Realtors list properties in the hopes that they will be purchased. If there are any prospective buyers, the agent shows the properties to them (the typical process of selling a property in many markets right now is 2-5 months) and then takes a percentage of the sale price if they find a buyer. The agent's commission is typically 3-6 percent of the sale price of your home (so if you sell a $200,000 home, you'll pay between $6,000 and $12,000 in commissions to the realtors). Agents are a great resource for those who can wait 6-12 months to sell and are willing to give up some of the sale price to cover realtor fees. But here's where we differ: we're not real estate agents; we're home buyers. Our business actually buys houses. We do not sell houses. We can make a decision to buy your house within a couple days because we are the ones buying it from you and we pay in cash (sometimes the same day). Again, we make a living by taking the risk of buying a house with our own money, repairing it, and marketing it ourselves to find buyers.