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Re:We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 v... by tjalfi on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:40PM (#27778516)
> Clearly brokers are doing something or else people wouldn't pay for them.

There's a great Joel Spolsky comment[0] that explains why landlords use brokers. They perform work that would otherwise be done by the landlord.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9961727

Re:We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 v... by gbronner on Friday July 09, 2021 @08:30AM (#27782990)
Thanks! I've personally advised/warned a couple startup founders trying different variations of this. All failed