No More Real Estate Agent Fees. No More Dry Cleaning Bills. No More Charges for Pest Exterminators.

Among a certain group of consumers, it’s becoming a DIY world. To save money, they’re reevaluating many of the services the rest of the world has grown accustomed to paying.

A Wise Bread writer asks: Real Estate Agents: Do We Need Them?

The Atlanta Bargain Hunter, meanwhile, suggests ways to dry clean your own clothes at home, for about 50¢ per item, which is much cheaper than a professional dry cleaner.

A while back, the same blog gave a how-to on becoming a DIY Exterminator.

Need I say that all of these DIY options are not without risk?

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