How to Choose a Commercial Real Estate Agent when Buying a Property
[{"id": "cr1wfei", "text": "I like that articles get posted here but come on that is just straight up something someone who has no idea wtf they are talking about spent 3 minutes on to have a blog post for their shitty website selling lord knows what useless product.  \n\n&gt; The right agent should present you with all of the necessary information and paperwork prepared prior to showing you a property to help you make an informed decision on this major investment. Documents that might be included are:\n\n\u2022 previous environmental studies\n\u2022 permits for any recent alterations\n\u2022 a copy of the title\n\noh come the fuck on.  \"yeah bill, its num num, I have a client that wants to take a look at 123 main street, can you just send over the complete permitting history, title report, and copies of all past environmental reports so we can take a quick look before scheduling a time?\"", "replies": [{"id": "cr1y31t", "text": "No joke, I don't know a single list agent that is going to give me those documents prior to the first showing.", "replies": [{"id": "cr1y7gf", "text": "I kind of want to wait until I get one of those 'So and so has joined zyx brokerage! he recently received his MBA and brings 5 years of construction management experience.  Please add him to your distribution lists, he looks forward to working with you' or whatever emails and make a call like that just to fuck with them", "replies": [{"id": "cr1zkl6", "text": "If they're new to the biz and don't have team/partners, they might do it. Cruel idea indeed...", "replies": [{"id": "cr1zq97", "text": "\"also sorry to rush you, but we need to close by next Wednesday, so if we could get that by close of business that be great\"", "replies": [{"id": "cr2001i", "text": "\"... should be closing Wednesday\" and if we could get all of these into a single document with the pertinent information highlighted throughout and a custom exec summary of each, that'd be greaaaaaat. We \"plan\" on doing about a dozen more of these by the end of the year.... (I feel awful even just typing this, I think this is entertaining because we've all been there to one degree or another)", "replies": [], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "cr1yayr", "text": "Better yet, Mr. Prospect, we're going to tour 5 buildings today... and, heeeere's the paperwork...", "replies": [{"id": "cr1ywru", "text": "I think my broker would stop busting my balls over splits and just start charging me $0.20 / page to print or something lol", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]