Inquiry: CRE Property marketing
Hi all, 

I am curious to learn about the state of property marketing in Commercial Real Estate. 

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\&gt; What platforms, tools do people prefer in the United States to market their office and retail properties? 

\&gt; What are some pain points when it comes to marketing the properties? 

\&gt; What information you wish you had access to and how would you use it?

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Thanks. Your help is much appreciated.
[{"id": "emmmirk", "text": "To your first question: Loopnet, Craigslist and Facebook", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "emmzmm1", "text": "Frankly depending where you are and what type of property you will only find about 50-60% on Loopnet. It is beyond pricey and mainly used by the large national brokerages for very large properties. You will usually not find smaller properties on Loopnet as it is not cost effective. \n\nYou will find most marketing materials on companies websites. Which is definitely a pain point because some websites are trash. Loopnet is the largest \u201cpain point\u201d. \n\nThe information I wish I had easier access to would be up to date comps.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "emph3pz", "text": "Costar/Loopnet owns the market for commercial listing in America. It can be expensive, but a little less with each year of your contract. \n\nA pain point about costar is the contact information of the property ownership can be outdated. \n\nLastly, I do agree with our friends below about comps data. I wish they were more accurate and greater detail. But this varies from market to market. And the brokers do a good job of holding back the info after closing each deal.", "replies": [{"id": "emuoqpn", "text": "&gt; And the brokers do a good job of holding back the info after closing each deal\n\nThe current incentive system is messed up. If a broker shares their deal data with CoStar, they then share that data with all their competitors and sell it back to them. There's not much of a benefit to sharing it.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "enq742p", "text": "Keating do you pay for costar?", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]