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My realtor for my house was worthless. I hoped for some insight into the local market, I got none. I hoped for some advice on bidding (due to her knowledge of the local market), I got none. I had to push here into doing a walkthrouhg...she didn't want to bother. All she did was pull up houses from the super-secret MLS...she would type in the data while I was sitting there, it was about as difficult as a Google search. I paid here 3% for her Google skills.

The thing is, in my area, all of the reality firms are in cohoots. Once a house is "in the system", you effectively can't get it out. Further, all the realtors refuse to touch the FSBO houses ("You don't want that house, he's trying to sell it FSBO because of a major structural defect he's trying to hide").