Question about broker representation. Does this broker get a cut of a lease?
I was interested in a property (1), called the landlord's broker and visited it.  Then after viewing, he asked if I wanted to go look at another unit (property 2) that was for lease by owner (a small tech firm). I went and looked at that and overheard the broker murmuring to the landlord how much he could get him if he hired him to lease the place (2).

The first property (1) I am backing out from in part because the details of the final lease they proposed are beyond salvageable.  If I go back to the second property, is the first property's broker somehow in or acting as my agent since he basically told me about it?

Or could I negotiate a finder's fee basically?
[{"id": "fbehk0x", "text": "Leasing commissions are how brokers are paid", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fbejfct", "text": "If hes showing you the property, then he has already talked to the owner about it and have agreed what hes getting paid. \n\nLikely on property 2 he doesnt have the listing, just knows that it is available so called the owner and got in for a showing with you. Now he is trying to get the owner to sign up a listing with him.\n\nAlso I am not sure what you are talking about with a finders fee at all. Not sure what that means here. You are looking to lease space.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fbepmbr", "text": "I'd call the owner directly. How he deals with the broker is up to him. As a landlord I quote 5% higher when someone shows up with a broker. I know brokers will downvote me but it's the truth. If you're trying to get the best deal, go talk to the LL. You don't have an agreement with that broker.", "replies": [{"id": "fbf6jdn", "text": "Sounds like you don\u2019t have: a) a lot of product; b) highly desirable product or c) highly desirable super strong credit tenants or d) some combination of a-c \n\nMost big time landlords don\u2019t talk the way you do and if they did they\u2019d never get a desirable tenant. Feel free to downvote, but it\u2019s the truth", "replies": [{"id": "fbf70sw", "text": "We're the leader in our market. Inner ring suburb of NYC. We keep very low vacancy. My office rents at about $37/ft gross which is at the top of our market. I have met a handful of brokers who bring real value to the negotiating table but in general they're in the way. I prefer they connect me with the tenant and then get out of the way until I send them a check. We do our out TI and management so they're really only dealing with me through the whole process. I never have an agent on my side. I never pay more than 4% to a procuring broker and almost never on renewals. Your comment doesn't really make any sense. The reason I have the leverage to operate this way is because I have the best spaces and very low vacancy. Class B, C space with high vacancy would be the ones that have to beg brokers.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fberqfy", "text": "The way this is worded sounds like the broker is trying to get a listing agreement with the (property 2) owner. This doesn't have much to do with you. If you want the space and don't want the broker representing you just tell him you don't want representation. They broker might ask the ownership for a finder fee, but its not your issue. Maybe he will end up getting the listing but again, not your issue if you don't want him representing you.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]