The same policy from the same insurance company will have the same fee independent from who is your agent.

That brings me to my next point: The area you should start investing in depends very much on what your investi g goal is, so: Define your goal.

Many of our partners use our system for certain deals while pursuing other opportunities independently.

We will be financially independent.

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

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.

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.