Non-refundable ticket change fee: $125 Fee for changes made less than 60 days prior to ticketed flight departure. $0 for changes made 60 days in advance. Same day change fee: $25. Reservation by phone fee: $15.
Now ask yourself: are the apartments you're getting through a broker worth $2800 a month? Because when you average out the cost of that fee over an entire year, you're essentially adding $300 a month to your housing costs. One way to do this is to work directly with property management companies.
In 2012, the average discount broker fees declined to $7.96 for each trade from $8.27 per trade in the previous year, according to a 2012 Smart Money article. Full-service brokers offer clients a fee-based service rather than charging for each individual market transaction.