Just to follow on to other’s comments, it’s important to understand what fees you are saving vs not saving when doing fsbo.
Most people think they are saving 6%, or 5% if it’s a high price home market. But the reality is you often don’t save that much. The buyer often comes with an agent and that agent has to get compensated, either by the seller agent paying them, the seller paying them, or the seller lowering the price to pay them. If the buyer has no agent, then they look for an even better deal because there is no buyers agent fee to pay. They want to partially pocket some of the savings. Despite the recent change in the compensation rules, all of these scenarios still apply.
So really, with fsbo you are saving 2.5-3% typically. But then you have the issues of setting the right price so it’s not off by 2.5-3% or more. And you have to deal with the complexity that some deals have. But, maybe it’s worth saving that 2.5-3% minus expenses (video, pics, marketing, etc)
What I often suggest is to see if you can get someone to do it for 1.5-2% on the seller side. And make sure to have language in the contract that says they can’t pocket funds set aside for buyers agents if there isn’t one.
Beware of Redfin and others charging 1%. Why? The agent who will work for that low a fee will make mistakes. I’ve seen it a 100 times. They aren’t the brightest tools in the shed.
Why try to negotiate 1.5-2%? Because at that price you are getting someone of higher quality who, after splitting with their brokerage, makes enough money to make it worth their time. Hence you get a high quality person. I’ve done several deals for friends at significant discounts and was happy to do it.