i am thinking of selling my home should i use a real estate agent and ...

i am thinking of selling my home should i use a real estate agent and waste 6% comm or should i try to sell it, i spoke to a few other people that have used real estate agents and the sellers just felt that the agents were liars and lied about everything just to get them o sign a contract , is it true that real estate agent are liars and will say anything just to get a list also is this a good time to sell or is it true what ii hear that nobody is buying houses and real estate sales are flat , thank you

There are good realtors and bad ones. Their are realtors precisely because they provide a service and save people money in the long haul. (If they didnt, everyone would sell on their own, and save the commission)
This is how they help you:
1. They bring a network of buyers to the table with MLS. You cant get your house listed in MLS, therefore the thousands of buyers working in Minneapolis with realtors, will never know your house id for sale.
2. They know the market, and know how to price your home. You may underprice your house.
3. They save you time, by prequalifying people that want to see your house. No walkins that have no money, or waorse, have criminal intents.
4. The buyer of a FSBO knows you are not paying a commission, and often feels half that money belongs to him. Your savings just got cut in half.
5. The realtor pays for all the advertising and open houses.

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Mom says she filed complaint against judge over daughter?s ponytail-cutting sentence

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Union defends public education

Published: June 23, 2012 11:00 AM

To the Editor,

Re: Taxpayers deserve better treatment, Opinion, June 19.

I could not agree more with the title to Chris Bush?s article.

But Bush needs to understand that it is not productive to damn his daughter?s teachers with faint praise for their ?dedication and professionalism? and then go on to villainize the teachers? federation for the disruptions caused by Christy Clark?s unconstitutional legislation.

Without the B.C. Teachers? Federation, Bush needs to consider who exactly would defend his daughter?s right to a fully funded public education system.

The Fraser Institute? Not likely.

For this is exactly the government agenda: the more disruption it causes in the public system, the more attractive the privatized, for-profit system looks to disenchanted parents. After all, the privatized system offers everything a parent could desire: reasonable class sizes, modern technology and support for struggling students, and dedicated teachers who go the extra mile.

The last few months have clearly established that public school teachers already meet that last criteria; now if we could just convince government to be responsible and provide the rest, as is its duty.

Parents considering private school?

If so, please don?t blame the teachers? federation, for it believes you deserve those qualities in your public system, rather than paying twice to the taxpayer-funded private system.

The BCTF may be many things and may have many vested interests it supports.

But if it has a ?political agenda?, as Bush asserts, then this agenda is to defend and promote a fully funded public education system that has as its mandate the promoting of democracy, equality and tolerance for the rights of others and a fully literate and educated citizenry.

The federation has been very successful in meeting this challenge through the years, and if Bush cannot see this, then he needs to travel more.

Daniel Companion

Nanaimo

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Texas' Josh Hamilton to be focus of biopic

Hamilton on film

Josh Hamilton's life reads like a movie script and, sure enough, a film about the Texas Rangers slugger is in the planning stages.

Hamilton has given rights to producer Basil Iwanyk and Thunder Road Pictures for a movie to be written and directed by Casey Affleck, the entertainment website Deadline.com reported.

Hamilton, of course, battled back from drug and alcohol abuse to become a star with the Rangers, and he won the American League most-valuable-player award in 2010.

He's hot again this year, ranking among the AL leaders in home runs and runs batted in. On May 8, he hit four home runs in Baltimore, becoming only the 16th player in history to homer four times in a game.

Hamilton's life "is an extraordinary odyssey," one that took him from addiction and estrangement from his family "to a spectacular rebirth of his life, faith, marriage and major-league career," Deadline.com quoted Iwanyk as saying.

Now the question is: Which actor could play the 31-year-old Hamilton, who is 6 feet 4 and weighs about 240 pounds?

Dickey forecast

The amazing run of knuckleball pitcher R.A. Dickey has sparked a torrent of commentary, including this query: If Dickey leads his New York Mets to the playoffs, would he still be effective in colder weather?

