The number of people who choose working FSBO has increased greatly. The main reason for this is that selling your home online can really save you a substantial sum of money. At first blush 6% may not sound like much. But imagine that if the average price of a house is about $300,000 this means that the seller will have to pay nearly $18,000 to a broker. In reality you can save this money by marketing your property directly to the consumer using online services, for example like this one: http://www.fizber.com/sale-by-owner-home-services/service-providers-search.htm