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Paul I have sold two properties over the last 8 years, using PropertyNow on both occasions to advertise my properties, which were both located in another state to where I live. The service was excellent and the results I achieved for minimal financial outlay were exceptional. James We thought of selling our own home for quite a while,we had tried with a real estate agency, with little response or offers that weren't acceptable. After taking our property off the market for a rest, 3 months later we signed up with Property now...AMAZINGLY we sold within four hours of the property being listed on realestate.com Not only that we had many inquiries while the process was going through solicitors. it was soooooooo easy and took the middle man out saving everyone $20.000. Great staff to help us through the deal too...thank you so much. Judy Day Good news that I exchanged contracts on this property this afternoon and sale price was $512,000. Many many thanks for the opportunity to be able to sell this way. I recommend it to all I speak to about real estate and people are very interested. The entire process was straightforward and easy and staff and yourselves in particular were more than helpful and prompt with advice and support.You conduct your business with friendliness and impeccable professionalism and efficiency.
David Professional customer service and support. Simple listing and ad updating, with quick flow-through to realestate.com.au. Property sold within three weeks.
James I found the service provided by PropertyNow to be friendly, prompt and comprehensive. Would definitely recommend to anyone wanting to sell a property without an agent.
Sylvia Hi Andrew and Joanne, Thank you for all you help with the sale of our house. This was the THIRD house we have sold through you guys, and would not do anything different in the future! Why bother with an agent? It is not just a money issue. I liked knowing exactly who shows up to an inspection, what is the feedback, being able to follow up, negotiate etc. Thank you for making this possible for the average Joe on the street. I have found both of you guy very approachable, and you always went out of your way to respond to my questions, request. You guys were a joy to work with. I wish you good luck with the business, and I will be recommending your service to others in the future. (as well as I have done in the past: two of my friends sold through you guys already) Thank you. Sylvia
Joe Thanks Property Now I saved over ten thousand dollars which went a long way in helping me to live confortably for three months while renovating and settling into my new home. Selling my house couldn't have been easier, and when I had some questions, they immediately responded and gave me the answers I needed, This is what I call fantastic customer service, from a simple to use website, that actually made me money. I have learnt some new information that will benefit me again in the future when I want to buy and sell property, and I'll be highly recommending Property Now to my friends and family. Thanks Again One very satisfied customer ***** 5 OUT OF 5 STARS
MaryAnn I used PropertyNow to sell mu property in Kangaroo Point QlD because I didn't want to pat the hefty advertising and commission rates required by real estate agents. Any time that I needed help propertyNow was always very supportive. I used a solicitor to do all the legal documents and everything went very smoothly Thank you PropertyNow from a very happy and satisfied customer.
Mandy After having spoken with a friend who had used Property Now to sell his house, I thought it was a great idea to do my own private sale. Advertising through Property Now is at a really good price and using the online system was easy. I immediately got lots of interest and sold within 2 weeks and I have Property Now to thank for this
Arthur and Dawn Thank you so much for the help and Info for a easy transaction. I would have no hesitation to use and recommend Property Now for any future house sales, a real breeze thanks again
Colleen and Dallas Mccosh We wish to advise that we have secured a sale for the property and have exchanged contracts today and ask that you remove our listing of 217 Commercial Road, Koroit as soon as possible. We also wish to thank you for the outstanding service and advice provided by your team during our time with you. We are very happy with the response from our internet listing and are more than happy to recommend your services. Many thanks again.
Mike, Melbourne I was supprised how easy it was. I did have a few glitches along the way,not that they were anybodie's fault other than possibly lack of experience on my part. Andrew was always available and very helpful I would definately do it again and use Andrew a to do it
Lane What an excellent service! In the past I have gone through a local real estate office to find a tenant, however this cost more than 2 weeks rent, plus the tenants they selected on two occasions were terrible and required eviction. By using the Property Now service, I was able to advertise on www.realestate.com.au much cheaper and find a great tenant within a few weeks! I am very happy with this service and would definitely use it again.
Sarah Can't say enough how happy I have been with the help of Property Now in selling our home. It sold within 3 weeks of listing, & the team at Property Now were so helpful in every way possible from phone calls to emails.. I was extremely worried at how hard it would be to sell my own home, but have had the most awesome experience in doing so! Thankyou Property Now!!
Debra Rempel Thank you for your great service. We have used Property Now many times to rent our properties and always with great success. You forward the potential tenants to us very promptly and have kept on improving the service over the years. Thank you again.
Jacqueline PropertyNow has been very helpful to me. You have been prompt in mailing me as soon as an enquiry has come in. I had been listed with an established agent in Tasmania for over a year with no success and with propertNow the first viewing produced a buyer. I feel that being in touch with buyers throughout the process was a very key factor in reaching the desired outcome. Being straightforward and honest available on the net or phone meant that all queries could be answered quickly and honestly. My thanks to you. I believe this is the future for buying and selling properties. I was very nervous to begin with and am a bit of a Luddite in the I.T. area so if it was painless for me I think almost anyone could manage. Just writing to confirm that we now have an unconditional contract and confirmation of 35k deposit paid on the sale of our home, and therefore won't need to renew our property. Mr S. I am thrilled with the result: * A quick sale for a great price (a very good written offer within 7 days of first home open, and under 2 weeks from listing with PropertyNow) * Total outlay a fraction of what we were quoted by other agents (2% + expensive marketing). * I felt in control during the whole process and felt empowered to make decisions on price, opens, marketing mix, photographs, presentation etc etc that I didn't feel I could get from regular agents. * A price well above what many people said we would be able to achieve * Great support from Andrew and the team. .. and all of this was in the context of a so called "slow" / "difficult" market! Thank you very much - the result speaks for itself - I'll be certainly sending people in your direction.
Jacky and John If you do not use PropertyNow to advertise your property you must have a big bank account. We tried other real estate agents and what a waste of time. Do absolutely nothing and want $1000's of dollars. The inspections we had through them were abysmal. Did not take any notice of the 2 page details of the house, treated it like an inspection of a little cottage, and then got annoyed when we pointed out what they had not told the prospective buyers about. PropertyNow advertised our home on all the best sites, and it was SOLD in 2 weeks with us showing buyers around. 1 definite buyer in 2 weeks and 2 others waiting to see what happened. All this for a flat $440. Best value in Australia.
