Opinions on Discount-Commission Real Estate Agents

[Kenneth Burdick]

Hello BP community,

Hope you all are doing well and staying safe.

I guess I actually have two questions:

1) If you were going to either sell a home now or in three years,...would you do it now? I've heard several predict that a softening is coming.

2) What are your opinion of discount-commission real estate agents? In my area, I see more and more realtors advertising 1.5% commission. And I know there are services that operate on a flat commission fee. I'm not sure if these types of realtors end up saving you money in a hot market like this where houses seem to "sell themselves" or if their limited services actually end up costing you in the form of lower sale price.

Let me know what you think! Thanks!