Legal QnA - Property Investment Q&A

• Common traps real estate agents employ through clauses and conditions about inspections

  Despina Priala explains some of the common issues that creep into contracts of sale for properties. read more

• Legal Q&A - What Needs to be in Every Contract of Sale

  Geri Forsaith explains the elements that need to be included in every contract of sale read more

• Legal Q&A: Claiming Rental Losses

  Despina Priala advises on evicting tenants and claiming rental losses from landlord insurance read more

• Legal Q&A – Buyers' Rights

  Despina Priala advises on buyers’ rights whenever the features of a property have been misrepresented read more

• Legal Q&A with Despina Priala

  How accountable are you if your tenant damages their neighbours’ property? read more

• Buyer misled me about paying deposit

  My selling agent informed me as I was signing contracts that the buyer had paid the deposit, but last week I found out that this actually wasn’t the case and that he was only going to do it sometime this week. And now I'm starting to reconsider read more

• Tenant manufactured drugs on my property

  Queensland police recently informed me that a tenant of mine has been manufacturing drugs (ecstasy) on my property. What can I claim in damages? read more

• Taking action against neighbours with troublesome tenants

  I own a house that has been a trouble free investment until recently. One of the neighbours has threatened a concession of my tenants, who are all breaking their leases early because of him. If it happens again, would I be able to sue the owner of the offending neighbour’s house for compensation? read more

• Solving contract disputes

  I have fallen into a sticky contract dispute, owing to the fact that the buyer didn’t pay his deposit when he should. I would like to know what right he might have on the property, despite breaking the contract terms read more