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by Neil Jenman Reading time: apx 2 mins Harry and Muriel want to sell their home. Their children have grown and flown so they want to downsize. Plus create extra cash. Before he retired, Harry was a foreman. He supervised dozens of workers. Harry misses his past authority. He reflects on the power he once […]

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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.

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.

Last weekend a home was being auctioned. Like most auctions, the buyers had been lured along with bait pricing.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]