The 6 percent solution: Who needs a real estate agent? (The Arizona Republic)

The 6 percent solution: Who needs a real estate agent? (The Arizona Republic)
Stan and Gloria Wakefield are no fools. They built their three-bedroom house 12 years ago in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., an oceanside resort community dotted with golf courses and picturesque inland waterways. The real estate market in the area, near Jacksonville, took off and the house, overlooking lagoons, rose in value to nearly $1 million. ''This house has appreciated almost obscenely,'' said