Selling your house without an agent is doable but what exactly does it take?

Australia’s property boom is keeping real estate agents busy, but could you buy or sell a property without one? 

Brisbane man Philip, who did not want to use his surname, thought as much and sold his Fairfield home without an agent. 

In his mind, real estate agents do three things: put an advertisement online, show potential buyers through the property and negotiate a price. 

“I can do that and you can do that too,” he said. 

Antonia Mercorella from the Real Estate Institute of Queensland said there was a bit more to it than that. 

“An agent has what we call a fiduciary obligation.

“It’s the same level of obligation that’s imposed…