Yeah, good luck seeing a house without a real estate agent. You might get lucky and make it to an open house, but in that case, the seller's agent holding the o

Yeah, good luck seeing a house without a real estate agent. You might get lucky and make it to an open house, but in that case, the seller's agent holding the open house will very likely try to represent you as well (if that's legal in your state) for twice the commission. It's not like you can just call up the seller of a home and ask to see the house. It doesn't work like that (unless it's a for-sale-by-owner situation, which is rare). I'm not disagreeing with you in principle, but in practice, you almost always have to have an agent as a buyer even if all the agent does is unlock doors for you.