Every freight agent program promises strong support, and most describe it in headcount. The number that actually predicts your experience is how many agents each support person carries. Here is what support really covers, and how to evaluate it before you join.

The Montgomery ruling was covered as a brokerage story. Its effects are reaching agents through a shrinking pool of usable carriers, tighter insurance, and vetting standards being rewritten in real time. Here is what changed, why it matters at your desk, and what to ask.

Most recruiting conversations are built to say yes. The programs worth joining are the ones willing to say no. Here is what a freight agent conflict check actually is, why lane capacity matters to your book, and what it means when a brokerage never declines anyone.

Small, mid-size, and large brokerages each give agents something different, and each takes something away. Here is what size actually changes across support, technology, customer credit, internal competition, and stability, plus how to tell which one fits the book you have now.

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.