Letters to the Editor
obxgirl
Published Letters: 5
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Fees and Services
[Read the article: "Real Estate Rookie" tells all]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Allison: I liked your idea, but I did want to clear one thing up. In the vast majority of real estate transactions, the seller pays the entire commission to his broker, and they split that with the buyer's broker. The buyer's cash is usually long gone after downpayments, loan fees, attorney fees, title insurance, prepaid property taxes, and on and on.
If an agent required a "just looking" retainer, it would at least make the tire kickers pick on someone else. And, as you said, the agent could still credit that fee back to the buyer at closing, if and when they closed.
But if you want to make steady money in real estate, you can always be a licensed assistant. It doesn't pay much, but it pays every two weeks, and you can learn alot more than you would sitting on duty waiting for the phone to ring!
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Oh no!
[Read the article: Hit her, baby, one more time]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Please tell Britney Spears is not going to become the next Michael Jackson!!!
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Perfect
[Read the article: American flag pins are for idiots]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...And not even bumper stickers. Bumper magnets. Because stickers are tough to get off, and we may change our mind about never forgetting.
Simply perfect.
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Oleander
[Read the article: The strange case of midnight renegade oleander gentrification camouflage]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Goodness, will everyone please calm down about how poisonous the oleander is? No, you shouldn't eat it, or burn it. But it's not going to kill you if you bring a pretty bloom into your house!
I live on the coast, and these unkillable, green, and blossoming plants grow everywhere, and we love them. I have kids, and dogs, and I've even lopped off branches of my oleaders. My kids don't eat the landscaping. True, we should all be aware that it is a very poisonous plant if ingested, but please take a moment to calm down before you post.
PS Why did Cary assume the lady was from the South? Maybe he's referring to a postmark we didn't see, but really. Do "non-white" people only live in the south? Maybe the old lady is Latino. Maybe this whole story takes place in the Southwest. Just wondering.
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Of mashed potatoes and frozen marinara
[Read the article: Ask the pilot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I had a TSA screener take away a brand new, unopened container of hummus.
Should have known better than to have terrorist food in my carry-on.