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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...
Three Tales of Deceitful Real Estate Agents Successfully Sued
13 January 12 06:56 AM | Peter Mericka | 11 Comments   
OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au Real estate agents are rarely prosecuted or sued. Sure, we regularly hear about misbehaviour in the real estate industry and occasionally a real estate agent appears Read More...
Let Me Invite You To Google+
23 July 11 10:54 AM | Peter Mericka | 2 Comments   
OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd Readers may or may not be aware that Google has announced a new social networking facility that will compete wit Facebook, Read More...
Lawyers Selling Real Estate - It's Time!
06 July 11 03:51 PM | Peter Mericka | 8 Comments   
OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Consumer Advocate Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd I would like to hear from lawyers who would be interested in selling real estate in competition Read More...
Commission Rage - Real Estate Rabies
25 June 11 11:14 AM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   
OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Consumer Advocate Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd Rabies is a terrible affliction. It can can quickly turn a friendly family pet into a belligerent Read More...
Silence Is Not Golden In Real Estate Negotiations
23 June 11 09:53 AM | Peter Mericka | 4 Comments   
OPINION by George Rousos Director Industry Training Consultants george@itc.nsw.edu.au François-Marie Arouet, better known by the pen name Voltaire, was a French writer and philosopher famous for his wit and for his advocacy of civil liberties, including Read More...
Honesty Absent In Nurse Betty's Flood-Prone Home Purchase
17 January 11 09:34 AM | Peter Mericka | 6 Comments   
OPINION by Tim O'Dwyer M.A., LL.B Solicitor Consumer Advocate watchdog@argonautlegal.com.au The saleslady told her first lie when Nurse Betty, as I’ll call her, noticed that the newly renovated highset house she liked adjoined a park and creek. “Any flooding Read More...
Real Estate Bidding Online - It Costs Nothing To Bid
19 June 10 08:58 AM | Peter Mericka | 2 Comments   
Lawyers Real Estate is a law firm that sells real estate for its clients without involving any real estate agents. To make the selling and buying of real estate quick, simple and transparent, the SLOD! real estate bidding facility has been established. Read More...
SLOD! Another Sale by Lawyers Real Estate
01 May 10 11:21 AM | Peter Mericka | 0 Comments   
No, SLOD! is not a typographical error, it's the name of the website Lawyers Real Estate uses to sell properties for its clients. Lawyers Real Estate is a law firm that sells real estate for its clients for a single fixed-fee, without involving real estate Read More...
The Ultimate Real Estate Sales Office
29 August 09 03:23 PM | Peter Mericka | 1 Comments   
OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd The ultimate real estate office model has arrived. It's the ILP - a lean, clean sales machine that combines the roles Read More...
The SLOD! Best Price Negotiation Strategy
10 July 09 03:00 PM | Peter Mericka | 32 Comments   
OPINION by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd As readers know, I have been very critical over the years of the schemes and scams used by real estate agents. Obviously, Read More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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