My question is, how would an independent agency compete with all the big, national agencies that are dominating our local areas?

@Robert Sims, Fidelity National Title has an office right there near your property.

Federal law trumps state laws I'm pretty sure.Readers need to be aware of attempting to apply some state law outside that state, this is a national and international site. 

I am a rehabber/flipper/landlord in KC and also run a national Co-op for real estate investors called Community Buying Group.  

Our nation's debt is the main reason why state and federal funding for colleges/universities has been cut significantly.

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During the evening he highlighted how these other people helped him in areas where he was inexperienced or lacking in knowledge and ultimately helped him write his newest book.An example I always like to look at is Jimmy Kimmel. 

I didn't realize there were national firms that could handle BPOs in any market.  

In my opinion you have several factors that is attributing to Cleveland entering the national limelight of RE investing. 

Unless of course its a nationally known company like Colony B2R  lendinghome  lendingone  Lima one  etc etc.