1. I could not list the home in MLS as That system requires annual fees to use and you need to have a realtor license.

2. You still need to pay the purchasing side’s realtor otherwise they will simply not consider your home for their clients. That’s 3% that’s hard to get any lower.

I ended up negotiating my realtor’s selling fee down to 1.5% with the promise of using them for my purchase as well.