Lewis O'Brien & Associates

23/09/2020

When a Joint Venture Agreement governs your million dollar or multi-million dollar project you want the best possible Agreement regardless of your role in the joint venture.

Unfortunately, many standard joint venture agreements have major shortcomings. Don’t find out the hard way – that is, after something has gone wrong.

In this seminar I will explore a number of key areas where common joint venture agreements are deficient and can be improved. Issues like budgets, timelines, reporting and dispute resolution may seem uninteresting, but in my opinion, they are critical to a successful joint venture.

If you are serious about maximising the success of your next joint venture, let me show you what is needed to take your joint venture agreement to the next level!

As always, my goal is to provide ideas and information that will help you achieve your property goals.

This seminar will be held online at 7:30 pm on Thursday 24 September. You can purchase your ticket via this link:

If you're serious about maximising the success of your next joint venture, let me show you how to take your JVA to the next level!

08/09/2020

The latest from our client newsletter: https://www.lewisobrien.com.au/client-update/the-d-word/

17/08/2020

From our latest client newsletter, my thoughts on volatility and forecasting property prices.

The various gyrations in the market over the past 12 months have made me wonder about the accepted wisdom that property prices are less volatile than share prices. To recap, and in my opinion: In July

06/08/2020

SEMINAR – 27 August, 2020
Don’t Get Ripped off by Your Builder!

Tickets now available

Most of us have been involved in a domestic building contract that ended badly or know someone that has. The classic problem is that the builder is months late, there are problems with the work and yet the owner finds that they have to pay too much to the builder.

For the property owner this can be expensive, stressful and potentially derail a promising future in property.

However, it doesn’t have to be this way. Let us show you what goes wrong, why it goes wrong and what you can do to prevent it.

This is a unique seminar hosted by Lewis O’Brien. Lewis has more than 20 years’ experience acting for property investors large and small and has helped thousands of property investors towards their goals. He will share his insights into why domestic building contracts are unfair and what property owners need to do to create a fair balance of rights and responsibilities.

If you are thinking of signing a Victorian domestic building contract (or know someone that is), for a renovation, new home or unit development and want to avoid being taken for a ride you can’t afford to miss this seminar.

In fact Lewis is offering a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. If, after the seminar, you don’t believe that you have learnt enough to save you at least 5 times the ticket price on your next building contract, then let us know and we will refund the cost of your ticket.

Numbers are limited so book now!

Date: Thursday 27 August 2020
Time: 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Cost: $47.00
Where: Online - live webinar

GET YOUR TICKET TODAY:

Why Victorian Domestic Building Contracts are unfair, and what you can do to create a fair balance of rights and responsibilities.

20/07/2020

We understand that legal expenses are not cheap. Have you considered the potential costs of not getting a quote for your next legal matter?

A client called me to discuss some issues he was having recovering a rather large loan he had made. Naturally, one of my first questions was whether he had a loan agreement. He sheepishly admitted tha

14/07/2020

Our 2020 Creative Property Seminar series begins on 30 July 2020, with a 90 minute webinar on how to structure, do due diligence on and undertake mortgage assumption joint ventures.
Book your ticket now!

Creative Property Investment landscape overview 2020. How to structure, do due diligence on & undertake mortgage assumption joint ventures.

06/07/2020

Whether you are a property developer or just renovating your home – the Five Minute Guide to Building Contracts is essential viewing.

Lewis O’Brien, an experienced property lawyer, explains in simple terms the 5 most common mistakes that property owners make when they sign a domestic building contract.

This knowledge you will help you avoid the most common issues owners have with their builders and put you in a much better position if you do have a dispute.

If you know someone about to sign a building contract – share this link with them.

Lewis O'Brien's five minute guide to building contracts identifies the most common mistakes that property owners and developers make when signing a building ...

09/06/2020

From our latest newsletter:

I continue to see signs of optimism in the property market.  After being freed from restrictions, with the virus apparently under control in this country, government stimulus paying a role and with some strength in the property market (albeit from a very low base) there is a feeling that everything...

04/06/2020

Clients have enquired about adding a special condition to purchase contracts in light of Covid-19. We address this issue on our blog.

A number of clients have recently asked for a Covid-19 special condition to insert into their purchase contracts. In my experience, as we have migrated to online conveyancing and on line stamp duty systems in the past few years the impact of the Covid-19 restrictions on conveyancing has been minimal...

25/05/2020

If you've been following our commercial leasing series, here's Part V.

This is the last of our series on commercial leases.  Our focus has been on why more knowledgeable property investors ‘get lucky’ and make money more often than investors who lack this knowledge. This article makes the point that when buying tenanted commercial property you need to know whether...

21/05/2020

From our latest newsletter:

If you selectively read the popular press, you could be forgiven for thinking that the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is behind us.  Talk of success in isolating the virus in this country, relaxing restrictions and stories of business succeeding despite restrictions and some outstanding property sa...

15/05/2020

Do you have questions about section 173 agreements?

This recent article from our newsletter will help.

In simple terms, a section 173 Agreement is an agreement between the council and a land owner that typically regulates the development and / or subdivision of land in some manner. Many property developers regard section 173 Agreements as nothing more than another regulatory burden – and if the p...