Blogs + Legal Updates
Practical legal insights for property, business and real estate professionals.
Are You Meeting the VOI Mark: Ensuring Compliance with Verification of Identity Requirements in New South Wales
Meet NSW Verification of Identity requirements with confidence. Understand VOI obligations, reduce fraud risks, and keep your real estate agency compliant.
What Happens if a sole tenant dies? Your Legal obligations on unexpected tenant deaths
Learn what real estate agents and property managers must do when a sole tenant dies. Understand state laws, obligations, and legal steps across Australia.
Rental Assessment Privacy: How much is too much information to ask for
Protect tenant privacy during rental applications. Learn how real estate agencies can manage personal data, reduce breaches and comply with privacy laws.
The risks of blind/price searches: Are you accidentally underquoting on online platforms?
Underquoting in Australian real estate can lead to fines and penalties. Learn the rules agents must follow and get legal guidance with a free 10-minute consult.
Don't Let Your Real Estate Partnership Crumble: The 3 Essential Elements of a Shareholders' Agreement
Real estate agency partnerships need strong shareholder agreements. Learn about exit strategies, share valuations and protecting business relationships.
Legal Update Alert: Changes to the Real Estate Award – Car Allowance and Minimum Pay
Understand Real Estate Industry Award changes, including car allowances, travel time, and pay obligations for Australian real estate agencies.
Growing Your Real Estate Team: The ABCs of EBUs (Enterprise Business Units)
Discover how Enterprise Business Units (EBUs) help real estate agencies scale. Learn about contracts, brand licensing and legal considerations.
Who Gets The Commission: Introducing agents vs. concluding agents in the sales process
Protect your real estate commission by understanding agent entitlements, recent legal cases, and the role of negotiations in securing your fees.
What happens to your agency if the Licensee in Charge (LIC/OIEC) is suddenly unable to manage your agency?
Prepare your real estate agency with succession planning, legal obligations, and continuity strategies for key license holders.
Managing Your Online Reputation: Client reviews for your agency
Manage real estate reviews with compliant strategies. Learn legal risks, consumer law obligations, and ways to handle feedback while building trust.
Real Estate Underquoting: What it is & how to avoid it
Understand underquoting laws in Australia, avoid costly compliance breaches, and keep your real estate agency's pricing accurate and legally compliant.
The must knows about real estate referral arrangements
Understand real estate referral agreements, including client referrals, commissions, fees and legal protections for agents and businesses.
Intellectual property in the course of employment: What is it and do I own it?
Understand IP ownership under Australian employment law, including copyright, contracts, and employer or contractor rights for workplace creations.
Whether Giving Away Ownership in Your Agency is the Right Call
Considering staff ownership? Explore equity and profit-sharing options to motivate employees and protect your real estate agency.
5 Biggest Mistakes Agents Make When Going Out on Their Own
Starting a real estate agency? Avoid common mistakes with insights on business structures, agreements, licensing, trust accounting, and legal foundations.
Ditch Your Job and Start Your Own Agency - Here’s How in 4 Steps
Thinking of starting a real estate agency? Discover the legal, licensing, and business essentials to build a successful agency in Australia.
3 Top Tips to Maximise the Value of Your Rent Roll Sale
Sell your real estate agency rent roll with confidence. Learn how to maximise value, improve your multiplier, and find the right buyer.
Top Tips For Starting Your Own Real Estate Agency
Start your real estate agency with confidence. Get expert guidance on business structure, brand protection, contracts, and growth strategies.
The Everyday Pitfalls of Life as an Agent: The Legal Do’s and Don’ts for Agents
Learn the legal do’s and don’ts for real estate agents, including contracts, agency agreements, compliance and protecting your commission.
Are you running an accidental franchise?
Understand the difference between franchise and licence agreements. Learn how real estate agencies can avoid compliance risks, penalties, and legal issues.