Harry Stengos I just want to say a big thank you for your great service and advice on selling our property. It does take a bit hard work and preparation, but it was worth it. The price we achieved was very high compared to property sales in our area. We are glad that we took this path to sell the property on our own despite common belief that you have to use an agent. This saved us in excess of $10,000 in agents' commissions, well worth the work. Property Now assisted in every regard and the For Sale sign was great. The huge exposure on the most prominent property sites which gave us good leads. In the end it was a service that we are so glad we went with, it paid off with huge $$$ savings allowing us to buy a bigger property as a result. We unreservedly recommend Property Now to any prospective sellers. Craig I very much appreciate your assistance with the marketing of the property. Our listing on your websites was a significant factor in our success. I will certainly use your services again next time I sell and would recommend Property Now to other people who plan to sell privately. Sue Great service and very efficient. I saved myself over $10 000 with Property Now. I would definitely sell this way again - highly recommended! Denis Just a note to thank you for your terrific service and help in selling my property privately. It was sold within six days, and I achieved the price I wanted, plus! Dealing with the prospective buyers personally and being honest and up front with them sure paid off. As you can see I'm still getting calls! I would strongly urge anybody selling their property to avoid Real Estate agents if possible as I found their very poor attitude to details and communication is frustrating and a disservice to the vendor. Gen Just to let you know that we now have an unconditional contract which we are really pleased with. Just for your records, I managed to get $18k more than the agent when he had it for sale a few months back and contract fell through, so in the end was approx $30k better off - and all tax free! Is amazing - as a stay at home mum, it will allow me to stay home for longer! David T Just writing to let you know that the property is under contract after only 36 hours on the market. I will continue to accept enquiries until the one month contract with you is due incase the sale should fall through. Thank you for your help, and as soon as we get settled into our new place I will contact you and we can discuss the website based business. Christina We would like to say how much we have appreciated the help and assistance of Andrew and "PropertyNow" in selling our home in NSW. Andrew has been friendly, informative, and always on the end of the phone or Email system if any hiccups arise. He talked us through sending him the photos for the Web (us not being too au fait with this) and helped us by placing ads in magazines, newspapers, and of course the many websites etc. His expertise has been invaluable and with his assistance we had an offer within 3 weeks which is now about to settle. Fiona What a marvelous service we sold our house in Sydney in three weeks and got more than we expected . The Domain and other websites really drew attention to our property and the liaison between the buyers and ourselves was very professional handled by Propertynow ,Andrew was also very helpful with all aspects of selling a property and could offer us as much advice as needed.We saved thousands and would definitely recommend it to anyone Deb We have just exchanged contracts! "it worked for me" Many thanks for being there and offering a very good service, We settle on the 7th so please come up and have afternoon tea on us Janice I just want to thank you for your great service and advice on selling our property. It goes to show that with a bit of hard work and preparation anything is possible. We are glad that we took this path to sell the property on our own as despite common belief that you need an agent it is not true. I believe we as property owners know our house better than anyone and if you have the time and energy it is well worth it. Engaging your company to assist us to list our house for sale has greatly assisted us. We have had invaluable exposure on various property sites which have given us good leads. We are really happy with the results and would definitely recommend your site to our friends. Annette Selling your home can be stressful, but using PropertyNow made it easy as I was in control of the sale. I could show the home when it was convenient to me and there wasn't any extra charges for advertising ect.The commission we saved was about $15,000. This alone should be an incentive to give your service ago. We had one open house and an offer that day. The buyer was very happy as well as they could talk to me about the property and get the right answers straight away. The best part was there was no pressure, it went very smoothly. We are recommending you to all of our friends as it was so easy to do. Lisa That was so exciting!! the open inspection went really well - Paul from yesterday put an offer in (asking price) and 3 other couples spent AGES walking around and asking questions, all in all around 13 sets of people came through and an estate agent that said he was surprised at my professionalism and brochures etc. Mary We have accepted an offer and taken a deposit for our property. We can't believe the house sold to the very first buyer and within 2 weeks of being listed. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank you for providing such a professional service at an extremely reasonable cost. We've had several friends ask us "how did you do it?", so, no doubt, you'll be hearing from them soon. Bob & Victoria Using Property Now was so easy and cost-effective. Covering the major websites for such a low price plus handling all those enquires was a dream come true. The phone was ringing off the hook. They made the whole process of selling my home so effortless. I have sold a few houses in my time but never like this. Usually its quite taxing, these guys made it stress free. Its such a great idea, I wish I had thought of it. I know who I will be calling first next time Kim & Kay Thank you for your encouragement when we started out to sell our house by private sale. We took the option of having you put our home on the major websites, and we bought a sign. Within four hours of putting up the sign we had the first customer knocking at the door. He lived in our street and was already thinking of moving out of his rental house. Then we got a customer who saw the house on Domain.com, or was that two? Our purchasers, a local newly married couple, were already looking for a house in our suburb. They drove past, saw the sign, rang your number, then rang us. The next morning they came to inspect. The house sold itself to them in twenty minutes. They came back with Dad that afternoon, he was impressed. The next day, after making an offer that we politely refused, they agreed to the asking price. We had engaged an independent valuer and we set the sale at that price. By doing this we were able to say, "No offers, please. This is a professional valuation price. We've added no extra and we can take no less. Compare anything else in the area in this price range and our house is the standout inner." By pricing the house right we could be confident in our sales approach. All we needed was an introduction to the buyer. This is what PropertyNow did for us. Julie We would also like to say how thrilled we are with the service Property Now provided. We saved thousands in agent fees and sold the property after only the second open house – after it had lounged for a year with an agent! Hope the new year brings you and your team the great success you deserve. S & D McKenzie The whole concept is great and has worked really well for us. We've saved $1000's in real estate agent commissions and have got the result we wanted at the price we wanted, with no hassles. Thank again for all your help Roland Thank you once again for providing a great platform for selling another one of our properties – this time our own home. Full price offer and savings in agent's commission of $12,500.00. Not only that: Most of the agents' so-called 'appraisals' were way lower than our asking price, so they could have achieved a quick sale (at our expense!) rather than work hard. None of them was willing to offer discounted commissions, even though it was them contacting me as a result of my listings on the Internet. Elaine & Kevin Many thanks for walking us through what we imagined to be a daunting task of listing our property on the web, not being at all computer savvy. But to our amazement the procedure was painless and very fast. We had a serious buyer within 2 hours of being listed but then had another buyer a couple of days later which we accepted.now seriously packing! Ahmad I would like to congratulate and thank you for the outstanding service and professional support that you provided me during my recent sale. It is very rare to experience such outstanding customer service and for this I am extremely thankful. This experience made me feel that there is little need for real estate agents as you saved me fees as well as providing sound advice in terms of legal and accounting aspects. I will happily recommend your services to all and sundry. I am happy for you to use this appreciation in any marketing. Sue When I decided to sell my own house my biggest dilema was advertising. Then I was lucky enough to locate "Property Now" on the internet and all my advertising problems were solved at a very reasonable price. I sold my house to the first person who saw the advertisment so I would recommend "Property Now" to anyone wanting to sell their own property, thankyou for this wonderful site. Wendy Masters Good news, I've sold my unit which settles on 23rd May! Thank you so much for all your help. Your service provides great value, and you are so helpful. Ben Propertynow is clearly leaps and bounds ahead of its competition. A wonderful model for real estate sales, in particular private sales, with the added bonus of a dedicated principal who is passionate about his business. Once making contact with Propertynow you will immediately know what I mean. Thanks Andrew. This is how uncomplicated easy and affordable selling ones home should