Thank you, I think that explains it. I tried using electrum to send BTC and it has a window where you enter the fee. However, it doesn't tell you what is the minimum fee required. Then I googled bitcoin fees and it doesn't tell you how much fees per bitcoin but how much fees per 1000 bytes. So, now I'm really confused.

I ended up sending the BTC after entering a fee of 0.0001 BTC since I read that most transactions are only 500 bytes. I sent the funds  and now it deducted the fee and sent the funds. The coinbase fee free transaction took 30 min to 60 minutes to reach 6 to 7 confirmations and all the confirmations took place at the same time.

The transaction that I sent using electrum with a 0.0001 btc fee only took 8 minutes for 3 confirmations. So, the fee transaction is faster while the free one is slower. However, the slower transaction took place anyways and while some tranactions require a fee some don't.

I am SOOO Confused. Someone please help a newb figure out how much to pay in fees and type the correct fee in the electrum wallet. Maybe I should use a different wallet? ?

Thanks,