But be careful to get the agreement right with the agent, in case you end up selling privately, but still paying the agent.

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Another CPA generated draft tax returns that gave the agent a choice of paying 25%, 50%, 75% or all the tax owed.

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Over the last 20 years Barbara Marquardt has sold five homes without paying a dime in commission to a real estate agent.

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Even worse, Bonner says, starting pay for an agent is far less than what local police departments are paying.

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Darren Heitner over at the Sports Agent Blog recently wrote a post advocating the lifting of all regulations against agents paying players.

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Osborne, who heads Power Agent Systems, which makes battery-management and monitoring systems for data centers, has been paying enough attention to put forward a smart scenario, if not the most likely one.

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In fact, enrolled agent Robert Duitz of San Jose, Calif. has told many of his clients to delay paying 1999 state income and local property taxes until the year 2000, even though they will owe penalties.

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