Many agents use scare tactics to sway you from selling/buying FSBO.
The reason you don't get the same traffic is because Realtors will purposely avoid your home like the plague. There is no magic here. I watched it happen to me personally. Most are just afraid of not getting their commissions (which is understandable).
It's not hard at all, especially if the house sells itself. And with the power of the internet (direct-to-consumer marketing), many of the previous advantages to selling using an agent are now at your fingertips.
If you're selling an older home, that needs a bit more TLC or larger commercial properties, agents are a great help. But in today's market (2017), I'll sell FSBO. There are way too many tools to help you along the process.
Giving 5% of my profits to someone who just put it on a website in the middle of the hottest buyers market and it sold a day later, is a bit silly.
Note, many selling FSBO are a bit greedy and if they are not business-minded, they will try to cut out a purchasing agents commission, not thinking that, this person still needs to feed their family as well.
I sold my place when the market was much slower for 25k more than what the realtors I interviewed said I could get for it in a best case scenario. Plus I saved commissions, but paid 2.5% to the purchasing agent (out of respect, they would have gotten it somewhere else).
But if you are not patient, a negotiator, or business savvy don't go FSBO.
I have a lot of respect for knowledgeable agents, don't get me wrong, but that sentiment should be reciprocated back to knowledgeable clients.
Stop avoiding FSBOs you realtors! If you're smart, you'll create an FSBO consultancy to help those who need insights, that's really easy and quick money right there.
Food for thought :)