be. Emma & Damien Our cooling off period ended on Friday so I guess you can put sold on the ad. Many thanks again! We have already been reccommending your great service to everyone we know. Who needs an agent??!! We're really happy that we got more than our asking price & sold so quickly- now justing hunting for a new home! Kellie Just to let you know we have now sold our house!! The buyer found us through one of your websites :) Thanks for saving us thousands in commission. I will highly recommend your service to others. It's been a pleasure dealing with you and Joanne. Penne Yes we did it with no agent and no commission!! I would highly recommend Property Now to sell your real estate - easy, even for the novice (like us). We sold within six weeks and there are houses around us still for sale! We spent time on the garden, a full colour flyer, a sign in the window and couple of Saturday afternoons holding 'Open for Inspection' sessions. These were quite well attended, often by people who had seen the ad on the internet through Property Now. We have saved just over $7,000!! If we can do it, anyone can! Keith & Andrea Thank you for all your help in the sell of our house. I will highly recommend PropertyNow to anyone selling their home. I don`t know why ANYONE would use a real estate agent and pay those high fees. I was also very impressed with the great support that you provided. Any questions I had were quickly answered. Not only would I use PropertyNow again, but I will encourage other people to utilise this efficient, fast, money-saving service. Many thanks to PropertyNow, you took a difficult, overwhelming situation and made it an effortless, positive experience. Raoul & Suzie Within 48 hours of listing our family home with Property Now, several clients, including the eventual purchasers, contacted us to arrange a private viewing. In just 5 days, we received and accepted an agreeable offer and the sale process was initiated. We can attribute our success directly to Property Now's listing strategies. Potential buyers were notified of our listing via e-mail and for a nominal extra cost our property was listed on the four main real estate sites. The people who subsequently arranged to view our home were genuine buyers and not 'lookers' or curious locals as were many who had traipsed through on Open Home days prior to listing with Property Now. We received very prompt, courteous and helpful responses to our queries and communications with staff at Property Now, whether via phone or e-mail. Suzie and I would highly recommend Property Now's services to anyone contemplating selling their property by private treaty. Mitchell Macleod These guys were very helpful and efficient. Putting the advertisement up was easy and fast, as was their service. We wanted to make a change to the ad and emailed it. It was changed extremely promptly and we were notified promptly too. Everything was easy, smooth and efficient...and it worked! Daryl & Roz I want to once again thank you for the excellent service you provided during the recent sale of our home. We received numerous enquiries from serious buyers within a couple of days of the ads going onto the Web, and were able to settle on a good price within a week of going to market. The best part was being able to meet both potential and our final buyers and discuss the sale in an open and friendly manner. The advice and support you provided was invaluable and I would not have any hesitation in recommending your service or the private selling approach to other sellers. Faith I am officially sold! Contracts have been exchanged and I move out in a few weeks. What an amazing experience and so easy. I simply followed the advice given on the website. Once listed the house sold within weeks and I saved close to $8000 in fees, plus I sold for more than the real estate agents thougt they could. I cannot say enough about Andrew. He is so helpful and will answer all your questions and explain everything you need to know. I have been recommending this site to all my friends and contacts. Three Cheers for Property Now! Petros A big THANK YOU to Andrew and the PropertyNow Team for helping me with the sale of my house in Wycheproof, Victoria. My phone/email enquiries were always answered promptly, help was always there, and action was taken quickly with regard to any requests I made. Your service saved my roughly $3,000 in agent fees on a property that sold for $59,000 so I can only imagine the saving for more expensive properties. I'll be sure to list any future properties with you. Caroline I was definitely impressed with PropertyNow. The amount we paid to advertise for three months on 14 websites was less than it would have cost to advertise on Domain alone, and Andrew and Joanne were flawlessly professional, responsive and friendly. When we needed changes made to our ads, they were updated within an hour of our requests - even on weekends. Andrew also provided me with plenty of helpful advice and support all throughout the sale. I honestly believe that I got better service than I would have gotten from some of the real estate agents who were expecting us to pay them $20,000! If I ever sell another property, I will definitely be using PropertyNow again. Anne Thank you both for all the help and advice you gave us. We were really happy to save so much in fees yet get our home advertised on so many well known sites. To sell in three weeks was so good! We will definitely be advising others to sell their homes through your web-site. Mark, Anita and Lachlan Dalkeith Thank you Property Now - we sold our Townhouse in 9 days Saving nearly $9,000 on agent fee's. Andrew and Joanne were oustanding and went above and beyond answering all our questions and helping with the sale process all the way along. If you are not using Propertynow.com.au to sell your property your throwing lots of money away. No hidden fee's and charges and Great Service. Melissa Settlement has happened on our house. It was a bit of a bumpy road but we made it in one piece. Thank you for your support over the months. Thank you also for putting buyers in touch with me even after our subscription had expired. I will not hesitate to recommend your service to anyone who is selling their house. David Thank you Andrew and Joanne for all of your assistance during my 'DIY' sale of my villa, and for giving people such as myself the opportunity to sell their property themselves. With 'Property Now', I sold my place in 4 weeks, and not only did I save thousands in real estate agent's commissions, I negiotated a much better price than I had been offered whilst going through an agent ! I had my property listed with a reputable agency for over 3 months with weekly open houses, and extensive advertising (which left me out of pocket to the value of over $600 before we even started ! not to mention a 2.2% commission on top of that had we sold !) For people such as myself (ie. not a great salesperson, but merely an honest person that wants an honest sale and genuine price for their home) I can't reccommend the services of Property Now enough ! Steve I highly recommend the team at Property Now to place your advertisement for private sale. My property was placed under contract within 48 hours of listing with them !!! They were professional in all areas and always reliable. They were available to answer any question at anytime, even to my surprise on a Sunday !! I have not encountered such a high level of customer service in many years. The process of selling your property privately is made so easy with Property Now. Andrew and Joanne are a credit to the business and I wish them every success in the future. Melissa Green I'd like to pass on a huge thank you to Andrew and the Property Now Team! I have sold my property without an agent and it's all thanks to Property Now. I have saved myself over $10,000 in agent fees, sold my house within the first 6 weeks of it being listed and highly recommend to any property owner wishing to sell to give Property Now a try. I will never use a real estate agency again. The process was simple, easy and stress free thanks to the ongoing support and advice that you provide your For Sale By Owner's, not to mention the 14 websites you are able to list our properties on which is vital in this internet era. Thanks again and if I am ever selling again I know who to call! Damon & Kath We very pleased to confirm that we have sold our Manly Vale property. A huge thank you to you & your team for professional, helpful and prompt service. You delivered exactly what you promised, and we'll certainly recommend your services to anyone we can. Bruno and Vilma We have sold our house in Kinchela... second 'bidder' came in, and it looks quite certain now, settl/date in June, and yesterday managed after two weeks to purchase here in Forest Lake. Will ring you with some details. We would like to thank you both for all the care and attention, and guidance so freely given so often to help us through the process of selling. This was wonderful! Maree Clarke Dear Andrew I just want to thank you for all your help with putting my property on the internet. You gave me a novice, excellent service. I saved $10,000, being what the agent would have charged me if I went through them to sell it. I sold it privately and as I am a mature person with no internet experience, if I can do it so can anybody else. The property sold within 2 months. Thanks heaps Maree Clarke Raoul & Suzie Within 48 hours of listing our family home with Property Now, several clients, including the eventual purchasers, contacted us to arrange a private viewing. In just 5 days, we received and accepted an agreeable offer and the sale process was initiated.We can attribute our success directly to Property Now's listing strategies. Potential buyers were notified of our listing via e-mail and for a nominal extra cost our property was listed on the four main real estate sites. The people who subsequently arranged to view our home were genuine buyers and not 'lookers' or curious locals as were many who had traipsed through on Open Home days prior to listing with Property Now. We received very prompt, courteous and helpful responses to our queries and communications with staff at Property Now, whether via phone or e-mail. Suzie and I would highly recommend Property Now's services to anyone