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Luxury River-Front Property For Sale - Flooded Only Once (Or Twice) 01 February 12 06:54 AM | Peter Mericka | 3 Comments: OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au What do you do when a property you have contracted to sell is damaged (by flood, fire or whatever) before settlement? What do you do if you are the buyer of that Read More...

Filed under: brisbane, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Estate agent, flood, flood insurance, flooded, flooding, property, queensland, real estate, river
Conveyancing Corruption - Lawyers Too! 24 November 08 07:27 PM | Peter Mericka | 7 Comments: OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au (Following on from " Licensed Conveyancer Corruption Must Be Stopped ", Tim O'Dwyer reports on a lawyer conveyancer's attempt to attract referrals from real estate Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, corruption, kick-back, queensland, referral fee, secret commissions, touting
Confessions Of An Over-priced Property Lender 03 May 07 11:29 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments: OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au A typical marketeering scenario begins with cold-calling of unsuspecting Mums-and-Dads to tout wealth-creation and/or tax saving seminars then proceeds to the Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancer, Deception, marketeer, queensland, Valuation