Richard Wood Solicitors Letter - A Lawyer Responds

by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Director Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd This is a comment submitted in response to the previous posting on this site. While I cannot help but be annoyed about the apparent weakness (personal and professional) of the lawyer who expresses it, it does seem to sum up the situation: While I am proud to confirm that I am a legal practitioner, I cannot identify myself as to do so would be to commit professional suicide....(read more)

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Aussies Doubt Real Estate Sincerity

From NineMSN's " Hot Topics " An overwhelming majority of Australians do not trust real estate agents to be honest, believing that they are only out to get the best possible price for their client and the best possible commission price for themselves. Eight five percent of Aussies surveyed in a recent report feel they are victims of misinformation from real estate agents, while some claim the real estate agents are putting their own personal bank balance ahead of the needs of their client. Its hardly...(read more)

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Richard Wood Letter An Estate Agent Attacks

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, 2007 a person identified only as "David" posted the first of a number of comments attacking me personally on the basis of my ethics. The attack would have been unremarkable, except for the fact that the estate agent failed initially to disclose certain...(read more)

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Real Estate Investing, Advice From Above

Well, now that I’m back in Far north Queensland, I had time to catch up on some emails and came across some interesting facts…Totally oblivious to these facts before now, I though I’d share them with you. They show that, “greed is bad karma” and no matter how rich and famous you may be…being humble [...]

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Richard Wood Solicitors - Gifts To Agents For Client Referrals

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 gifts in return for conveyancing "referrals". I received a copy of the letter because the estate agent to whom it was addressed saw an opportunity to make money from local lawyers and conveyancers by selling his "referrals" to the highest bidder....(read more)

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Real Estate Investing In Australia, Zero To Twenty-Five And Back

Australian real estate differs from state to state, town to town and in more ways than you think. As I criss-cross this wide brown land I realise that the investing spectrum varies a lot more than first thought.Being, roughly the same size as the American continent (give or take a million hectare sheep station), Australia [...]

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Real Estate Investing in AustraliaSomething Unique!

As real estate markets begin to decline in many world regions, such as in North America and Europe, many people are investing their capital in other sectors altogether, simply choosing to leave real estate out of the equation. This can, however, be a crucial mistake. Why? Quite simply, the answer is that [...]

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Real Estate Investing in AustraliaSea Changers See Gold!

So… you’ve done your time in the city…the big smoke as we Aussie’s call it, and you’re looking for the next step. Well, one of the biggest catch phrases around, along with the one of the most popular Australian real estate investment moves these days is the “sea change”.The term “Sea Change” came about a [...]

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Real Estate Investing Advice In Disaster Zones

Over the past few weeks, while studying different areas across Australia, it’s easy to see there are still a lot of people making smart money in the real estate sector. Many investors study markets intensely, while others are having their investments boosted by elements out of their control…In normal investing, most markets leaves us with [...]

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