contemplating selling their property by private treaty. Many thanks, Raoul & Suzie Dauwalder Lorraine W A very sincere thank you for your support and assistance in selling my units. The same day I signed up with Property Now you had my units on all the listed websites. You and your company were very professional in all your dealings. You answered email enquiries regardless of day or time. You've made selling my units easier than dealing with the real estate agent. Many thanks for your great concept, your support and in depth knowledge of real estate. George Smith Once again many thanks for all your help. We are impressed with the level of service, and will certainly recommend PropertyNow to anyone wishing to undertake private sale. Ben Webster Propertynow is clearly leaps and bounds ahead of its competition. A wonderful model for real estate sales, in particular private sales, with the added bonus of a dedicated principal who is passionate about his business. Once making contact with PropertyNow you will immediately know what I mean. This is how uncomplicated easy and affordable selling ones home should be. Emma/Damien We sold on Friday! Many thanks again! We have already been reccommending your great service to everyone we know. Who needs an agent??!! We're really happy that we got more than our asking price & sold so quickly Kellie Smith We have now sold our house!! The buyer found us through one of your websites :) Thanks for saving us thousands in commission. I will highly recommend your service to others. It's been a pleasure dealing with you. Penne Yes we did it with no agent and no commission!! I would highly recommend Property Now to sell your real estate - easy, even for the novice (like us). We sold within six weeks and there are houses around us still for sale! We have saved just over $7,000!! If we can do it, anyone can! Keith/Andrea Thank you for all your help in the sale of our house. I will highly recommend PropertyNow to anyone selling their home. I don`t know why ANYONE would use a real estate agent and pay those high fees. I was also very impressed with the great support that you provided. Any questions I had were quickly answered. Not only would I use PropertyNow again, but I will encourage other people to utilise this efficient, fast, money-saving service. Many thanks to PropertyNow, you took a difficult, overwhelming situation and made it an effortless, positive experience. Jo-ann Thanks PropertyNow, We had 12 enquiries and the sale of our home within the first two weeks. Your company was very professional in all it's dealings. There was free advice and you answered the phone and email enquiries even if they came in on Sunday evenings. Rod Dale Helen and myself have received an offer on our place and we've taken a 0.25% deposit I'd like to thank you for all the support, it's been fantastic dealing with you. Lorraine Brendan has made an offer on the units and I have accepted his offer. Many, many thanks for your great concept, for your support and knowledge of real estate. Bev Thompson Yes we have sold our property and it was a private sale. We certainly hit our market without the expense of any agent. Anjali Dear Folks,Thanks very much for your marketing... we like the presentation very much, it looks great! We have a potential buyer right now and are awaiting exchange of contracts. Warm thanks. Sid Edwards Thanks for all your help in selling our 8 acres. Thanks to you we are now off to our new life in Tassie! Tim Just a short note to tell you how pleased I am with your PropertyNow service. We achieved a quick sale and I've already referred your service to several of our friends. You saved us thousands and it was all stress free as well. I wish you continued success as this is such an important service for private sellers. Tom Studley Thank you for your support and assistance in selling my home. I had it listed on 17 websites before yours but no serious offers. After 2 weeks I had a buyer from your area and after a visit it was sold !!!!!!. I have already recommended you to others who have since listed, so all the best. Dianne I am delighted that the contract on my unit in Auchenflower, Qld is now unconditional. Thank you for your fantastic service as well as your wonderful attitude. I have achieved a price higher than that indicated by the real estate agent I was going to use, had a contract after just 3 weeks on the market AND I have saved over $15 000! When I first started to consider selling privately, I knew nothing. It is amazing what you can find out when you begin researching and asking people for help. Once I stumbled onto your services on the internet, I was confident I could sell privately. The number of enquires via PropertyNow far outweighed all other sources. Not only is your service unique and great value for money, you have personally been a great support! I will certainly use your services again and wish you all the best. Roland Mark my property as being SOLD. Thanks again for your help and all the advice along the way!! I also really enjoyed the conversations with you, this has inspired me in many ways. Daniel D Thank you Andrew for your high levels of service and help with marketing our property. This is by far and away the best method of selling your property without the use of an agent. Brendon/Ezra My wife and i would like to thank you for your assistance with the sale of the property and really appreciate everything you have done. The site has allowed us to get the exposure needed to sell our property privately. We will be telling everyone we know about how benefical it has been. Kylie I am pleased to report that we now have an unconditional contract on our house. I have been so impressed by your service and cannot thank you enough for your assistance in marketing our home. One of my husbands work colleagues is placing his house up for sale in a couple of weeks, and has been contacting me for advice on selling privately. I have already passed on your propertynow.com.au details to him as a must do if he wants to have any chance of success. Mary Zoros I just wanted to thank you after having leased my property last night. It was advertised from Sat 22nd Oct and leased on Tuesday 25th Oct for $575 (as advertised) with a signed agreement after I checked references and employment. My investment property was signed up to an agent for a 30 day exclusive authority period (which I reduced at the beginning from 60 days) prior for $595pw (with a 7.7% managing fee) and all I heard back after each inspection was that it was just too small and the 2nd bedroom won't fit a double bed. Also everyone seemed to want to share with someone else which I wasn't keen on. They told me it was time to drop the price and get some professional photos...the photos I gave him were good but he used 6 x amatuerish ones he took with no lights on and were crooked. I used 20 of mine which looked pretty good and cost nothing. I opened the home for an hour on Saturday which had a fair bit of enquiry, an hour on Sunday which only brought in one lady as it was a glorious 30 degree day and I know I didnt want to be there either. Then on Monday for an hour at midday (which also wasn't worth it, but that's what the Agent was doing-opening at lunchtime midweek!!) finally, I did another hour at 5pm on Monday also which had the most enquiry and I leased it!! After my experience opening it on a fairly wet miserable Saturday all I heard was how gorgeous it was and how spacious it was...hmm, that was different to what I was told? Nearly everyone through were professional singles or couples. Then, when I pointed out that the 2nd bedroom wasn't suitable for a double bed EVERYone said that was fine as they were all couples and just wanted a spare room. There is a saying "if you want a good job done, do it yourself!" together with PropertyNow of course!!:)
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2011 - Pac-12 co-offensive freshman of the year. All-Pac-12 first team kick returner. Shared team's most outstanding player honor with senior tight end David Paulson. Freshman All-American according to Sporting News. Ranked 11th nationall in all-purpose ards (147.8 per game). Only player in the nation with 400 or mroe yards rushing, receiving, and kick returning. Ranked second (983 yards) in kick off return yards, seventh in all-purpose yards (2,235), and ninth in scoring (110) in a single season at Oregon. Played in all 14 games and started six. Team's second leading receiver with 46 catches for 605 yards and nine touchdowns. Third-leading rusher with 608 yards on just 55 carries. Scored seven rushing touchdowns. Scored his first career touchdown against LSU in the season opener. Earned the CFPA National Kick Returner of the Week against USC and again againstWashington State. Named the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas Player of the week against Washington State.
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SEGA has released behind-the-scenes video for its upcoming Sonic Boom video game and TV series, announced earlier this month.
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Gender equality? The WEF ranks us behind Nicaragua and Lesotho. Investment by business? The Economist thinks we are struggling to keep up with Mali. Let me put it more broadly, Britain is a rich country accruing many of the stereotypical bad habits of a developing country.Aditya Chakrabortty discusses the increasing hollowing out of the UK economy, as well as the City as an economically distorting resource curse.


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The Greater Springfield Area Crime Stoppers and the Springfield Police Department have worked together to initiate a new way to securely submit anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers through a program called "Text-A-Tip." Citizens now have the option to text confidential tips rather than calling them in. This is an innovative way to submit a tip and citizens can now choose which method works best for them – phone, web, or text.
"Creating another option for citizens to provide us with important crime information is a benefit for all. We recognize that a text can be more convenient than a phone call, and utilizing whatever method we can to help solve crimes will enhance our public safety mission," said Chief Paul Williams.
