My brokerage at the time was of the mind set, CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT!

In Texas you can set up a Series LLC to offset the cost of incorporation. 

-------------------------One of my criteria for COMMERCIAL is has to be on a MAJOR street, with visibility, otherwise you need business that are destination and have customer come find them.having visibility means you can rent it faster b.c I get my commercial tenant from my for rent signs, never for the MLS or Loopnet or other brokers.

Had to pay a contractor $$$$ to construct a custom frame.

Once you move from junior agent to agent to assistant director etc. the split usually gets better over time.I am the principal broker with my own company so I offer a more boutique and heavily driven customer service relationship where you are not just a number among the masses for the big boys.  

The agent will have to check with their broker but, since you're a repeat customer with more deals likely to come their way, they'd be crazy not to help you out.

My name is Linval Taylor and I am a retired Telecommunications solutions engineer, after 33 years of service working with global multi-national customers of top tier service providers.Additionally, I am a licensed Realtor in New York and a real estate investor with investment properties in Atlanta, Georgia and its environs.

He thinks he can get by with a $1 million umbrella policy and he does not incorporate or seek protection from an LLC.

@Mindy Jensen My business currently sells over 400 homes a year across 8 different markets exclusivly to investors, AND my team deals with the customer service ongoing, so I have seen every nightmare imaginable.

I come from 30 years in corporate oil & gas accounting.