The NARPM website shoudl give you several good independent options in your area

Planned on a 5 year goal made it happen in 2. 2017- Played baseball for about 15 years, high school, college and tried to pursue professional ball through independent leagues.

I would hire an independent roof consultant or a roof inspection company.

Located at Highway 45 and MoPac Expressway and one mile west of I-35, future development will benefit with great access to not only Austin’s metropolitan statistical areas (MSA), but the rest of the state.The city of Austin has evolved into a major employment and technology hub over the past decade, being ranked as a #1 rising city for startups and tech salaries and undergoing population growth increases of 30%.

My best advise would be to get a couple of quotes from Independent Agents that represent multiple companies. 

Request the death certificate from your local county viatical statistics dept.

I also ordered an independent inspection which found multiple issues like electrical wiring, water damage in basement, broken dual pane window (fogging), cracks in garage floor any much more.

 @Anthony Thompson Thank you for the kind words, my goal is financial independence!

@Robert H HilbertYou are not required to have an entity(LLC or S-corp) to take advantage of deductions.You are required to have a "business"(intent and signs to generate income).To speak on it as well, you may want to consider starting your business for a while without an entity before you actually go ahead and set up the entity.I don't know what the statistic is, but i think 90% of real estate agents stop being an agent within 1 year.

@Sudrutai Chiruppapa would definitely find an independent agent who know the area.