[jyl]

I bought and sold my first house with no realtors involved on either side in either transaction.

Holding the open houses is a pain, and back then realtors steered their clients away from FSBO houses (I think they still do) so it took quite a long time to sell. But the market was the opposite of hot. When it comes time to do the negotiating, draw up the contract, do the disclosures, handle the escrow, etc, you need to know what you are doing. I was a lawyer at the time, read up on the process, studied the form contracts, really worked on the disclosure, etc. And I got a good escrow agent who really helped me understand what needed to be done and when.