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Re:Almost No One Pays a 6% Real-Estate Commission–Except Ame... by dkjaudyeqooe on Friday November 17, 2023 @09:48AM (#38304330)
No one is arguing against agents, they're arguing against a fixed, non-negotiable 6% fee. The reason people are talking about DIY sales is because that is the only option left to them.
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Re:Almost No One Pays a 6% Real-Estate Commission–Except Ame... by jasode on Friday November 17, 2023 @10:05AM (#38304532)
>, they're arguing against a fixed, non-negotiable 6% fee.

The 6% exists in a marketplace of various fees (some charging less) based on other arrangements (discount brokers, For-Sale-Buy-Owner). E.g. Redfin charges 1%: https://www.redfin.com/why-redfin-how-you-save

Apparently, Redfin has never made a profit.

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Re:Almost No One Pays a 6% Real-Estate Commission–Except Ame... by smileysteve on Friday November 17, 2023 @01:03PM (#38307385)
So far,

Reminder that Amazon and Salesforce took multiple decades to make a profit

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