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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Just throwing this out there in case anyone needs actual advice:

    One option is to sign with a buyer’s broker. A real estate agent that works for the buyer rather than the seller. That’s what my wife and I did when we bought our house almost 29.

    The real estate fees of 6% are paid by the seller and split by the seller’s broker and the buyers broker, and the buyer’s broker has a fiduciary responsibility to the buyer

    Our broker, Gary, made sure we understood everything that was happening and made sure we didn’t screw up.

    I definitely recommend it for anyone buying a house for the first time. It doesn’t cost you anything as the buyer, and it doesn’t increase any costs for the seller.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buyer_brokerage














  • The U.S. was never given independence.

    The Declaration of Independence wasn’t asking for it. It was stating it as established fact:

    “We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States.”

    It would have been different if Britain had won the war, but they didn’t.

    It would have been nice if we managed to do better with the independence we have, but that doesn’t change the reality.