# How do you do a private sale of a house? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 3, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-private-sale-of-a-house/951807 "2021-10-03T04:56:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-private-sale-of-a-house/951807/6 "2021-10-03T11:45:04Z")
OP may be interested in this thread: > [@Are Realtors/real estate agents REALLY worth 6% of the sale price of my home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-realtors-real-estate-agents-really-worth-6-of-the-sale-price-of-my-home/932382): > > We’re about to sell our house, and in the age of Zillow, Trulia, etc., I really question how much value agents provide me as a seller. ISTM that in the pre-Internet days, agents did a lot more to bring buyers and sellers together, but now that buyers can see pictures, details, and even virtual tours of dozens of houses that meet their criteria, the amount of work agents do has been greatly reduced, but their fees have not. It just seems like it has become a scam. I know there’s lots of technica… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-private-sale-of-a-house/951807)._