<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fastflyer:
This process is called disintermediation.
Real estate agents are probably next on the chopping block. BearX220 is absolutely right: agency transactions can be handled programatically. People do not add a lot of value as "agents."</font>
Simple real estate transaction might work. I doubt commerical real estate will go this way anytime soon.