The theory is that knuckleball pitchers tend to lose their feel for the baseball when temperatures drop. But a glance at past knuckleballers indicates that might not be true.

Tim Wakefield was 33-36 during his career in June, according to a monthly breakdown by Baseball-Reference.com. The website lumps September and October together, and in that period Wakefield was 33-33.

Phil Niekro ("Knucksie") was 58-43 in June and 50-47 in the September/October period. Hoyt Wilhelm was 21-29 in June and 36-14 in September/October.

September can be plenty warm, of course, so that might skew the September/October figures away from the effect of cold days in October.

In any case, the World Series this year doesn't start until Oct. 24, by which time Dickey and the Mets ? if they get that far ? might have those hand warmers ready just in case.

Dickey is 11-1 with a 2.00 earned-run average and has won his last nine decisions. He's scheduled to start again Sunday against the New York Yankees.

Dickson shines

O'Koyea Dickson, a first baseman with the Dodgers' Class-A Great Lakes (Michigan) team, went two for three with a two-run home run to help the East win, 18-2, in the Midwest LeagueAll-Star game.

The San Francisco native, selected by the Dodgers in the 12th round of the first-year draft in 2011, was batting .331 with six home runs in 39 games for the Great Lakes Loons before the break.

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PFT: Judge the Hargrove video for yourself

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Regardless of what anyone thinks the 2009 NFC title game sideline video shows (or doesn?t show), it doesn?t conclusively demonstrate the identity of the person who utters the key words ?give me my money? after assistant head coach Joe Vitt tells member of the Saints defense that Vikings quarterback Brett Favre may have a broken leg.

Still, the league stridently believes, despite an inability to see the mouth, lips, face, or head of former Saints defensive end Anthony Hargrove when ?give me my money? is uttered, that Hargrove defintely said the words.? It would make much more sense for the league to simply claim that someone from the Saints defense said it, which constitutes general proof that someone on the Saints defense knew about the existence of a bounty on Brett Favre.

That?s precisely what NFL general counsel Jeff Pash was expected to say during a Friday appearance on PFT Live.? And that seems to be what he started to say when explaining the league?s interpretation.? But then it subtly changed.

?What that video tape rather clearly demonstrates is two things,? Pash said.? ?One, there was a program and it corroborates rather clearly that there was a program where a player could be rewarded for making a play that resulted in an injury to an opponent ? you were basically making that point during the break.? Second, it demonstrates Mr. Hargrove?s awareness of the program and his understanding that it existed, and it demonstrates that his statements to our investigators in early 2010 denying the program and saying there was nothing like that? in existence were false.? That is the basis on which the Commissioner imposed discipline on Mr. Hargrove.?

Assuming that it was defensive tackle Remi Ayodele who said ?give me my money? (and not, for example, some guy off camera who was trying to get his change from the hot dog vendor), Pash?s initial observation is correct.? His second point continues to depend, however, on a finding that Hargrove and no one else said, ?Give me my money.?? And the video simply does not prove that.

The flaw could be fatal to the league?s case against Hargrove, if/when the NFLPA files litigation advancing theories that allow a judge to get to the merits of the case.? The 16 exhibits produced by the NFL (which Mike Freeman of CBSSports.com has graded, one by one) contain no mention or suggestion or hint of Hargrove paying money in, taking money out, or otherwise being aware of the bounty program.? The only way the league can prove that Hargrove knew about the bounty program and that he in turn lied to investigators is to prove that Hargrove and no one else said, ?Give me my money.?

The declaration he submitted in April, contrary to the league?s interpretation of it, doesn?t contain an admission that Hargrove lied.? Instead, it shows that defensive coordinator Gregg Williams and assistant head coach Joe Vitt told him to say that there was no bounty program, and that Hargrove complied ? without commentary on whether what he was saying was the truth.? Pash?s comments strongly suggest that, if Hargrove didn?t say, ?Give me my money,? there?s no proof that Hargrove?s story to investigators was untrue.

