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When he was 90, the famous writer, W Somerset Maugham, was living in his glorious home at Cap Ferrat in the South of France…

In today’s real estate world the key to a good financial result is knowledge. Those who know the most are those who sell for the most. And buy for the least…

From the moment a home is listed for sale, most agents have one goal – to persuade the sellers to reduce their price…

Famed psychologist (and lover of Ayn Rand) Nathaniel Branden, once wrote: “Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves…

One of the many fallacies of the real estate industry is that agents sell houses.
Real estate agents do not sell houses. Rather, buyers buy houses…

Nothing is more important to real estate agents than good listings. A good listing is a sure sale…

When Audrey from Glen Waverley in Victoria was selling her home, she did what many homeowners do – she called three agents. She asked each agent the same two questions most budding home sellers ask: How much and how much…

Last week, 1,559 properties were listed for auction across Australia. Of these, 690 were sold…

There is no one more important in my life than my 90-year-old mother-in-law, Daphne. She’s a no-nonsense woman who, like many of her generation that grew up in a Depression followed by a world war, has an uncanny ability to spot dodgy characters. Fiercely independent, Daphne has been alone since being widowed 21 years ago. She owns a lovely two-bedroom home in a retirement village…

Last week, my wife and I went for dinner at a Thai restaurant. It looked good from the outside. But appearances are not always reality…