Anyone with text messaging can simply text "417SPD plus your message" to 274637 (CRIMES). Upon reception of a tipster's first incoming message, the system will auto-reply with a confirmation containing their unique Tip ID number. To submit follow-up information, the tipster simply replies to the confirmation text or they can send a new text with their Tip ID number within the text. Nothing else is needed. To cancel a tip, text STOP into the system at any time.
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FORMER Oulart-The Ballagh supremo Willie Sunderland has quit as Kildare Senior hurling manager.
Sunderland, who took charge in 2011 and guided the team to a Division 2B title in 2012, announced his decision to the players in the dressing-room following a training session before Christmas. His entire backroom team have also quit their posts.
'I don't feel too good about it. I feel really sad and very sorry for the 25-30 players that are putting in a serious effort for me and for Kildare,' he said in an interview in the 'Sunday Independent'.
'But there have been cracks in the whole link with the County Board for the past few months and they have widened to an extent that I feel I'm just not in control of the team any more.
'We have had serious issues with basic stuff, like the availability of physios, pitches and trying to get challenge matches before we make a step up and played the likes of Westmeath, Wicklow, Laois, Kerry and Derry in Division 2A. One of my players got inujured at a Sunday morning training session and I didn't even have an ice-pack to give him, never mind a physio.
'We have been told that all county teams have to train together - hurling and football - on the same night and share physios. That's fine, but we've been designated pitch number four at Hawkfield. There are floodlights there, but the problem is they are not attached to the generator.'
Sunderland confirmed that his fellow selectors, Mattie Dowd and Don McSweeney, and coach Bertie Sherlock have all stepped down too.
The Lilywhites Board has been struggling to fight an ongoing financial crisis, with their running deficit rising to over €700,000.
The county has already been subject to a financial overseer, the former Munster Council Secretary, Simon Moroney, since April last as part of the conditions for a €300,000 cash advance from Croke Park.
'I'm a reasonable man, I know we're in very tough recessionary times and I know the County Board is in a crisis with finances,' added Sunderland.
'But from what I can see, €75,000 has been made available to Kildare hurling teams in 2013. I have to try and prepare a team to play league and championship out of that, and the Minors and Under-21s have to be looked after too.
'The bottom line is, we're being cut, cut, cut to the bone. And the future of Kildare hurling, if there is to be one, deserves better.'


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Candlestick Point SRA
State Recreation Area
From Candlestick Point State Recreation, visitors can enjoy panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay, the East Bay Hills,San Bruno Mountain as well as relax in the peaceful scenery of the park itself. Its location on the western shoreline of the San Francisco Bay provides a variety of recreational opportunities from windsurfing, fishing, bird watching and walking to simply relaxing. The trails, group picnic sites and fishing piers at this urban park offer a get-away of open space and outdoor activities.
Candlestick Point SRA was the first California State Park unit developed to bring state park values into the urban setting. From historic wetlands to landfill to landscaped park, Candlestick Point demonstrates major land use changes of the San Francisco Bay. Its name is derived from 19th century locals who thought the burning of nearby abandoned sailing ships and their flaming masts in the bay resembled lighted candlesticks.
Take the Candlestick Park exit off U.S. 101 in San Francisco.
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The weather can be changeable; layered clothing is recommended.
Candlestick Point SRA is a unique state park on San Francisco Bay offering a variety of recreational opportunities for visitors.
Wind sheltered individual and group picnic areas have spectacular bay views. Call ahead to the park to reserve one of the four group picnic sites. There is a 50 person limit per group site; all groups sites are walk-in only.
Windsurfers enjoy the wind-whipped bay along Candlestick's shores, primarily in the spring and summer.
The park is popular for the fishing opportunities found along its shoreline and on two public piers. The "Old Pier" on Jamestown Avenue is temporarily closed for rehabilitaion. The "Fishing Pier" at Sunrise Point remains open for use. Depending on the season, catches might include halibut, striped bass, perch or sturgeon.
Bird watching is best in the winter when migrant waterfowl and shorebirds are numerous in the bay, but pelicans, egrets and hawks can also be seen throughout the year.
A fitness course along Candlestick's popular shoreline walking trails is an asset to those who wish to stay in shape.
The park's Community Garden offers city folk individual garden plots to grow their own vegetables.
More about the park
It was first born during World War II as 170 acres of landfill that was going to be used as a U.S. Navy shipyard. After the war, the landfill remained, but without a purpose. Some of its neighbors found a purpose for it--an easy place to dump their garbage.
Other neighbors sought a different purpose; they wanted to turn it into a park, with grass, trees, shrubs, and flowers. In 1973, the state legislature set aside $10 million to purchase the land. In 1977, the California Legislature voted to develop the land as a state recreation area--the first urban state recreation area.
The park offers hiking, jogging, bicycling, bird watching, informal games, and picnicking. There is a bike path and a fitness course. Candlestick Point is also a popular entry point for windsurfing on the bay.
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March 3, 2004
Full Faith and Credit,
Family Law,
and the Constitutional Amendment Process
Testimony of Professor R. Lea Brilmayer1
March 3, 2004
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights
"Judicial Activism vs. Democracy:
What Are the National Implications of the Massachusetts Goodridge Decision
and the Judicial Invalidation of Traditional Marriage Laws?"
Amending a constitution is serious business. In keeping with the adage "If it's not broken,
don't fix it," we have the responsibility to question seriously whether there is anything the
matter with the Constitution as it currently stands before setting out to amend it.
The specific question now facing this Subcommittee is whether one state's decision to
recognize same-sex marriage demonstrates the need for a constitutional amendment. The
answer is that there is nothing the matter with the U.S. Constitution that would require an
amendment defining marriage or specifying the consequences of a marriage in another state.
1. Summary
The occasion for today's consideration of a constitutional amendment is a decision by
Massachusetts' highest court that the Massachusetts state constitution gives same-sex
couples a right to marry. There is much confusion about what the Massachusetts decision
means in other states, for instance, if a Massachusetts same-sex couple moves to another
state after getting married. Given the technical nature of the applicable legal principles -
1 Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of International Law, Yale University School of Law. Professor
Brilmayer wishes to thank Mr. Darren Cohen of the Yale Law School for his assistance in the research for
this statement.
they are part of the legal specialty known as "conflict of laws" - some degree of confusion is
But no one can seriously claim that there is anything the matter with the way that the Full
Faith and Credit clause already handles such problems. The issues we face today concerning
the interstate consequences of a marriage are not much different from those faced in
previous generations, and the Clause has ample flexibility to handle them. For more than
two centuries the Clause has stood as written, with only occasional legislative elaboration to
bring it up to date. A constitutional amendment would put an end to the possibility of
legislative innovation, state or federal. There was nothing the matter with the Full Faith and
Credit Clause when it was written and there is nothing the matter with it now.
Some people think that the Massachusetts judges were mistaken in their interpretation of
what the Massachusetts constitution requires. But on its face, this is an insufficient reason to
adopt a federal constitutional amendment. In a federal system such as ours, it is taken for
granted that a state court is entitled to interpret its own state law, even if other states think
the interpretation is mistaken. Passing federal constitutional amendments to correct state
judges' interpretations of state law radically alters the distribution of decision-making
authority in the American federal system.
