It seems to me that to sell a house the main thing you need is to get it on the MLS at the right price, with a good description and good photos. If you could get it on the MLS at a low flat fee the only other things remaining would be staging the house, screening potential buyers, showing the house, and filling out the offer/counter-offer forms. The escrow company handles most of the rest anyway. Actually, the buyer’s agent would be doing the showing in many cases so the seller wouldn’t have to be there. You’d still have a lock box. Maybe a company could provide a flat fee service that get’s you on the MLS and gives you a DVD and some software and/or forms to guide you through the process. There could also be a 1-900 line that you could call with questions. Maybe there could also be a flat fee up front for providing you with comps and an unbiased appraisal. It could be a la carte. Under the above scenario the seller would be their own listing agent but the buyer could still have an agent, in which case that agent would get whatever percentage commission you specified in the MLS. I’m sure the NAR would try to prevent this from ever happening but I think it’s just a matter of time.