@Rusty ScottCommissions are paid to the broker's office, not directly to the agent.

Used a local broker and got a rate of 4.875%.

Local lenders, agency brokers, credit unions, etc.  

You have every right to ask if the policy has dog bite / dog breed exclusions and need to spend time (unfortunately) reading the policy exclusions.I will say that a certain insurance company that may or may not have a lizard as the mascot brokers out their renters and home policies with other companies and some of those companies have a dog breed exclusion and some of the companies they broker it to do not have a dog breed exclusion.

She worked for a residential broker for a year but in transactions not as an agent.

We could spend all day hashing out whether brokers or nonbank lenders are better, but in reality, either is fine. 

I'm a real estate broker and general contractor looking to connect with other real estate professionals on this forum.

Try calling local real estate brokers.

Any recommendation for a good insurance broker will be greatly appreciated.

Hi @Ryan Dunn - the easiest is just to ask a few brokers that are active in the area, you can also simply attend a local real estate investors meetup (a lot of them are free or very inexpensive) and let folks know you're looking to offload your inventory.