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Cemetery plots and burial

Buying, pricing, and selling a plot, and the charges a cemetery bills separately from the plot itself.

Burial plots for saleWhat you are actually buying, the charges that are not in the asking price, and the eleven questions to ask the cemetery before you pay anyone.Seven minutesCemetery plot pricesWhat a plot costs is the smallest part of the bill. The four charges that come after it, and the questions that get you a real total.Five minutesCemetery opening and closing costsThe fee that is not sold with the plot, what six real cemeteries actually charge, and the surcharge that more than doubles the price on a Sunday.Eight minutesHow to sell a cemetery plotYou probably do not own the land. What you can actually transfer, the state rules that can forbid a private sale outright, and how to price a plot that will move.Six minutes

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