Distant relatives approached them about the property and they all independently came to a sales price.

We will be financially independent.

I am getting a RLI personal umbrella policy from an independent insurance broker.

I am considering taking the CO/national real estate exam + course hours requirement and becoming an independent broker or associating with a small brokerage (I can see the benefit of associating with a firm experienced in the area and able to bounce ideas off of).

Money Mustache (MMM), a fellow Canadian who retired at 30, supporting his family through his investments.This introduced me to the concept of financial independence.

Agents are NOT property managers and will often just publish it to the MLS.

Not sure if there was published data on that or if that offer may have expired.

Our jobs base has been growing steadily and we're currently 12-13k rental units short of upcoming demand (based on published jobs coming to the market).  

So rather than having truly "independent" or "arm's length" recommendations, we get the appearance of recommendations from some sort of affiliation.

Maybe a couple of the big national brands and a couple of smaller independent ones.