Willetton man FAKES property management license

A Willetton man who acted as an actual property agent for 4 years and not using a license has been fined $18,000.

Bobby Joe Townsend, who operated beneath Private Property Management, traded in breach of the Real Estate and Business Agents Act.

He was fined $10 000 for being unlicensed and charged one other $8000 for eight separate counts of failing to lodge tenancy bonds with the Bond Administrator.

On high of this, he was additionally ordered to pay prices as much as practically $6000.

Mr Townsend managed 5 properties throughout Dawesville, Huntingdale, Port Kennedy, Champion Lakes and Eglinton.

Here is the place he discovered tenants, entered into property administration agreements, negotiated rents, collected safety bonds, paid water payments, carried out property repairs and carried out inspections.

Commissioner for Consumer Protection, Trish Blake, stated that by being an unlicensed operator, Mr Townsend had undermined the trade’s requirements of professionalism.

“The licensing system is in place to protect tenants and landlords by ensuring that only suitably qualified and trained professionals are involved in the real estate industry in WA,” Ms Blake stated.

“Tenants and landlords should only deal with licensed professionals. If consumers deal with unlicensed operators, their funds are at risk as they are not protected by the fidelity guarantees provided by law.”