Thanks for maintaining your interest.

Touched on this a Little in the post in this thread titled "Brokering Wooden Busts and Snow Bubbles" and feel the Concept - Brokering - is worth it's own post.

From The Free Online Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/brokering we get

Broker: One that acts as an agent for others (such as in negotiating contracts, purchases, or sales, finding buyers, and so on) in return for a fee or commission.

Things that can be Brokered...

Businesses - we have all heard of business brokers.

Real Estate - we call these brokers "Real Estate Agents"

Yachts - notice how these brokers don't own the thing they make money from.

Cars

Art

Goods - from high-priced pieces of machinery such as a Trench Digger to shipping containers full of items. Import/Export Broker

Shares - known as a Stock Broker

Information - Information Broker (interesting history starting in France of all places http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Feb-95/levine.html)

Books - old books, Book Finder

Tickets - for events, Ticket Brokers

Food and Beverage Brokers

Frieght Brokers

Insurance Brokers

Loan Broker

Aircraft and Helicopter Brokers, such as http://www.lloydhelicopters.com

Medical and Dental Equipment Broker - heard of a guy making a few big bux with 2nd hand dental xray equipment

MotorHome Brokers - www.themotorhomebrokers.com

Tavel Brokers, known as Travel Agents who sell vacation Pcakages offered by other groups

Laptops - yep, a Laptop Broker http://laptopbroker.gothamcityonline.com

And so on and so forth...

Granted, some of these Brokers do need/have to operate from a specific location as face-to-face is often involved. But not all of them, and some brokering ideas can be based on a Traveling Broker concept, where the broker visits you (in the final stages).

Some yacht brokers offer yachts which are in other countries. The idea is, the buyer visits the country after being given the details by the broker. The broker's Commission is secured by use of the Agent Contract the seller signed. A concept which can be applied to All broker ideas.

If it can be bought and sold it can be brokered somewhere along the way.

Any other forms of Broker you are aware of?

Michael Ross