2. Full Faith and Credit
The Massachusetts ruling permitting same-sex marriage raises issues about the effect of one
state's changes in marriage laws in other states. This question does not arise out of any
defect in the Constitution; it arises out of the structure of the American federal system,
which gives states the right to adopt different laws and to interpret their own state
constitutions differently from other states. The Constitution was written deliberately to
protect state power to do so, and the approach that the framers of the Constitution adopted
is embodied in Article IV's Full Faith and Credit Clause.
a. Full Faith and Credit Generally
The fact that states may differ in their policies or in the interpretation of their constitutions
makes it necessary to find some way to harmonize their different choices. Many transactions
and legal relationships have connections to several different states. The Full Faith and
Credit Clause of Article IV was written for precisely the purpose of reconciling conflicting
state decisions. It states:
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and
judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws
prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved,
and the Effect thereof.2
Although the text refers to "public Acts [and] Records" as well as "judicial Proceedings," the
Clause has had its main impact in the interstate enforcement of judicial judgments. These
are entitled to almost automatic deference in other states; state legislation has always been
given less recognition.3 Less formal legal instruments, such as contracts or (more important
here) licenses, have been entitled to less recognition even than legislation.
The Full Faith and Credit Clause unavoidably results in judicial judgments having
"extraterritorial" effect. The whole point of the clause is that once a judgment is announced,
that judgment will be enforceable in other states. Whether you're talking about a tort
judgment or an award in a contract case, the direct consequence of the Full Faith and Credit
clause is that one state court - the one that announces the award - gets the opportunity to
2 U.S. CONST. art. IV, § 1.
3 See Pacific Employers Insurance Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission, 306 U.S. 493, 502 (1939)
("[W]e think the conclusion is unavoidable that the full faith and credit clause does not require one state to
substitute for its own statute, applicable to persons and events within it, the conflicting statute of another
state, even though that statute is of controlling force in the courts of the state of its enactment with respect
to the same persons and events"); Alaska Packers Ass'n v. Industrial Accident Comm'n, 294 U.S. 532
(1935) ("[T]here are some limitations upon the extent to which a state will be required by the full faith and
credit clause to enforce even the judgment of another state, in contravention of its own statutes or policy").
In Hughes v. Fetter, 341 U.S. 609 (1951), the Supreme Court invalidated on Full Faith and Credit grounds
a Wisconsin statute providing that Wisconsin courts would not be open to wrongful-death actions arising in
other states. In doing so it specifically recognized that Wisconsin might refuse to enforce a sister-state
wrongful-death action if it had a "real feeling of antagonism against wrongful death suits in general." Id. at
612. This statement reflects the general recognition that a state is entitled to refuse to recognize another
state's law on the grounds of inconsistency with local public policy, but not out of simple hostility to
another state's authority.
impose its will on all the rest, at least for that particular plaintiff and defendant and that
particular set of facts. No one thinks that there is anything problematic about this; it is a
desirable aspect of our federal system. The alternative is anarchy.
But this wholly unexceptional general principle is now generating opposition in one specific
context, namely interstate recognition of marriages. People around the country are asking,
"Why should a decision made in Massachusetts about the definition of marriage effectively
tie the hands of courts and legislatures in my state?" Their fears are unfounded. First,
entering into a marriage is legally more akin to signing a contract or taking out a driver's
license than to a full-fledged court case; as will be shown below, marriages have never
received the automatic effect given to judicial decisions. They can be refused recognition in
other states without offending Full Faith and Credit.
Second, the Full Faith and Credit Clause has never been understood to require recognition
of marriages entered into in other states that are contrary to local "public policy." The
"public policy" doctrine, which is well recognized in conflict of laws, frees a state from
having to recognize decisions by other states that offend deeply held local values.4 One of
the contexts in which it has proven particularly important is family law.
4 Marchlik v. Coronet Insurance Co., 239 N.E.2d 799 (Ill. 1968) (public policy of Illinois forbade direct
action against insurance company, even though Wisconsin law applied and Wisconsin allowed the action);
Mertz v. Mertz, 3 N.E.2d 597 (N.Y. 1936) (public policy of New York forbade interspousal suit in tort,
despite Connecticut law allowing such a suit); Owen v. Owen, 444 N.W.2d 710 (S.D. 1989) (public policy
of South Dakota forbade interspousal suit in tort).
The public policy doctrine's application to judgments is less clear. The Restatement (Second) of Conflict
of Laws takes the position that:
A judgment rendered in one State of the United States need not be recognized or enforced in a
sister State if such recognition or enforcement is not required by the national policy of full faith
and credit because it would involve an improper interference with important interests of the sister
RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF CONFLICT OF LAWS § 103 (1988). See also, Alaska Packers Ass'n v. Industrial
Accident Comm'n, 294 U.S. 532 (1935) ("[T]here are some limitations upon the extent to which a state
will be required by the full faith and credit clause to enforce even the judgment of another state, in
contravention of its own statutes or policy").
As will appear from the discussion below, for purposes of the public-policy doctrine, marriages have not
been treated like judgments, but rather have received less recognition even than legislation. Courts have
not hesitated to apply local public policy to refuse to recognize marriages entered into in other states.
b. Full Faith and Credit in the Family Law Context
Family law is one of the most difficult and complex subject areas for conflict of laws.
Family-law cases can't be resolved as easily as contract-law disputes; they involve ongoing
relationships that may be tied to several different states, and they touch our lives in intimate
and important ways. As a matter of existing constitutional law, the conclusion reached by
one state is not automatically entitled to recognition by the rest. This is true not only in the
context of marriage law, but also for other family-law issues.
One example involves divorce law, an area in which pragmatic solutions have been worked
out to accommodate the different interests of the competing states and the opposing parties.
Under an approach known as "divisible divorce," the initial divorce might be granted in the
state of current residence of the divorcing spouse (usually this was the husband), but
property and child-custody decisions had to be made in the state of residence of the wife.
The fact that one state decided to grant a divorce, in other words, was not treated as
automatically binding on the others, and the first state lacked the authority to adjudicate
certain important aspects of the marriage.5 In particular, the wife's home state had a right to
relitigate any aspects of the divorce that touched on her rights to property6 and custody over
her children.
Child custody was another area in which it was necessary to balance finality of decision
making against the need for flexibility. For almost a century, it has been appreciated that
child custody awards should not be final and permanent; there has to be some leeway to
5 In Williams v. North Carolina II, 325 U.S. 226 (1945), the Supreme Court upheld North Carolina's right
to prosecute for bigamy two North Carolina domiciliaries who traveled to Nevada to divorce their
respective spouses and to then marry one another. The Court held that the Nevada judgment did not
preclude North Carolina from examining the validity of the divorce and subsequent re-marriage, nor from
prosecuting the individuals in question on bigamy charges.
6See, e.g., Estin v. Estin, 334 U.S. 541 (1948) (allowing for divisible divorce; state of wife's residence was
permitted to adjudicate rights of wife with respect to property, even though divorce was granted in another
state); May v. Anderson, 345 U.S. 528 (1953) (holding that a state in which the wife was not domiciled or
present did not have jurisdiction to make a determination of her custodial rights in a divorce, despite being
able to order a divorce); Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt, 354 U.S. 416 (1957) (state court of residence of husband
did not have jurisdiction over the wife and could not extinguish any right she had under the law of state of
her residence to financial support from her husband, even though the court could order a divorce).
modify a judgment.7 The custodial parent may become unfit or die; if the child develops
medical problems the amount of financial support may have to be increased; and so forth.
