Diem Nguyen recently bought a home near San Francisco without using a real-estate broker. AdvertisementIn October, Diem Nguyen bought a home in the San Francisco Bay Area for $1.6 million — without a realtor. About 88% of homebuyers this year used a real-estate agent, Zillow found . Have you bought a home without a real-estate agent? (Aalto does have a team of real-estate agents working behind the scenes, but they are salaried rather than paid by commission.

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