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Thanks for everyone's comments. But I really hope people will learn from this. As naive and careless I may blame myself to be, this could really happen to first timers in the market. I've read all about not trusting REAs and that they're not working for us, but the vendor etc. But when it comes...

Evand - I'm still waiting for my lawyer to get back to me. I do intend to seek legal action in terms of financial compensation. One thing about "Des" though.. of all the times I've emailed and texted him, (stating that all the lies he has told me had caused many predicaments to my partner and I...

Has this property settled yet? If not, how much deposit have you paid? If it hasn't settled and your deposit is "smallish", ie < $5K, then I'd be threatening to not settle until this situation is rectified. Make the vendor put pressure on Des to fix this. But I suspect from the way that you...

Thank you for all the replies kind ppl.. My post is not meant for people to start bagging REAs. Easy for some to say, you should and done this, you should have done that. But imagine a young person, trying to secure a first home. Trusting, a little too naive thinking that the REA will not lie...

Trust me Buzz, he knew exactly what he was trying to do.

Hi Wylie. "Des" told me that all we got to do was to give the tenants 60 days notice prior to moving in. Thats it. And with the settlement date in Dec, we would have given them plenty of time to find a new place to move in to. To put it simply, he said everything that we needed to hear, he...

My partner and I have recently signed a contract of sale for a property in Aug 08. We purchased it in good will thinking we'd be able to move in as our first home in Dec 08. The REA told us that the tenants in the property are on a month by month basis and no contract was actually in place. Long...