It started as a way of showing their proud families back in Serbia and around Australia their successful mortgage broking business, located on Sydney’s northern beaches.

But for Serge Scekic and Jim Sharif, their “Fans of Aussie Dee Why” Facebook site has become a business tool with their very first home loan being sold via the social networking site.

Serge Scekic said the customer sent a “friend request” to him and then emailed asking about Aussie Dee Why’s service.

“He said he was a First Home Buyer and was interested in getting pre?approval for a loan,” Serge said.
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A Canberra lawyer who won the right to serve legal documents on two defendants via Facebook says courts around the country will follow his lead.

In what he believes is a world first, lawyer Mark McCormack tracked down a couple who had defaulted on a six-figure loan using the internet and served them with a default judgement.

Mr McCormack says the ACT Supreme Court allowed him to serve the couple via Facebook as well as leaving the actual court papers at their last known address and sending emails.
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