RE Brokers: Anecdotal straw poll: how's 2019 so far?
we were busy as all hell at the beginning of the year, this past month as been slow as shit. Is it just me?  
[{"id": "ehv5qmy", "text": "I'm a finance broker. We're still busy as hell.", "replies": [{"id": "ehvjeay", "text": "Could you elaborate on your job? Just curious. Bank? Cre firm? Do you sell mutual funds?", "replies": [{"id": "ehvx23b", "text": "likley a mortgage broker. He pairs lenders with borrowers.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "ehw02ih", "text": "Where are you located and where do you notice the busiest asset type?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehv66qi", "text": "CRE Broker here. We are very busy right now. Seeing inventory shrink in our industrial market. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehv6fqb", "text": "CRE brokerage here.  I've been in this since 09.  This will be my best year by far.  This month will be better than some years.  \n\nMy biggest problem right now is juggling clients and deals without people getting pissed I'm not giving them as much attention as they want.", "replies": [{"id": "ehvjg1h", "text": "What\u2019s you\u2019re number one tip to be a successful broker", "replies": [{"id": "ehvw73x", "text": "if you meet one ask them that for me and report back lol.  \n\nthere is a distinctive difference in the guys and gals who have done this a minute and those who havent.  if you are coming into this understand right now is not normal.  have an exit plan for when the market tanks or be saving now so you survive it.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehv8fq4", "text": "Side question for those of you brokers saying shit is still good.\n\nAre you seeing prices adjust or do you think they are stalling (maybe not the right word, more so not rising fast enough)?\n\nOn my listings I'm seeing overwhelming buyer demand, large amounts of offers etc.  Several times recently we just chucked multiple offers and did calls for best and finals on properties that I honestly would have had a lot of trouble selling not that long ago.  I've had the problem of almost having to shoot down foreign and non local investors (I'm in the midwest) because they are offering to write whatever number we want in a contract but they can't have people here for a few days and we don't want to take contracts from people who have not had someone visit the site.  \n\nAnyhow, all that said which sounds like we should be pulling money out of the sky and letting everyone bid shit up, I'm largely actually not seeing that.\n\nI'm seeing 20% bullshit and/or lowball buyers, 75% buyers who are interchangeable.  They are the market.  They will buy at a reasonable amount, and they all submit offers that are damn near identical.  Then you got like 5% that wins the deal and goes just slightly more where its not crazy but its not really all that better than the 75% honestly.  Then the 75% is pissed about idiots driving up prices and how you can't get any deals done now without over paying, and they seem way more pissed than buyers I've dealt with really ever.  \n\nI feel like there is a lot of demand that isn't being filled, and folks are getting irritated, but not aggressive enough.  Just funny to watch folks lose out over a few percent or a quarter cap, and it be such a large majority of buyers.\n\n", "replies": [{"id": "einawwj", "text": "Stalling. ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehvc3b4", "text": "Great so far. Deals both done and teed up...", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehvsimf", "text": "Good so far, I think 2019 will be good till it\u2019s not ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehvtaze", "text": "Landlord Rep here. Busy! Although I have a bunch of would be deals falling out where I hadn't expected them too and it's generally #2 or #3 that takes down the space.\n\nLOTS of companies just raised money or are trying to raise money.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehvyp52", "text": "Southeast CRE broker focused entirely on land, which is usually the first to go, much busier now than in November.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ehw6qsi", "text": "Tenant rep here. There's a ton of movement on the leasing side in DC right now.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ei0ffen", "text": "Work as an analyst with a NYC Investment Sales Team. Our January and February outpaced our entire 2018.  ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]