What makes a broker deserve 3% on an exclusive listing

Your clueless post answers your own question, dimwit. Mogul? ahaahahahahaaa, couldnt have picked a less applicable pseudonym. How about WannaBeMarketingMaven, fits much better.

You really think brokers are going to waste their precious time on here educating you?

Well it looks like I got my first Broker to speak. In fact one that is not fairing that well with listings. Maybe you should work on the people skills,... but then in your case I can tell you're not that good as a Broker.

If you have a difficult co-op board, a broker who knows how to vet buyers and manage the board process can add value. Also if you have a building which has some kind of issue (land lease, high maint, high downpayment, strange house rules etc) a broker who is experienced in selling in that building will be able to handle some of the standard objections in a more poised fashion.

We are looking a building with a buyers flip tax, and have heard the listing broker give a semiplausible defense of it...3 times in a row and the speech was exactly the same. Clearly practiced, thought out, and effective. (The speech was various other folks not just us)

Brokers' "precious time," indeed -- so much better spent at a tanning salon or aimlessly driving around in their leased Lexus, seething with self-hatred.