Renters looking for commercial property, our broker hasn't found much that works.
Hello, 

My wife owns a CPR training business and we are looking to relocate her office/classroom space.  
The current space we have does not have adequate parking for our needs and it has become an issue with other tenents in the strip mall.  

We've been working with a commercial broker for the bast 3 weeks.  In that three weeks the broker has only shown us two property's and we have a couple more we are going to look at this week.  Nothing we've seen so far fits our needs and budget.  The broker is telling us that we need to spend more to get what we need.  What they are telling us we need to spend is a good deal more than we currently pay. 

So we've been looking on craigslist on our own and have found some potential property's that might work.  My wife contacted one and is going to look at it tomorrow.  

How do we proceed with the broker we've been using if we find something that works on our own?  I don't want to burn anyone but I don't feel they are giving us their best effort.
[{"id": "fb95bw2", "text": "Do you have a written tenant rep agreement with the broker?\n\nWhat market are you in?\n\nThree weeks isn't a huge amount of time, and often initial showings help a Broker understand your needs and refine the search accordingly.  I'd rather show a client a couple teasers to understand the preferences than spend all day throwing darts and wasting everybody's time.\n\nClass spaces are tough uses on buildings/landlords/adjacent tenants.  It is not an easy assignment and you'll end up in a bad spot using CL vs a broker.", "replies": [{"id": "fb966xh", "text": "Thank You for replying\n\nWe are Albuquerque, NM\n\nWe have no written agreement with our broker, everything has been over the phone except when they showed us the two properties.\n\nWhat makes class space tough besides the parking?  We are quiet and very clean.  She does not do classes everyday, about 40% of her classes are out of the office.\n\nMy biggest concern is they seem to be pushing us to more expensive properties.  I don't want to spend more when its possible to find something that works for cheaper.", "replies": [{"id": "fb9h51p", "text": "Oddly enough, I'm in Albuquerque.  DM me.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fba1axf", "text": "You should use a broker even if you find a space on your own.  Aside from finding a space, brokers are useful in negotiations and lease language.   Find a broker you trust.  I\u2019d you\u2019re not using one that understands or appreciates your business, find a new one.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fcp1qyx", "text": "I would suggest you look for a situation where you don't have to rent classroom space full time.  I used to rent a small workstation (cubicle) in an executive suite place that offered use of a nice training room free of charge to tenants up to 10 hours a month.  Evenings and weekends, a church rented the space for Bible studies and worship services.\n\nYou might be able to find a local business that does training during the day and rent their training rooms at night and on weekends, a fitness studio or school of some type might be another option to find part-time training facilities.  You could then get an inexpensive executive suite or just a virtual office near your training facility.\n\nCraigslist is probably a good way to find such situations.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]