"I spent 5 years as a real estate agent making the same decisions — dropping commission, giving concessions, telling myself at least I closed the deal. Then I became a bookkeeper for real estate agents and started seeing the actual numbers. I watched agent after agent do exactly what I used to do. The anger wasn't at anyone — it was at the fact that nobody ever showed us the math. RealtorCost is what I wish I'd had every time I picked up the phone to negotiate my own paycheck."