OK . Selling you house yourself is not exactly like preforming brain surgery on yourself but....there are some interesting similarities.
Take the mirror part...its almost as tough to see your head doing self surgery as it is seeing your real estate situation. We are not objective about our own house and must be so in order to see it like buyers will.
Then there are the surgical tools. Precise instruments used in a professional way to save the most important asset you have...your head.
Realtors have exclusive professional tools which can be used to enhance and maybe save your most important financial asset...your property.
A good Realtor will more than pay for their fees. Those who post a listing on a web site to sell privately soon find its not a job for the faint hearted. Furthermore they don't know what they don't know. Trust me, it can be downright scary. How so? Call me and be prepared for a long conversation.