Geoffrey,Basically, the broker is the one who has a relationship with the client (the buyer or seller).

I co-founded a non-profit and my friends have a successful business that have been operating along the lines of a B-corp (North Carolina does not recognize B-corps although there was legislation in the senate last I heard).

This was something I found out from my years owning a construction company, something I learned to recognize with my financial planning and insurance background, and something I finally implemented with my current investor mindset:Years ago I worked for a builder who would borrow money out of his life insurance policy, he would build a house with it and sell it and put the money back into the policy while keeping the profit.

DaveI work for a consulting company (w2) that has me assigned to their client which is IBM who has me assigned to their client.

(There were complex relationships that had to be set up to be legal that few besides our clients ever bothered to set up.)

We started to help family out due to inability to sell their homes in this market and we have added quite a few other clients by word of mouth.

I've found it can be difficult to focus on your own investment goals if you're constantly taking care of clients, (I tend to be a workaholic) so I try to take only low-maintenance clients and don't advertise myself much.

Mailers to Divorce Attorneys who can refer clients to us 13.

I feel that you should have people recognize your name.

But my clients are far more vocal about their response and conversion rates than I am.