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REIV Pricing Ploy Relies On Lies
25 October 09 09:02 PM | Peter Mericka | 24 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd We now have the REIV inventing, and forcing its own legislation on real estate consumers. When will journalists, regulators, Read More...

Filed under: acting for both parties, advertisement, advertising, conflict of interests, conveyancers, Deception, Enzo Raimondo, Estate agent, ethics, gullifer, inspection report, legal advice, price, prices, real estate industry, real estate institute, real estate institute of victoria, real estate valuation, REIV, scam, Valuation, valuer

REIV Confusion On Estate Agent Role As "Go-Between"
07 July 09 01:09 PM | Peter Mericka | 18 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd Is it any wonder that the REIV (Real Estate Institute of Victoria) misleads, misguides and misinforms its members when Read More...

Filed under: Enzo Raimondo, negotiation, negotiator, real estate, real estate agent, real estate institute of victoria, REIV

REIV - Bad Investment Advice On Buyers' Advocates
22 January 09 08:16 PM | Peter Mericka | 5 Comments   

OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd As an investment adviser Enzo Raimondo, CEO of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria is the last person a property purchaser Read More...

Filed under: buyer advocate, buyers agent, Enzo Raimondo, investment, Lawyer, real estate institute of victoria, REIV

REIV Caught Cheating - Again
09 December 08 09:56 AM | Peter Mericka | 20 Comments   

Opinion by Neil Jenman Consumer Advocate For many years, the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) has misled and deceived real estate consumers. Whether it be trying to justify (or deny) dodgy practices such as false price quoting or whether it's Read More...

Filed under: Auction, conditioning, Conveyancing, Enzo Raimondo, neil jenman, overquoting, real estate, real estate institute of victoria, REIV, statistics

Enzo Raimondo Must Resign
05 August 08 08:36 AM | Peter Mericka | 9 Comments   

Opinion by Neil Jenman Consumer Advocate Victoria's real estate industry is embroiled in another scandal. This time, the body at the centre of the scandal is the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (the REIV ) and its CEO, Mr Enzo Raimondo. The REIV is Read More...

Filed under: Enzo Raimondo, ethics, real estate institute of victoria, REIV, underquoting

Was Enzo Raimondo Gagged?
09 April 08 04:13 PM | Peter Mericka | 4 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd Enzo Raimondo, CEO of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria, recently accused me of making comments that were "deliberately mischievous Read More...

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Beware of Enzo Raimondo's "Wheelers & Dealers"
03 April 08 09:41 PM | Peter Mericka | 4 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd There are few things more dangerous for real estate consumers than estate agents who fancy themselves as "wheelers and dealers". Read More...

Filed under: conditions, Contract, Enzo Raimondo, real estate institute of victoria, REIV