Regarding the question of whether the league believes Saints players deliberately intended to injure opponents, Pash explained that the NFL never tries to determine intent.? ?We have always consistently, going back for decades, going back to when Pete Rozelle was Commissioner, not made intent a part of the disciplinary decision because you can?t read someone?s mind,? Pash said.? ?You can only look at the objective evidence.?

That?s fine.? But it appears in this case that the NFL is trying to read Hargrove?s mind.? And, in turn, to put words in his mouth.

At a time when Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma already has filed a defamation claim regarding the things the league has publicly said about his involvement in the situation, it wouldn?t be a shock if Hargrove eventually does the same thing.

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College World Series 2012 Bracket: The Arizona Wildcats Meet South Carolina For The Championship

The Arizona Wildcats already clinched their berth into the Championship Finals of the 2012 College World Series, but on Friday night, they discovered who will be their final opponents in Omaha as they vie for a national title. The South Carolina Gamecocks knocked off the Arkansas Razorbacks on Friday by a final of 3-2 to advance to the finals.

South Carolina's win over Arkansas on Friday caps off a thrilling run of three straight do-or-die wins for the resilient Gamecocks. The Wildcats will be hoping their resilience has limits as the two teams meet up starting on Sunday for a best two-of-three series to determine a national NCAA champion.

The first game of the finals will take place on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. PT and will be televised on ESPN 2.

A complete tournament bracket is available at the NCAA website.

For updates leading up to Sunday's game, keep up with this StoryStream. To discuss Arizona Wildcats athletics head over to Arizona Desert Swarm.

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GOP promises to rid nation of healthcare law

Republicans are using their weekly radio address to reiterate their promise to repeal President Obama?s healthcare law.

The address is timed for this week?s decision by the Supreme Court, which is set to announce its ruling on the controversial law as early as Monday.

The justices could uphold the law, they could throw it out, or they could throw out the mandate that consumers buy health insurance but leave the rest of the law standing.

Many expect the ruling to at least go against the mandate ? a survey of former Supreme Court clerks and attorneys who have argued before the court this week found 57 percent believe the mandate will be struck down.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) this week reiterated his pledge that the whole law will be repealed by House Republicans if the High Court does not rule the law is unconstitutional. Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) repeated that message in his address.

?Not only is President Obama?s health care law not working ? it makes things worse by driving up health care costs, making it harder for small businesses to hire workers,? Cassidy said. ?The only way to change this is by repealing ObamaCare entirely.

?So, unless the Court throws out the entire law, we should repeal what is left and implement common-sense, step-by-step reforms that protect Americans? access to the care they need, from the doctor they choose, at the lowest cost,? he said.

One difficult issue for Republicans is that if the court does just strike down the mandate, repealing the rest of the law would eliminate some provisions that are popular, such as a provision requiring insurers to allow parents to keep their children on their insurance through the age of 26. Cassidy handled this issue by stressing that Republicans ?would not repeat Democrats? mistakes.? He said the party would not rush through a law to replace the existing healthcare law, and that the party would instead stay focused on jobs and the economy.

Republicans have repeatedly used members of the House and Senate who, like Cassidy, are practicing physicians to make the case against the law.

?I have practiced medicine for nearly three decades primarily treating the uninsured ? I still see patients almost weekly,? Cassidy said. ?Good health care starts in a doctor?s office, not a Washington backroom.?

Cassidy said the cost of healthcare remains a significant problem, but offered no specific solutions in his address to deal with that problem. Instead, he said containing costs ?step-by-step? and not through expanding government is the ?right approach to healthcare reform.?

?Families should be able to make their own health care choices, visit the doctor of their choosing, and receive the health care they and their physician feel is best,? he said. ?That means implementing patient-centered solutions that lower costs and restore Americans? freedoms over their health care decisions.?

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