Where the interests of children are involved, awards have to be modifiable.
But state courts took advantage of the modifiability of other states' child-custody awards to
reverse awards in ways that were not in the child's best interests. If the losing parent in a
Texas divorce proceeding seized the children, he or she could run to a Massachusetts court
and get a new award. Then the other parent could try to seize the children and take them
back to Texas, which would then enter a new judgment. Ultimately, fortunately, the federal
government stepped in and passed a rather complicated statute specifying exactly when a
custody award was enforceable as written and when it could be modified.8 All state courts
are bound by this statute.9
Regarding the precise point at issue here, marriages entered into in one state have never been
considered constitutionally entitled to automatic recognition in other states. This is in part
because marriages are not like judicial judgments, which are announced only after lengthy
formal court proceedings in which both sides are represented by counsel. It is also because
of the special importance in American law of family relationships, which (as noted above)
makes family law distinctive. Finally, it has always been too easy for people to avoid their
home-state law by traveling to another state to take advantage of more lenient marriage
laws.10 For all of these reasons, states have always had greater freedom to re-examine the
validity of marriages entered into elsewhere than they have to re-examine the merits of a
7 See, e.g., Yarborough v. Yarborough, 290 U.S. 202, 222 (1933) (Stone, J., dissenting) ("[I]t comes as a
surprise that any state, merely because it has made some provision for the support of a child, should, either
by statute or judicial decree, so tie its own hands as to foreclose all future inquiry into the duty of
maintenance however affected by changed conditions"); Potter v. Potter, 278 P.2d 1020 (Colo. 1955) (child
support ordered in Texas but modified in California allowed, since child support order was not considered a
final judgment); B.B. v. D.D., 18 P.3d 1210 (Alaska 2001) (modification in Alaska of child custody order
by Oregon court allowed).
8 Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980, 28 U.S.C. § 1738A (2004).
9 U.S. CONST. art. VI, cl. 2.
10 See, e.g., Lanham v. Lanham, 117 N.W. 787 (Wisc. 1908) (plaintiffs, who were prohibited from getting
married in Wisconsin because law prohibited marriage within one year of divorce, were married in
Michigan and returned to Wisconsin; Wisconsin held that marriage was not valid, since it violated
Wisconsin's public policy).
judicial award in a tort or contract case. The state has a right to take into account its local
"public policy."
Among the types of marriages that have been denied recognition are:
? Marriages between cousins, or between uncles and nieces;11
? Polygamous marriages;12 and
? Marriages by an individual who was very recently divorced.13
It is obvious that the interstate recognition of same-sex marriages implicates the same legal
principles and requires analogous lines of reasoning.
c. Full Faith and Credit and Congressional Power
The example of interstate child custody disputes shows that legislative power has been
important in determining the amount of credit legal decisions must be given in other states,
particularly in the family-law context. In the child-custody context, the issue proved
intractable until a federal statute - 28 U.S.C. § 1738A - was adopted.14
This example is not unique. Congress has long recognized the substantive importance of its
power to provide for recognition - or nonrecognition - of judgments:
11 See, e.g., Osoinach v. Watkins, 180 So. 577 (Ala. 1938) (marriage between nephew and widow of uncle
in Georgia not recognized in Alabama); In re Estate of May, 114 N.E.2d 4 (N.Y. 1953) (marriage between
uncle and niece in Rhode Island questioned in New York; marriage ultimately considered valid); Catalano
v. Catalano, 170 A.2d 726 (Conn. 1961) (marriage between uncle and niece in Italy questioned in
Connecticut, where such marriages were prohibited; marriage considered invalid); Petition of Lieberman,
50 F. Supp. 120 (E.D.N.Y. 1943) (petition for naturalization approved where petitioner married her uncle in
Rhode Island and returned to New York, where such marriages were not valid).
12 See, e.g., Matter of Darwish, 14 I & N Dec. 307 (Board of Immigration Appeals 1973) (spouse of U.S.
citizen's petition for naturalization denied because she was second wife of her husband, which was valid
under Jordanian-Muslim law, because such marriages were against public policy of the United States);
Toler v. Oakwood Smokeless Coal Corp., 4 S.E.2d 364 (Va. 1939) (marriage performed and valid in West
Virginia questioned in Virginia, where the marriage was considered bigamous; marriage declared void).
13 See, e.g., Lanham v. Lanham, 117 N.W. 787 (Wisc. 1908) (plaintiffs, who were prohibited from getting
married in Wisconsin because law prohibited marriage within one year of divorce, were married in
Michigan and returned to Wisconsin; Wisconsin held that marriage was not valid, since it violated
Wisconsin's public policy); Horton v. Horton, 198 P. 1105 (Ariz. 1921) (marriage celebrated in New
Mexico within the one-year time period when remarriage was prohibited in Arizona questioned; validity of
marriage questioned but marriage ultimately upheld).
14 Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act of 1980, 28 U.S.C. 1738A (2004).
? Federal full faith and credit legislation has been used to dismiss attempts by
criminals convicted in a state court to go to federal court and demand money
damages for alleged violation of their civil rights during their arrest or during
court proceedings;15
? During the Great Depression, Congress adopted the Frazier-Lemke Act to
protect family farms from forced sale during bankruptcy proceedings.16 It
was held to create an exception to the general principle that foreclosure
judgments should be final and enforceable in any other court;17
? In the 1980s, the Supreme Court turned to the Full Faith and Credit Statute18
to decide the general preclusive effect of state-court judgments in federal
Civil Rights Act cases.19 The Court also used the Full Faith and Credit
Statute to decide how much effect a state court decision should be given in
federal antitrust cases.20
The 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act ("DOMA") is another example.21
Although some people have expressed skepticism about whether DOMA is constitutional,
these are mostly people whose expertise lies outside the area of conflict of laws. Even most
lawyers are not fully familiar with the history of congressional implementation of the Full
Faith and Credit Clause, and they underestimate the latitude it gives to adopt legislation.
Constitutional power to enact such legislation is found in Article IV itself. The last
provision in the Full Faith and Credit Clause states:
[T]he Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts,
Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.22
In my view, the federal DOMA falls within Article IV's grant of congressional power.
15 Haring v. Prosise, 462 U.S. 306 (1983) (holding that in an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a federal court
must give a state conviction effect under the Full Faith and Credit Statute).
16 Frazier-Lemke Act, 11 U.S.C. § 203(s) (repealed in 1949).
17 Kalb v. Feuerstein, 308 U.S. 433 (1940).
19 Migra v. Warrant City School Dist. Bd. Of Education, 465 U.S. 75 (1984).
20 Marrese v American Academy of Surgeons, 470 U.S. 373 (1985).
21 Defense of Marriage Act, 28 U.S.C. 1738C (2004).
22 U.S. CONST. art. IV, § 1, cl. 2.
d. The Constitutional Amendment Strategy
Congress' historic flexibility to adopt legislation on interstate family law would be undercut
or sacrificed entirely if the subject of interstate recognition was dealt with by Constitutional
amendment. Although today's debate is focused on the alleged need to cut back state lawmaking
authority, a constitutional amendment would unavoidably have the additional
consequences of restricting federal legislative power. This is both undesirable and
Restricting federal and state legislative power by adoption of a constitutional amendment is
undesirable because Congress, as well as the state courts and legislatures, needs to have
flexibility to shape the legal rules that govern interstate relations, in order to meet
unanticipated developments. A constitutional amendment in this area would not make our
legal system more democratic, but less democratic.
