It is usually considered by many that real estate agents lie (i.e. deceive) in order to make a sale, which is technically against the law.
Sometimes it’s difficult to prove, especially when it comes to the real estate agent knowing something that should be told to the prospective purchaser, or lies by omission.
But the story is different when an action of deception in order to make a sale is admitted on ‘public record’ by the person, as opposed to hearsay.
Mr. Amir Jahan, is a realtor for Ray White, in the Sydney Suburb of Paramatta.
From his public admission, he is not a person who is to be trusted, where if he sold you lemon of a property, then maybe his 'victims' could see legal advice for compensation.
Mr. Jahan put it out there in the public news media that “every agent has an imaginary buyer” they refer to when trying to sell a property.
Mr Jahan stated that he always mentions the threat of another buyer whenever he gets into the negotiation stages with anyone.
In other words he is making false claims, deceiving the buyer.
So, the 27-year-old agent said it is simply a highly effective sales tactic, where he also claimed to be “100 per cent positive” that every agent uses it, but most won’t admit to it, wheras he has.
The real question is what will the authorities do with his public admission of deception, where he is normalising it.
In public admissions on 'social media' of speeding or hooning, the authorites take action.
Imagine a speeding driver normalising 'speeding' to a police officer, and see how far that would get you in the courts.
The Australian authorities are deliberately doing far too little to protect consumers from this kind of predatory behaviour, as the government directly benefits from consumers being ripped off by low quality people like Mr. Jahan
That's life in a (penal) colony.
This is what the ACCC states about false or misleadning claims:
https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/advertising-and-promotions/false-or-misleading-claims
