@Morgan Wells I am an attorney and not looking to poach business...just offer my two cents

@Mark Pedroza ah, so do you think the woman on the phone was wondering if I was trying to poach her listing?

Man, I wish all you rich Californians would quit poaching all the good rentals!  

There are rents to support it.Give me a call if you have any questions (I promise not to try and poach you from your broker).

Being local to Houston we've made a 3 part commitment for our business:1) We're limiting our mark up to just enough to keep our craftsman with us (they already are getting poaching offers).2) We offer free advice on self clean up and free quotes (with a scope of work) to anyone that asks.3) 10% of all of our profits go to Habitat for Humanity Houston.The community has really come together.

Another thing I sometimes do is "poach" inquiries from the OTA's and send them to my website which does a better job of selling my property.

Poach their tenants and under price just a little.

One of my biggest apprehensions: what guarantee do I have that X company won't sell my list, or poach potential clients?

What your lender can do, for you as a seller, without making anyone feel scammed:Look at a set of preapproval letters & offers, and offer comments like "Oh that gal at XYZ Funding is solid, we tried to poach her" or "Haha, this clown at ABC Lending again?

For exactly the same reason that Google opened in Seattle so they could poach from MSFT, Amazon, Adobe, etc. composite companies will want to be in Everett.