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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

Beware of Agents' Pet Building Inspectors!
09 September 08 08:54 AM | Peter Mericka | 10 Comments   

OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au When will governments put in place stronger legislative measures to protect real estate consumers not only from self-serving real estate agents, but also from Read More...

Filed under: building inspection, Contract, Conveyancing, Estate agent, inspector, major structural defect, pest inspection, real estate, termites

How I Became An Estate Agent's Hero
23 April 08 03:34 PM | Peter Mericka | 4 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Brisbane conveyancing solicitor Chris Bridge became concerned when he noticed that his buyer client’s contract included a special condition authorising the pre-settlement Read More...

Filed under: Commission, Conveyancing, Deposit, deposit release, Estate agent, pamda, real estate, realtor, Section 27

Preventing Estate Agents From Preparing Contracts
13 March 08 05:21 AM | Peter Mericka | 11 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au After firing more than a few verbal bullets over recent months at Queensland’s Attorney-General (and Fair Trading Minister) Kerry Shine in The Courier Mail and Gold Coast Read More...

Filed under: Agent, conflict of interests, Contract, contract note, contract of sale, Conveyancing, Estate agent, ethics, kerry shine, queensland

Real Estate Agents Preying On Battlers
28 January 08 06:42 PM | Peter Mericka | 3 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd " Real Estate Agents Preying On Battlers " is the title of an article appearing on the ABC news website. I invite visitors to Read More...

Filed under: conflict of interests, Consumer Affairs, Contract, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Estate agent, Lawyer

The "Oh", "Really?" and "I Wish I Had Known That!" of Making an Offer and Organising Finance
24 January 08 09:55 AM | Shannyn Hunter | 7 Comments   

by Shannyn Hunter Conveyancer shannyn@lawyersconveyancing.com.au Lawyers Conveyancing On Monday morning purchasers can experience a real estate hangover. After a weekend of elation at finding their dream house and pressure from the agent to make an offer, Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Contract, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Deception, Deposit, Estate agent, Finance, finance condition, Lawyer, legal advice, Purchase, real estate, Residential, Sale, solicitor, special condition, Valuation

Richard Wood Solicitors - Who Needs To Know?
20 September 07 08:24 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Conveyancer Consumer Advocate peter@lawyersconveyancing.com.au I have discussed the way in which payments to estate agents can become illegal secret commissions if they are not disclosed, and how the disclosure Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Commission, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Estate agent, ethics, referral, richard wood, secret commissions

Richard Wood Solicitors Letter – What If The Right Way Doesn’t Pay!
04 September 07 09:20 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Conveyancer Consumer Advocate peter@lawyersconveyancing.com.au In the absence of evidence to the contrary, we must assume that Richard Wood Solicitors and Barry Plant Real Estate have done everything the Read More...

Filed under: Agent, Commission, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Estate agent, ethics, referral, richard wood, secret commissions

Richard Wood Solicitors Letter – An Estate Agent Attacks
27 August 07 06:52 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd On 3 August, 2007 I published a posting titled " Richard Wood Solicitors – Gifts To Agents For Client Referrals ". On 13 August, Read More...

Filed under: Commission, Conveyancer, Conveyancing, Estate agent, Lawyer, richard wood, secret commissions

Richard Wood Solicitors Letter - Gifts To Agents For Client Referrals
03 August 07 03:43 PM | Peter Mericka | 2 Comments   

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd Richard Wood Solicitors is Melbourne Law firm. In 1998 a letter was sent to a local estate agent by this law firm, offering free Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Estate agent, referral, richard wood, secret commissions

Winning Auction Bidders Beware
28 April 07 11:46 PM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

(NOT APPLICABLE IN VICTORIA OR A.C.T.) by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Queensland Solicitor & Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Peter Mericka was correct when he stated in Auctions Exposed As Non-Binding that, as every agent, auctioneer, solicitor Read More...

Filed under: Auction, Conveyancing, Estate agent, Sale

Were Hoges & Linda Dudded By A Dodgy Agent?
28 April 07 11:19 PM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   

by Tim O’Dwyer M.A., LL.B Queensland Solicitor & Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au (An open letter to movie actors Paul and Linda Hogan) Dear Mr & Mrs Hogan, You don’t know me, although I’ve been a big fan of Paul’s since his television Read More...

Filed under: Conveyancing, Deception, Estate agent