>Unless you did an experiment with different realtors, you have no idea if someone else besides the realtor (since you have known since 4) would have found you

>Unless you did an experiment with different realtors, you have no idea if someone else besides the realtor (since you have known since 4) would have found you the $300k. Neither do you. Am I to believe you know more about one of the houses I owned than I do? Again, I'm all for lifting the fixed commissions. I'm just saying there does exist exceptions that I would still pay 5% for. Although, like I said, her operation isn't just some aspiring salesman acting slick. It's a team of about 4 professionals under her that go over every single angle to prepare it for the market. She's not even that persuasive or talkative. All they do are value-added services, which is how it should be. I wouldn't even know how to update the records to classify it a multi-family, yet they do it all automatically.