That tells you how good these companies are at shifting their income out of the US.As Bryan said earlier, corporations don't pay income taxes anyway; their customers do, in the form of higher prices.As a result, I'd like to see the corporate income tax rate slashed to zero.

I REALLY like to deal with my local credit union for everything I can as their rates and customer service is fantastic.

But, because they are very much an assembly line for listings, they do a horrible job of "customer service" (i.e., working with buyers and their agents).Because of this, there are many buyers agents in this area who will refuse to show a house listed with this flat fee agency, and the sellers of these houses are losing potential buyers by listing with this flat-fee agency.That said, flat fee in general doesn't necessarily seem like a bad idea...just make sure you do your research and know what you're getting (and not getting) from the agency...

Since I generally do full remodels, by the time we sell, I generally know exactly what is and isn't working (and have generally fixed anything that is in the "isn't" category)...Also, for my full remodels, I always give the buyer my card at closing and tell them to give me a call if anything that should be working isn't...I don't want dissatisfied customers!

I went onto a major servicer who indicated they didn't care about the loan amount, but the long term customer focus.

Since its essentially free to send spam, if you send out a gazillion and get a customer or two, its worth it.

Providing access also forces us determine what the highest and best use is and where we should be leading the customers to exactly.

Although I would have to agree that the customer service is non-existent when dealing with their title company.

My question is this: Is it custom to split the profit 50/50?

Our major customers are chemcial and pharmaceutical plants.