Stuart Watkins - AZ Real Estate

Real Estate Fees
Stuart Watkins

When is a 4% real estate fee enough to charge a seller? In my real estate career, I have seen fees as high as 15% and have charged that much for difficult properties to sell, and usually charged 12% for land sales in areas hard to get to, or had unusual problems. However, in the current residential real estate market, it may be that a 4% fee is more than adequate. In real estate exchanges of land for commercial property, apartment buildings, or even land, sometimes a 20% fee is appropriate. Real estate fees are negotiable, as they should be. Sometimes a flat fee is appropriate for a seller who has found their own buyer, but wants a professional to assist in the closing of the sale. Feel free to discuss the fee with the agency you are considering to employ to assist you in selling your property. Real estate agents may decide not to list your property if you are not willing to compensate them in an appropriate manner for their skill, and knowledge about the current market conditions. When you hire a real estate firm to represent your best interests, it is their obligation to do so. Be comfortable in consulting with several firms before selecting one to help you resolve your real estate situation.

Stop sending me suggestions of what I might like. Most irritating.

Pay the $15.
Bought a chair from Office Max. They wanted $15 to assemble it, and I would have to wait or come back. Heck, assemble a chair?
Piece of cake I told my wife.
The arms were facing the wrong direction. Unscrew and place on the correct sides. Secured the base with the wrong bolts, and had to unscrew and select the correct bolts that went with the base.
One and a half hours later the chair was assembled correctly.
Suggestion: Pay the $15. Grin.

The Cowboys have a small player named Lamb. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Opposing football teams must not underestimate this player, because he will ram his way into a touchdown.
Impressive.

Yesterday was the 1st Day of Hanukkah. It was nice for one of our writing club members, who is Jewish, to let us know. It gave me joy to participate in the celebration.

Saint Augustine, Alaska Erupts
Stuart Watkins

The day Saint Augustine erupted
I was standing on the shore
counting my thoughts with no tally
cautiously my mind returned
as the trembling earth
foretold of danger
my dreamworld suddenly erupted
with awareness of Saint Augustine
as the island violently erupted
ashes enveloped me
and gasping
I died

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