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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (9049)	2/19/2003 12:30:59 PM
From: Tradelite	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 306849

<<It is just like discussing real estate commissions with Tradelite >> Lizzie, my friend....you caught me with this remark on the first day I've looked at SI in a very long time..... About those commissions.....they are payment for services rendered. Two days ago, we paid $250 to a neighbor who owns a landscaping firm....he owns a Bobcat (small bulldozer-type vehicle) which could plow out the two feet of snow from our very long driveway, so we can now see the light of day again. Once the county snow plows clean up the main streets, we'll actually be able to get out of our house and do things, such as buy food or other things we might need, such as medical care or meet some other type of emergency. We've lived in this house for enough decades to live through a few other record-setting snowstorms...but we were younger then and had two young sons who could help move tons of snow away from all the exits. We spent this $250 to save ourselves at least 16 hours worth of work, not to mention possible heart attacks and orthopedic problems, and thanks to the landscaper with the Bobcat, we have 6-foot mounds on snow on each SIDE of our driveway, instead of IN the driveway. Real estate commissions are payments for services rendered. If you prefer and can render yourself the same quality of service yourself, you are free to NOT pay any real estate commissions. Been working on taxes lately, in preparation for turning over the completion of my real estate tax return to a professional tax preparer, to whom I will pay a fee for his work......notice that I paid a couple thousand in real estate commisions to a broker in another state for sale of properties this year......Did I get my money's worth for something I couldn't do myself? YES. I have no sympathy for people who bitch and moan about the cost of hiring others to do that which they are either unwilling or unable to do for themselves.