The patient and caregiver has to be vigilant for signs of bleeding like blood in saliva, black stool, bleeding under skin (bruises), blood spots in eye, nose bleeds etc. There may be increased risk of bleeding in brain as well. However, patients who have suffered from stroke do need to be on blood thinners.
Real estate agents are in business to make money, so you'll have to pay yours for the time and effort he put into finding a buyer and negotiating the sale. Real estate agents are paid on a commission basis, as much as 6 percent of the sales price of your home.
Where I live, it takes the income of two professionals to get by. The taxes just get worse and worse, especially property taxes. In many other states there is no state income tax, and much lower sales taxes. Where I live you can sell an average 3 bedroom home with a quarter-acre lot for well over $700,000.00.