Assuming 6% (3% * 2) and assuming you bought again at $3M, the agent made $180,000 off you, saving you only $20k. Now you may have been able to do this with a

Assuming 6% (3% * 2) and assuming you bought again at $3M, the agent made $180,000 off you, saving you only $20k. Now you may have been able to do this with a discount broker or not, nobody will know. But they didn't net you $200k.