Restricting federal and state legislative power by adoption of a constitutional amendment is
also unnecessary: We already have a fully worked-out and well-functioning system of
interstate judgments enforcement. Such problems as have arisen have been dealt with well
by statute. The rarity of such problems is probably due to the fact that our courts have
considerable experience dealing with interstate enforcement - including in the admittedly
difficult area of family law - and have worked out realistic and practical solutions. There are
solutions to precisely the problems people are worrying about today. The problems
preoccupying the proponents of a constitutional amendment are entirely speculative.
No one has yet identified a defect in the Full Faith and Credit Clause. The Constitution is
working well for us, including in this complicated and controversial area, and it does not
need amendment.
2. A Federal Constitutional Definition of Marriage
The witnesses for this hearing have not been asked to comment on a particular proposed
text for a constitutional amendment. However, it is worth considering whether the
conclusions arrived at above should be different if an amendment simply provided a federal
substantive definition of marriage, rather than addressing the problem of full faith and credit
for same-sex marriages directly.
What object would be served by enacting a federal constitutional definition of marriage, if
not to eliminate the prospect of interstate enforcement? At stake is what Massachusetts may
do within its own borders. Some people are bothered not by the possibility that
Massachusetts might impose its definition of marriage on other states, but by the idea that
Massachusetts might recognize same-sex marriage for its own domestic purposes. These are
the people who support amending the U.S. Constitution to adopt a single, federal, definition
of marriage.
In terms of the issue on the table at this hearing - the relationship between democracy,
judicial activism, and state marriage laws - the response to these people is obvious.
Enabling the other states to impose on Massachusetts their definition of marriage -
historically, a quintessentially state-law subject - can hardly be described as democratic. If
the relevant principle is to be democracy, then it is for the people of Massachusetts to say
what their constitution and statutes should say. It is not for the other forty-nine states to
dictate to Massachusetts by federal constitutional amendment what Massachusetts law
should be. This premise is the basic principle of federalism, upon which the American
constitutional system as a whole depends.
4. Conclusion
If the objective is democracy, then federalizing the definition of marriage through adoption
of a constitutional amendment is a bad idea. Family law has traditionally been reserved to
the states because the impact is experienced locally, and the framers of the Constitution
appreciated that decisions on matters of intense local concern should be made at a local
All in all, there is no reason for a federal constitutional amendment whose sole purpose is to
correct an (arguable) misinterpretation by a state court of a state constitutional provision.
For purposes of interstate enforcement, the solution is well worked-out and already in place.
Nothing about the Full Faith and Credit Clause, or its two-hundred-year history of
application, suggests any defect that needs to be remedied by constitutional amendment.


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ScrumMaster, Get off Your High Horse
30 September 2013
Raghu Angara, CSP
Infosys Technologies
Contrary to popular belief, ScrumMasters don't have it easy. Facilitation is not as simple as it is made out to be, especially when members of the team are either novices and/or haughty. Additionally, there are many proverbial "headless chickens" running around making noise. ScrumMasters face an uphill task in mentoring and guiding prospective Agilists to follow Scrum rules and best practices.
More often than not, the snide remarks come from people who are the least knowledgeable about Agile principles, discipline, methods, practices, roles, and responsibilities. Unfortunately, there is no shortage of such people or groups in the corporate world. When ScrumMasters attempt to explain the concept of Agile and self-organized teams (and in the process also explain the role of management in an Agile environment), they are faced with comments such as, "ScrumMaster, get off your high horse." It is in this context that I write this article.
I had the interesting experience of joining a project as ScrumMaster. On the very first day I discovered, to my dismay, that I was the only member of the team at the time. I was tasked with forming a team of Agile experts when there were none available. The organization I worked for had very little Agile history. Needless to say, it took me more than a month to get people with some exposure to Agile principles and practices. Coaching the team was not the difficult part; the team was enthusiastic and eager to start practicing Agile. The challenge was more from middle management -- line managers, project managers, and program managers. No one had any clue about what Agile truly was, and even less knowledge about roles and responsibilities. The team was expected to deliver from Day One, without giving the members a chance to go through the team-forming life cycle.
The ScrumMaster's role is extremely challenging until such time as the team becomes self-organized and all the stakeholders reach the same level of understanding of Agile best practices, roles, and responsibilities. The situational leadership role ScrumMasters find themselves in demands that they remain steadfast and help eliminate any noise that could potentially distract the team from performing at its best toward the sprint goal. While this may seem like an easy effort, the truth is quite to the contrary. To become a barrier between the Scrum team and any distracting influence from the management, marketing, and other nonessential stakeholders is a full-time responsibility for the ScrumMaster. It is, most of the time, difficult and laden with organizational politics. Ensuring that the Scrum process is used as intended is one challenge. Other challenges include educating/coaching and mentoring stakeholders on the concepts of Agile/Scrum; enforcing the rules of Scrum; timeboxing daily stand-up meetings into 10 to 15 minutes; steering discussions toward increased productivity; mediating through conflicts; facilitating meetings such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and reviews; keeping the team motivated; and helping team and the stakeholders maintain transparency. These are just a few of the challenges faced by all ScrumMasters.
A major impediment to the ScrumMaster role that I have seen and experienced is the expectation that ScrumMaster also perform as a project manager. This is a perfect recipe for disaster. In my opinion, the mind-sets of these two roles are totally different and so will result in project failure. Another expectation that is common in global consulting organizations is that ScrumMasters also perform marketing duties and explore business opportunities for growth. This leads to severe problems and often ends up with disbanded teams. Additionally, it could cost organizations future business with their clients.
ScrumMasters are required to be resistant to all such ridiculous expectations, remain persistent in ensuring that the rules of Scrum are followed, and be dedicated in their efforts to remove impediments to the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal. ScrumMasters must make sure that all stakeholders have an awareness of the rules. Only then can there be improvement. Bringing awareness of Agile and Scrum to management, marketing, and other stakeholders is a tough task for any ScrumMaster.
So, does the ScrumMaster need to get off his or her high horse?
Not if organizations wish to be successful in their pursuit of Agile excellence.
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Zach Bonaker
Nice article and you hit squarely on the major pain points. This reads a lot like my daily life... trying to coach teams through the Scrum framework, but in an environment where there is no support to do so. We need an article contribution on how ScrumMasters can stay motivated, too!
Briana Hall
>We need an article contribution on how ScrumMasters can stay motivated, too
Hear, hear!
There's only so much beating your head up against a wall you can do before you begin to get demoralized, which makes it impossible to support your team appropriately.
Kumar Venugopal
Nicely stated. The challenge for SM becomes more to highlight the differences in roles and responsibilities with PM especially for projects transitioned agile way.
Practices,principles of agile within the organization need to have a strong commitment and message from senior leadership teams to be successful.
Ganesh Doddi
The article clearly highlights the importance on the support by Upper and Middle management. Looking from management perspective, ideally they do not want to be stumbling blocks for successful projects, after all they would like to lead/own successful projects. What might be lacking is the knowledge on essentials of scrum and how to transform from existing waterfall to scrum.
To address this important objective, I think Scrum Alliance should consider separate courses for Upper and Middle management on key processes of Scrum, it's benefits and key inputs during transition.
These courses should be suggested by the Scrum community to all organisations before deciding to implement Scrum in their organisations.
This improvement fits into Scrum's inspect/adapt practice where we 'inspect' current issue of management lack of knowledge and adapt by coming up with required course for them.
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