Yes I agree with Andy above - having an overkeen son is really far better than one that sits at home and lets Mom and Dad look after him.
The lady you talk about seems quite keen to get business for him - why don't you try to come to some sort of arrangement that she works for you as well ?

It is really a difficult one when people want to "grow" but have to be very carefull of not alienating people as adrian says above. Forming long term relationships is sometimes forgotten in the quest to make money quickly.

I hope you can all come to an amicable solution.


Sometimes just "passing" business to each other will not work, because of exactly what is happening with you guys, mostly it is better for long term relations, but perhaps in this aspect you should offset a percentage for business passed to each other. Not everyone understands the passing business to each other - they think they can do it themselves !