Going from W2 broker to 1099 independent agent changes five things: how you’re paid, how you’re taxed, what you fund yourself, what you control, and what risk you carry. Here is each one, plainly, before you make the jump.

How freight agent pay actually works, and how to tell a real pay promise from a recruiting line.

A realistic timeline for switching brokerages with a book, phase by phase, without the recruiting gloss.

Every recruiting conversation covers the split and the growth story. The questions that actually predict your experience usually go unasked. Here are 20 questions to bring to any freight agent program

A high split percentage is not the same as high pay. Here is how to read a freight agent commission split, where the money quietly leaks out, and how to compare programs on what you actually take home.

A 70% split is only 70% if nothing comes out of it afterward. This field guide covers where freight agent program fees hide: conditional software charges, compliance chargebacks, credit-check fees, and the exact questions that surface them in writing before you sign.