Years ago before the real estate market crashed, I was doing pretty well as an agent. The market was increasing, money was flowing. It was late 2005 and having been a Realtor for 17 years already, I knew there was no way this fervent pace could keep going. But the...

I work with a lot of self-employed entrepreneurs who have left corporate America to pursue a career built to their liking. Many resented the constraints put upon them by the proverbial ‘man” and felt they could do much better on their own. They are often distressed to...