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Beware This Price-Lowering Trick
How thousands of sellers get caught and lose thousands of dollars. by Neil Jenman Reading Time: 4 mins apx Real estate consumers: If only you knew what goes on behind-the-scenes…
Real Estate Crime
Destroying Money Is Illegal by Neil Jenman Reading time: 2.5 mins apx Under the Crimes (Currency) act 1961, it’s a criminal offence to deliberately destroy money. Even if it’s just…
Why Real Estate Agents
Should Reject Vpa
And win more listings. by Neil Jenman Reading time: 5 mins Agents know it – VPA is one of the worst scams foisted upon home sellers. If you’re a real…
Real Estate Policy
Their way or your way. Your choice. by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Apx 3.5 mins A critical factor when selling your home is ‘policy’. The way you choose the policy…
Learning To Speak Real Estate
Translating the language of agents – for sellers. by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 5 minutes One of the biggest reasons that homeowners have trouble with real estate agents is…
My Friend Frank
A philosophy of rare goodness by Neil Jenman Reading Time: 7 mins apx When he was 90, the famous writer, W Somerset Maugham, was living in his glorious home at…
The Most Important Real Estate Question
How to make (or lose) a small fortune. by Neil Jenman Reading time: apx 4.5 mins In today’s real estate world the key to a good financial result is…
How Real Estate Agents Can Win More Listings
by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 6 mins PLEASE NOTE: Although this article is directed at real estate agents, every home seller can benefit from reading it. Why? Because…
Auction Lemons
Another bitter truth of public property auctions by Neil Jenman Reading time: 2.5 mins apx Last week, 1,559 properties were listed for auction across Australia. Of these, 690 were sold.…
Robbing Elderly Home Sellers
It Doesn’t Get Much Worse by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Apx 4.5 mins There is no one more important in my life than my 90-year-old mother-in-law, Daphne. She’s a no-nonsense…
The Problem With Buyers’ Agents
The more you lose, the more you pay! by Neil Jenman Reading time: Apx 4.5 minutes A few years ago, they barely existed. Now they are everywhere. Agents who help…
Get A Good Price In A Bad Market
And avoid the downward real estate escalator. by Neil Jenman Reading Time: Apx 3 mins When I was an agent, there was one promise I refused to make to sellers.…