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Cold calling real estate agents - is there a law against it? (aussie.zone)
submitted 8 months ago by trk@aussie.zone to c/australia@aussie.zone
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Some real estate dickhead just rang my mobile (which is not advertised anywhere) saying they were "just in the area" and wanted to do an appraisal on a house we own in .

It's an agency we don't use for any purpose, have never used for any purpose, and have never approached for any reason.

Is there some sort of legal issue with some smarmy sales knob looking up property owner details and cold calling them?

Makes me feel all gross that their grubby mitts are pawing through my deets somewhere in the hope of being able to stick a tongue up my bum and get a taste of some back door cash.

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[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ironic that Mao is discussed and the biggest culprits in the housing market are (allegedly) Chinese nationals.

Reportedly, in certain Chinese cultures, men (and young men) do not have access to women and you women unless they are a land owner. It doesn’t matter if the land they own is a single-room apartment that has room for half a single bed and never has any tenants, they own land so they get a root. This also explains all those huge ghost cities in China which are all unoccupied high-rises.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You and everyone else talking shit about China are not doing so in a principled manner and are displaying incredible amounts of racism and chauvinism.

[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wow! this is some of the stupidest shit I have heard in days. There are more citizens of the USA and UK that own property in Australia than Chinese citizens.

Your "reportedly" statement is made up bullshit and the "ghost cities" were a lie. they are now full of people. Our backwards ass government can't conceive of infrastructure until a decade after its needed and then they get bent over the barrel with budget blowouts that cost the taxpayers double the original stated costs. Meanwhile China spent a bunch of money during the financial crisis when materials and labor were cheap to build infrastructure and you act like it is a bad thing.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

https://www.thebureau.news/p/fake-chinese-income-mortgages-fuel

It is continuing to happen overseas.

I am not an economist, so I do t know how valid this is, but it certainly is plausible.