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Notaries aren't real estate agents. Real estate agent's are optional, but if you use one you'll pay 3.5% to 7%. You can't skip a notary, even if you're doing a deal for many millions or even billions of Euros.

> I thought for sure pilots, aviation specialists, medical fields would earn more

You'd be thinking wrong. A notary in Germany's largest cities can earn in a day what a doctor earns in a year.