Same - I bought my neighbor's house with a real estate attorney. It was a simple sale, no loan -- I called a real estate agent I'd worked with in the past to as

Same - I bought my neighbor's house with a real estate attorney. It was a simple sale, no loan -- I called a real estate agent I'd worked with in the past to ask how much he'd charge to act as my agent, he said he'd go as "low" as 1.5% -- that'd be over $7,000 for basically filling out a few papers. The seller said I could use an agent if I really wanted to, but it's a waste of money. We ended up going to a local real estate attorney in town, and paid less than $1000 in fees for the whole transaction - didn't even use an escrow company, I handed the seller a personal check in the attorney's office. (biggest check I've ever written, had to write the numbers small to fit in the small box on my check!)