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Novice Real Estate Sellers Beware!
23 November 10 05:21 AM | Peter Mericka | 5 Comments   

OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Sellers learn a costly lesson after making a private sale where the buyer was originally introduced by their estate agent. “All buyers are liars!” An exaggeration, Read More...

Filed under: Commission, exclusive agency, exclusive sale authority, fraud, legal advice

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

Estate Agents As "Legal Advisers"?
28 January 09 06:33 AM | Peter Mericka | 6 Comments   

OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Harcourts real estate agent, Lester Drew, in a recent letter to the editor of Queensland's Courier Mail criticised an earlier column in that newspaper about selling Read More...

Filed under: conflict of interests, harcourts, Jimboomba, legal advice, queensland

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

Deep North Agents "Re-licensed" to Practise Real Estate Law
10 January 08 09:00 AM | Peter Mericka | 17 Comments   

by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au From July 1st last year the role of Queensland real estate agents in preparing contracts was severely limited by law. Sit back, dear readers, as I now blow the whistle Read More...

Filed under: Contract, ethics, kerry shine, legal advice, queensland

Max Brown Real Estate: Dodgy Advice & Conflicting Interests
08 January 08 09:16 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 It is fitting that the logo of Max Brown Real Estate should depict the estate agent as a shadowy faceless figure, as it suggests Read More...

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