I have never done a true FSBO because I have never sold RE, but I’d probably give it a shot, and set the buyer’s agent amount to something low like .5 to 1%. It’s a hot market, and if there’s a clueless buyer with a conflicted agent, oh well, there are lots of fish in the sea.
I did, however, do a purchase without any listings or agents. I made a fairly casual and non-serious loball offer to someone planning on moving out of state. To my surprise, it became a deal, and we used a mortgage broker and title company to create all the paperwork, disclosures, etc for a flat fee that was about 0.2% of the price.
I’m just a do-in-yourselfer at heart. I do my business and personal taxes myself as well.
It is odd that we end up seeing seller agents getting squeezed more than buyers, even though in most cases they do more work and have higher expenses.
