Would love to hear your input as a commercial real estate broker...
I'm crafting an article entitled, "10 Things Your Commercial Real Estate Broker Won't Tell You"

It's based on inspiration from this article: http://www.womansday.com/life/saving-money/realtor-secrets

As you can tell, that one focuses more on residential real estate. I'm wondering if you guys have some things more geared toward commercial real estate you'd be willing to share.

Thanks!
[{"id": "cofbndw", "text": "That's a really dumb article and makes me think the author has no idea has this process actually works.  ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cofg9i0", "text": "I'm not gonna say too much but this is slightly insulting. Kinda like writng an article titled \"10 ways a blogger manipulates you to view their posts\" then posting it to a blogging website to see what they think about it", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cog18du", "text": "Whats it matter you apparently are just going to make shit up anyhow....", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cog33j8", "text": "Any commercial real estate broker who violates his or her fiduciary relationship with you or does not disclose his or her status as a dual agent...or really anything that you would mention in an article like this...should lose his or her license.  \n\nThe commission is always brought up by skeptics, but brokers provide a highly valuable service AND we are paid by the landlord. Obviously, commissions are built into every deal, but it is critical to understand that if the tenant representative is not compensated (or used) that the commission still exists and is paid entirely to the listing/landlord agent rather than split between the two.\n\nAdditionally, a good broker will provide a transaction summary showing the value added by highlighting the cost savings achieved, which almost always outweigh the commission earned.  \n\nIf brokers were truly scamming their clients, the profession would not exist.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cog8v5k", "text": "Most of us have a degree from a good university, but it's not up in our office. So there's something your CRE broker might not tell you. \n\nSeriously though, we work with businesses where the biggest consideration for a company is their bottom line. We don't typically have to put up with bickering from newlyweds. Our business is pretty boring and rudimentary. Why do you think there are no CRE shows on A&amp;E or Lifetime or whatever? It's because there is not very much drama in our line of work. A blog on what we do is going to be very boring and not much of a read. At least the previous article was interesting to a wide audience because a lot of people buy houses. Not very many people own businesses and lease or purchase commercial property so your audience is going to be very small.  ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "coh7s3h", "text": "\"Can you help me badmouth your profession\"? Every business and industry has lazy jackasses in it, no one is safe from that. A lot of the points in that article are dumb. So what if they host an open house to try and get more money? I had a landlord write in their contract with me to market their property that commission was 6% (split 50/50 with outside broker). A few sentences down, it said if there was no outside broker, I would only receive 4%. So when I go knock on doors and bust my ass to get a tenant in his center, that is worth less money? Why would the home owner care that they get a full commission because they were holding open houses, tipping others off? Why would it matter that they ended up getting new clients at an open house? If I were a home owner, I would want my agent doing everything to sell my house, regardless of they get 3% or 6%. A lot of residential agents I know are lazy, they throw the sign in the ground and wait for calls. If you have one that markets it, you are lucky.\n\nSorry, done ranting, just that this article is kind of insulting.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "cooq6dl", "text": "Good luck. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]