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Punishing A Queensland Rogue

In Queensland, where rogue agents roam, Lindsay Stringer must be the most unsuccessful of all the rogues. If not, he’s certainly the unluckiest when compared with other agents.

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Real Estate Rogue Belatedly Banned For 10 Years

A Queensland real estate agent and his company have been disqualified for 10 years and penalised more than $7600 for dishonest conduct.

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Section 32 – How Could THE AGE Get It So Wrong?

If a real estate journalist can be so ignorant and unable to source accurate material, why is he or she being set loose on vulnerable consumers?

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More On Why Agents Should Not Be Allowed To Prepare Real Estate Contracts

The fully-signed contract for a client’s purchase of a residential investment property arrived by mail at my office on 4th April.

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Marketeering Victims’ Lament

Former interstate clients of litigation lawyers Carter Capner have shared these anonymous comments.

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Litigation Lawyers Ditch Marketeering Clients

Two marketeering law suits have been dismissed because of irregularities and want of prosecution. Solicitor TIM O’DWYER reports on how the plaintiffs' lawyers warned other clients about the risks of litigation.

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Gold coast Solicitor Off The Hook On Old Marketeering Claim

Vince Rickards, a former partner in defunct Gold Coast law firm Sciacca & Sciacca, has succeeded in the dismissal of an $80,000.00 District Court negligence and breach of contract action commenced against him.

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Is The Property Insurable? A Trap For The Unwary!

Consumers are often unaware that small issues can have huge implications. What happens if you buy a home, but you can't insure it?

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Dragon Ladies Of Property Management

Do rental managers have to represent both parties fairly?

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Mortgage Fraud

I told how a crooked Queensland agent lost his licence for this, how another agent and his whole sales staff were jailed and how a fraudulent mortgage broker and her accomplices also copped jail sentences.

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