Do people have thoughts why the CRE Broker community is quite miniscule in the United States?
NAR reports about 6.2% or 80,000 of their 1.3m members are registered as Commercial Members. Seems like a fairly small percentage of brokers that focus on commercial real estate. 

Just curious. Thanks.
[{"id": "eebj9g0", "text": "It\u2019s because the NAR is a pretty useless organization for people in commercial as opposed to residential. ", "replies": [{"id": "eeby5ja", "text": "Any particular reasons why it is useless for Commercial Brokers? ", "replies": [{"id": "eeby8ux", "text": "There just aren\u2019t any real benefits. I think it usually gives access to local MLSs and does irrelevant training. Things like that. ", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eebqwqi", "text": "I don't know any corporate brokers in the NAR and I know a shit ton of brokers.  What would be the point of joining?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eeby2xw", "text": "I see. I guess the point I was trying to make that the overall CRE Brokers seems miniscule - NAR Members or not. Just using NAR numbers as a representative sample of overall Broker population. ", "replies": [{"id": "eec1xsf", "text": "There's also alot more resi brokers than commercial. It's easier and there's more demand. Wayyy more houses than commercial properties. Just like more ... children's toys than adult toys. Easier to make, more demand. ", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eec5ot7", "text": "Its because being a commercial broker actually takes quite a bit of training and experience, knowledge etc.\n\nYou cant just walk someone through a house then have your broker hold your hand while you fill out the standard forms. There Is much more involvement that goes into a commercial deal generally. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "eed1w66", "text": "There are other organizations out there for people that do this for a living like naiop or sior. \n\n\n\n", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]