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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

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.

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

In these times of COVID-19, one thing is certain: Thousands of home-sellers are withdrawing from sale. In addition, thousands are delaying selling.

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.

Below is a statement sent by a real estate office, Hampton Peters Real Estate, in Burnie on Friday April 3, 2020, to its many ‘landlords’ and tenants.

Even with the usual fake auction clearance rates, there was no way the industry could hide the auction disasters on the weekend.

Three Sydney real estate agents decided to play a round of golf last weekend. Smiles, back-slaps and hand-shakes (despite the warnings) all – around.

In life, there are few things worse than being stuck with people you don’t like – especially if these people have hurt and betrayed you.

by Neil Jenman On January 21 this year (2020), Mrs Lawson, an elderly lady sold her family home in the Sydney suburb of Peakhurst for $880,000. Her agent was a discount agent called Upside Realty.  Eighteen days later, on February 8, the buyer who bought Mrs Lawson’s home for $880,000 re-sold it – in the […]

Craig is a smart fellow. But he can’t believe what’s happened while trying to sell his gorgeous home in a leafy Melbourne suburb.

2 Questions and 3 Golden Rules. by Neil Jenman Yesterday I saw an email that made my blood run cold. It was from a property identity. He was inviting consumers to listen on-line to a panel of property “experts”. The first name on the list of “experts” is someone whose clients have suffered some of […]

Accused of being “thrivelous” by Neil Jenman Bryan Reinhardt from Northside Realty in the Brisbane suburb of Albany Creek has accused me of lying. He disputes my research that “most sellers under-sell their homes”. He began with an innocuous question on Facebook. “Just wondering how you can say most homes undersell?” I replied: “Extensive research. […]

James is an agent. He’s been in the game 20 years, which means he’s caught many bad habits. Although his integrity won’t allow him to charge upfront costs.

How to handle fear. By Neil Jenman The most famous words about fear were probably spoken by Franklin Roosevelt during his 1932 inaugural address as US president. America was then in the grip of the worst economic depression in world history. Banks were closing, businesses were collapsing, and millions of people were losing their jobs. […]