The exclusion on primary residence sale means you'll pay no taxes on the transaction.

I now get all my materials for about 25% off retail price at Home Depot, because I exclusively shop there and they know me (and my contractors)

That exclusion is for people who own their residence.

If your a buyer-you need a exclusive buyer agent!

Or, stay put.There's 3 adults in our household: 1 can't find work, 1 works part-time.

I'm only 49 and I've seen prices fall more than once during my adult life.

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The exclusive leads are cheap and priced based on the age of the lead.Good Luck!

However, if any contract signed by two consenting adults is binding as long as it doesn't violate the law, I guess I could go ahead and type one up myself, right?

This means that real estate brokerages and professionals are under a microscope, and any anticompetitive conduct is likely to be detected and prosecuted.Price fixing can be in any form, other than commission rates, such as conspiracies to fix the length of a listing, the type of listing accepted (exclusive right to sell, exclusive agency or open), or the formula upon which compensation will be based (flat fee, percentage of the sales price, or a variable percentage depending upon the sales price) also may be per se illegal.