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> his could be done by no longer permitting commissions on the sale of real estate for example and by only allowing for a small fixed fee in a transaction, e.g. $500. One of the main problems with the rising cost is the realtors who constantly jack up the price artifically.

Nonsense, the sellers' agent does not own the property and the buyers agent does not put up the money to purchase it. They are facilitating a large transaction of money between two wealthy parties. Those two wealthy parties still exist, and still want to transact properties, even if you take out the middle man that facilitate the transaction.




removing the realtors removes 6%




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