Looking to buy an office building
I currently run a law firm in southern california and we've had some incredible growth and now I want to invest the firms money in something more stable than new cases!

The dream is to buy an office building for the firm (yes part of this is ego so I can have my name on the building). Ideally I would be looking for a 2 to 3 story office building south of Los Angeles but north of Orange county.

I was hoping to find something in the 2million range, is that reasonable? Area has to be decent but doesn't have to be affluent. 

Where do I start? Do I hire a broker? I tried searching on LoopNet but I need an account. 

Thanks for the help, I am a total newb. 
[{"id": "cpg8iez", "text": "Hire a broker. I work the industrial market in that area, so I don't know much about the office market. $2 million seems unreasonably  low for what you're asking for though. \n\nIf you want a referral to an office broker, let me know. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cpgbpl2", "text": "hire a broker.  I work in brokerage in the midwest where our values are like 1/4 of yours.  2 million is low for what you are talking about here.  \n\nNaming rights/signage etc typically are negotiated to major lease tenants too.  \n\nAn area commercial broker will help you get what you want.  A loopnet account is like $100 a month for searching or less I think?  If you are talking about spending a couple million plus it would seem like a prudent investment to me no matter what you wind up doing.", "replies": [{"id": "cpggocs", "text": "Thanks for the info. Hiring a broker seems to be the consensus. ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cpgy4bk", "text": "It's gonna be like $6-7M probably unless you buy C class stuff in a crappy area of town.  I can recommend a few brokers down there - I'm in Nor Cal.  Let me know", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]