,It depends ...If your whole thrust is to avoid fees, you may want to rethink being in REI.

Those new hires are not going in at higher wages, so the thrust at keeping corporate expenses low to maximise profits will still be there.

As eddie said the main thrust of your attention should be on the agent to broker contract that you would have to sign.The case shows what is possible IF you are upfront with everybody and can prove that you were working for yourself as an independant with your best interests in mind in the transaction and not as an agent or broker with someone else interests in mind even though you are an licensed agent/broker.I wish I were good at that search thing.

Also the Universal Life thrust in retirement planning is a red flag, to me, because of the high upfront commissions involved and needless complexity often imposed in these products. 

At the same time, the mayor of Oakland had a big policy thrust to encourage downtown development.

I too got thrusted into real estate with my Dad's sudden passing having to manage his portfolio.  

I have flipped a few properties (a few SF residences, a 4-plex, and a farm), but my main thrust is to buy and hold income-producing multi-family residential and commercial property; however, I am open to anything as long as it makes financial sense.

That rule was popularized by Robert Allen and Carleton Sheets back in the 1980s when the thrust of their programs was purchasing single family homes with no money down. 

The thrust of Denver's short-term rental law is clear: You can only rent out a place for short-term if it is where you live.

The messenger set out at once; a strong, an indefatigable man; thrusting forward now this arm, now the other, he cleared a path though the crowd; every time he meets resistance he points to his breast, which bears the sign of the sun; and he moves forward easily, like no other.