Can property Managers keep their clients?

[Joseph Beilke]

With the slowing down of real estate a few fellow agents and myself are thinking about breaking off from our large corporate brokerage and starting our own Real Estate and property management brokerage. One question we really don't know the answer too is has any property managers here in Florida been able to leave the company they work for and take their current clients with them to the new company?  

If anyone here has been successful in doing this, were you solicited or were you shopping around for a different company?   

Lastly, what made you  want to switch?