The only problem was that this needed closing within 35 days or else I would owe $300 flat fee plus $100 per day for any day over 30 days to the website I purchased from.

Obviously the real price of installation is baked into the carpet price.

The recent 2-month bill for my 4-flat in the city (metered) was $99 each for water and sewage, and $76 for garbage.

Some of those banks will also have retail operations, but generally you will get a better rate/fee combo through wholesale (the dozen loans per month mortgage broker gets volume discounts) than if you called that exact bank or lender directly (average consumer gets 1 mortgage every 3-7 years + marketing budget needs to be baked in).

Everyone get concierge service...check cashing, flat tires fixed, trip to and from a dentist, loan-a-tool, jump start a dead battery, etc. 

In my assessment, I have realized that I need a transactional real estate attorney, someone who charges a flat rate for closings, etc.  

@Jeremy JacksonIf you have an agent, you could ask if they would be willing to do the paperwork on the transaction for a flat fee.

As for leasing fees, the industry standard in our area is 1/2 of first month's lease and a flat rate management fee for month-to-month management.

If it produces more energy than it consumes then the building is Net positive - though Net Zero is too frequently used as a blanket term to cover both these cases.Ironically, Net Zero does not automatically imply higher energy efficiency - there are several examples of commercial buildings with large expanses of flat roofs (i.e. warehouse) which are net positive, despite the building itself being horribly inefficient.Building standards in North America are woefully outdated on matters of energy efficiency.  

Flat tax when Forbes ran for pres.. is the answer everyone .. corp what have you pay 10 to 15%.. at that rate I would save a ton of dough.the average 50k a year earner would pay less etc.