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  • Estate Agents Should NEVER Conduct Inspections

    OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd   When unknown visitors rummage through children's clothes during a property inspection it can give rise to all sorts of fears and concerns. It is now well known that theft and ''snooping trauma'' are common ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on February 23, 2009
  • Open for inspections - agent not taking any details

    We had heard the horror stories about valuables being stolen during open for inspections, breaks ins etc. so we did our best to minimize the risk by hiding our valuables away and taking all keys with us during our open for inspections.  What we hadn't anticipated was that it would be our real estate agent who would expose our family to a ...
    Posted to This is what happened to me... (Forum) by Denise on February 22, 2009
  • Open For Inspection - Open For Theft!

    OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd Some time ago I wrote a posting about thefts during property inspections, and noted that some estate agents were including clauses in their sale agreements with vendors that indemnify the estate agent against theft ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on November 10, 2008
  • Open For Inspection? Open For Exploitation!

    OPINIONby Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate LawyerQualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd  A vendor should always be present during house inspections. Whenever an estate agent shows a prospective purchaser through the property, and particularly when the property is ''open for inspection'', the vendor ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on November 5, 2008
  • Re: Escorted inspections and Estate Agents et al.

    Hi Lawrie, I think you've answered your own question ''Would you like me to organise a meeting for this type of scum to visit your property when your wife and kid’s are at home, without me being present or qualifying them first before they arrive?'' No Lawrie, I would not want you to bring such a person to my house.  If I rely on an estate ...
    Posted to This is what happened to me... (Forum) by Peter Mericka on October 31, 2008
  • Re: How safe is an open house??

    Please don't take this as a criticism Melbev, but why do tenants allow estate agents to show people through properties in their absence?  Estate agents have no right to insist that a tenant be absent during inspections, and theft is a much greater problem than people realise.
    Posted to This is what happened to me... (Forum) by Peter Mericka on June 5, 2008
  • Ian Reid Takes Aim At Fellow Estate Agents

    by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.BReal Estate Lawyer Qualified Practising Conveyancer VictoriaDirector Lawyers Real Estate Pty Ltd   High-profile Melbourne real estate agent Ian Reid has copped some heavy criticism in the past over his Gazumping Clause and his Finance Clause.  However, it seems that Ian Reid can be a straight-shooter when it ...
    Posted to Australian Real Estate Blog (Weblog) by Peter Mericka on January 18, 2008
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