I will check out Pottery Barn, too.  

I would simply pick how you want to look at it, and then assess all deals in the same way, so you have apples to apples comparison.

In order to compare them apples to apples, I'm planning to review them and also talk to the insurance agent of all three companies. 

RETA is solid, but a few bad apples slip through the cracks.   

I think you are probably mixing apples and oranges.To have a capital gains tax of $30k you would have had a gain/profit of over $150k.I suspect most of the tax you owe is from depreciation recapture, which is taking back the depreciation deductions you had while owning the property. 

Additionally, hundreds of businesses, including global leaders like Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Microsoft, and Uber, are in Pittsburgh and draw thousands of professionals to the city annually.

Standalone brick and mortars like compass are the ones that are burning through money and taking it from the agent and customer it is very hard for compass to survive in those environment, as company like as big as amazon or apple move to hybrid work environment, the compass failed to grasp the spirit hence their transaction cost is so high.

The founder of this company just exited Apple at 2021.

Know what they are and when they are charged as it helps to compare Apple to Apples- If they are willing to drop their commissions without hesitation.

Do one task at a time in each app to compare apples to apples.Load a property with pictures and details.Market that property.See what your marketing looks like from the public's perspective.Submit a fake application to see how easy the process is.