When my wife and I sold our first home in Florida we used a discount broker because we "thought" we would save money. You've heard that "you get what you pay for". We most certainly did. Our agent provided very little in the way of service, very little (if any) marketing, very little contact, and a lot of pressure to take any offer that came. He had no plan and it showed. Worst of all, our choice of agent cost us more than we would have paid in ...