Many people have successfully sold and bought homes without a broker. I tried selling FSBO twice, and had no sale for many months, until finally I listed with an agent. I was not on the MLS while I was FSBO, as these sales were in the late 1990’s. I’m kind of biased on behalf of realtors since I have friends who are realtors. I’ve had good luck with discount brokers, and don’t see any need to pay each agent 3%. 1% for each side should be sufficient. Any more than that, and we’re not paying directly for our service, but for their marketing time in wooing clients they did not get.
