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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PA, except as an agent for paying some 140, 000 civil servants, barely runs.

ECONOMIST: Palestine

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

FORBES: Taxes

Whereas he had a heart of gold when it came to the troops and special friends like his agent Jack Saphier paying all his medical expenses when he was terminally ill he drove particularly hard bargains with others, including his writers, who made Bob Hope.

FORBES: Bob Hope And His Ladies of Hope

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.

NPR: Border Patrol Struggles to Find Enough New Agents

When it comes to business travel, where the employer rather than the individual is paying, these incentives often succeed making a booking via an online agent does not preclude a traveller from earning frequent-flyer points or other rewards, for example.

ECONOMIST: The travel industry

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.

FORBES: Magazine Article

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.

FORBES: Hoist By Your Own Petard