# Marcus Aurelius and Lease Bonuses | Berlin Royalties > 'My buy it now price is $1000 per acre and 1/4 because that's what my cousin got from Newfield in 2N-4W.' Source: https://www.berlinroyalties.com/oil-scout/marcus-aurelius-and-lease-bonuses/ Publisher: Berlin Royalties, a veteran-owned oil and gas mineral and royalty buyer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, buying for its own account since 2014. Call or text 918-984-1645. License: free to quote and cite with attribution to Berlin Royalties and a link to the source URL. ## Marcus Aurelius and Lease Bonuses By **Stephen Clayman** · February 25, 2016 "My buy it now price is $1000 per acre and 1/4 because that's what my cousin got from Newfield in 2N-4W." Begin each day by telling yourself: Today I shall be meeting with interference, ingratitude, insolence, disloyalty, ill-will, and selfishness, all of them due to the offenders’ ignorance of what is good or evil... -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations The value in real estate is in the location and oil and gas mineral rights are no different. Being in the same state is not a valid comparison, being in the same county in not a valid comparison and sometimes even being in the same township is not a valid comparison. Having a reasonable idea of comparable lease prices will make you a much better negotiator. Asking for triple the price ensures you won't get leased or you will get force pooled without the clauses of the oil and gas lease to protect you. More to follow, Berlin ### Thinking about selling your minerals? Berlin Royalties buys Oklahoma minerals and royalties, and we show you the work behind every offer. Free, no obligation, and if keeping them is the right answer we will tell you that too. [Get a Free Valuation](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/free-valuation/) or call or text **[918-984-1645](tel:9189841645)** More From The Oil Scout [February 20, 2018 ### Crooks on the loose in Caddo County, Oklahoma Pretty Boy Floyd looking awfully content with himself after cold drafting an Oklahoma oil and gas mineral owner.](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/oil-scout/crooks-on-the-loose-in-caddo-county-oklahoma/) [February 19, 2018 ### Have you given up on this project? Just a couple of war dogs, Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman toast to their partnership in the 1970s. Courtesy of Barbara Tversky](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/oil-scout/have-you-given-up-on-this-project/) [February 24, 2016 ### 80% of Success is Showing Up Woody Allen said that. He's not my favorite playwright, but he has a point. How many big company landmen are willing to meet an Oklahoma miner…](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/oil-scout/80-of-success-is-showing-up/) [February 24, 2016 ### How a Man in Amarillo Lost $100k by being an Ass on the Phone I won't use his name, he's a pro, but a dinosaur. He did business with Joe Dan Trigg and John A. and the Calders and the Dines, and the Culpep…](https://www.berlinroyalties.com/oil-scout/how-a-man-in-amarillo-lost-100k-by-being-an-ass-on-the-phone/)