"Estate Agent’s "Gazumping" Clause"
by Peter Mericka B.A., LL.B Real Estate Lawyer and Qualified Practising Conveyancer Victoria Lawyers Real Estate
Consumers should take care if they find that a “gazumping” clause has been inserted into the real estate contract.
Ian Reid is a Melbourne estate agent whose “Ian Reid Vendor Advocacy Australia” website boasts: 
“Ian Reid’s career in real estate spans almost 30 years…Over those years, many thousands of clients have come to rely, time and time again, on Ian’s advice, profound real estate knowledge and warm, personal approach.Within the real estate profession itself, Ian has also come to be recognised as an accredited trainer and coach. Ian’s focus has been directed at both individuals and real estate corporations across the country, in delivering new age marketing strategies designed to improve the real estate industry standards.”
Having recently experienced what we will call the “Ian Reid Strategy“, we have to ask Ian Reid if “gazumping” is one of his “new age marketing strategies designed to improve the real estate industry standards.”
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