Does your managing broker influence you in your decision to use any vendors? For instance... if they recommended you use a certain mortgage company.. would you recommend that company to your customers? Insurance company?, etc..

I would imagine some brokers push in house lenders, title companies, etc., and some do not.

In my company we have both an in house mortgage and title company; our brokers do not 'push' us to use them at all but they do make sure we know they're there.

I very rarely use them; typically a customer or client will see their office in our lobby and either ask me about them or just wander in. They do a good job, just not the ones I'm familiar and most comfortable with.

New agents- yes. Experienced agents- not so much.

We do have mortgage lender and title company. Broker does not push but do recommend to use them. I had situation where if I did not have my inhouse title company doing settlement I wouldn't have closed the deal.