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September 20, 2005
Realtors weigh in on commission
Realtors weigh in on commission issue
South Coast Today - Sep 16 10:37 PM
The first home my wife and I purchased was priced at $10,700. The broker's commission in the transaction was the traditional 6 percent -- $642. We and the property seller thought that was a fair commission.
New twist on aid for Iraq: U.S. seeks donations
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo! News - Sep 19 5:10 AM
From the Indian Ocean tsunami to the church around the corner, Americans have shown time and again they are willing to open their pocketbooks for charity, for a total of about $250 billion last year alone.
A Growing L.A. Ministry Extends a Helping Hand
Los Angeles Times via Yahoo! News - Sep 10 2:30 AM
For two days after Hurricane Katrina made a ruin of his New Orleans neighborhood, David Mince, 50, waited on the roof of his flooded 9th Ward house, eating Spam and crackers, watching dead cats, dogs and humans float by, and waving to helicopters until one finally rescued him.
Documents for the Undocumented
East Bay Express - Sep 07 8:35 AM
At an Oakland DMV, immigrants could buy a driver's license. The tale of how they did suggests the problem may be widespread. Veronica Rivera's scam was simple. She would park her luxury sedan at Oakland's Claremont Avenue DMV, whip out her cell phone, chat a bit in Tagalog, and the cash would flow.
Chicago's his kind of town
Los Angeles Times - Sep 18 12:23 AM
Breaking up with Los Feliz isn't hard to do for Vince Vaughn, who just finished filming "The Break Up" with Jennifer Aniston in Chicago and decided to part company with the City of Angels and move to the Windy City. His 3,000-square-foot Mediterranean in Los Feliz recently sold for nearly $4 million.
Posted by blogposter at September 20, 2005 06:42 PM