTH ABOUT FALSE QUOTES
How real estate agents lie to survive.by Neil JenmanReading time: Apx 5 minsFalse quoting is rampant in real estate. Most agents (about 90%) participate in false quoting. If they don’t, they will struggle to survive. Without false quoting, these agents would struggle to find houses to sell, and they would struggle to find buyers for […]
TWO WORDS TO SUCCESS IN REAL ESTATE
AND ONE EASY WAY THAT ONE INVESTOREARNED $4 MILLION IN EIGHT YEARS.by Neil JenmanReading Time: Apx 3.5 minsMost Australians are dreadful at selling and buying real estate.When they buy, they pay too much. And when they sell, they sell too low.Never has the saying: “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance,” been more appropriate […]
