On Sun, 9 Aug 2020 20:13:30 -0400, Grumpy Old White Guy
wrote:

On 8/9/2020 6:23 PM, Jim Joyce wrote:
On Sun, 9 Aug 2020 06:27:18 -0400, I Sellers wrote:

On 8/9/20 3:13 AM, Jim Joyce wrote:
On Sun, 09 Aug 2020 01:06:46 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 9 Aug 2020 05:34:06 +0100, Bod wrote:

'Without fixes for infrastructure, education, health care and
government, the U.S. will resemble a developing nation in a few decades'.

The U.S.s decline started with little things that people got used to.
Americans drove past empty construction sites and didnt even think
about why the workers werent working, then wondered why roads and
buildings took so long to finish.
They got used to avoiding hospitals because of the unpredictable and
enormous bills theyd receive. They paid 6% real-estate commissions,
never realizing that Australians were paying 2%. They grumbled about
high taxes and high health-insurance premiums and potholed roads, but
rarely imagined what it would be like to live in a system that worked
better.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/ar...ut-in-the-open

Agree/disagree.....Opinions?
Other than the inaccuracies I suppose it is OK.
Maybe Mikey should spend more time in Flyover land.
I called my village about a pot hole in the road, they were out there
the next day, cut out about 5 feet of road, edge to edge, fixed the
drain pipe that caused it and repaved it 3 days later when the
concrete on the pipe had set.
RE commissions are typically 3-3.5%.
Construction is booming here, even during the Covid.
I agree the health insurance is high but the government is making that
worse, not better and the lawyers are a big part of the problem.
You're lucky regarding the RE commissions. Up in the Florida panhandle
they're still 6%, same as the rest of the country.

You don't *need* a real estate agent to sell a house.Â* Show it yourself and have a lawyer do the paperwork.
I assume most people know you don't need to use a realtor, but I always use
one for a couple of reasons. First, I don't stick around when I put a house
up for sale because I always buy the next house before putting the current
house on the market. I hand the keys to a realtor and let him/her run with
it, keeping the grass cut, scheduling open houses, dealing with incoming
queries and offers, etc. Second, I'd rather let a realtor manage the MLS
listing. Yes, I could do it, but it's worth it to me to hand off that task.

For some people, bypassing the realtor would make sense, so thanks for
mentioning it.


What's a high-roller like you doing hanging out on a DIY politics forum?

Just another Democrat standing out of the sun roof of his limo talking
about income inequality ;-)