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Investing In Queensland Real Estate
03 April 09 12:40 PM | Peter Mericka | 3 Comments   

Opinion by Neil Jenman Consumer Advocate Within an hour of reading this article another investor will almost certainly have been ripped off in another dud Queensland property deal. That's how often it happens. While there is no official 'Register of Rip Read More...

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The Tough Truth
01 July 08 10:30 AM | Peter Mericka | 6 Comments   

by Neil Jenman Consumer Advocate Right now, in a lot of areas of Australia, there are a lot of unhappy property sellers. They can't sell. In some areas, some properties have been on the market for six months, even longer. To sellers, an on-going unsold Read More...

Filed under: crunch, jenman, overquoting, price, property, Sale

Jenman Taunts Estate Agents To Sue
09 February 08 10:27 AM | Peter Mericka | 9 Comments   

Journalist Peter Gregory The Age (Saturday 9 February, 2008) reports that Melbourne real estate agent Paul Castran, managing director of Castran GilbertReal Estate, and the company's sale director Mark Forytarz, annoyed by allegedly defamatory articles Read More...

Filed under: Castran & Gilbert, defamation, google, jenman, Mark Forytarz, Paul Castran

The Concert For Bangaru - Raising money for the victims of spruikers.
08 February 08 05:33 AM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

"Late last year I came up with an idea. Just as ex-Beatle, George Harrison, once had a concert for the victims of Bangladesh, I thought I'd have a concert for the victims of Bangaru." (An article from the Jenman website.) Millions of Australians have Read More...

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Internet Search Led to “Termination”
01 October 07 04:47 PM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Consumer advocate Neil Jenman has long used his website to alert real estate consumers, particularly first time property investors, to real estate scams and scammers. Read More...

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Foxes Rewarded For Chicken Protection
26 September 07 08:17 AM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au When consumer advocate Neil Jenman sent me a clipping of The Courier-Mail's report on the 2007 winner of the Office of Fair Trading's TradeSmart Award, he added a frank Read More...

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