Wisconsin Do-It-Yourself Home Sellers Beat the Pros

NEW YORK -- Putting a house on the market and cutting out the middleman could pay off for sellers in Madison, Wis., along with a little help from a for-sale-by-owner Web site, according to a study released Friday.
Economists conducted a study on whether paying for a real estate agent was worth the money, when having to pay 5 or 6 percent commissions, and found that people selling their own homes in Madison