Most important things to have knowledge about as a broker that doesn’t directly &amp; obviously pertain to real estate
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[{"id": "f6r54p2", "text": "\\-politics in hong kong\n\n\\-no other politics, other than local\n\n\\-client's kids\n\n\\-client's kids\n\n\\-client's sports teams\n\n\\-client's kids' sports team (how was Jimmy's soccer tournament this weekend?)\n\n\\-client's hobbies outside of work\n\n\\-gossip about other clients\n\n\\-gossip about other clients' kids", "replies": [{"id": "f6r5ozg", "text": "Politics in Hong Kong haha, so true. Thanks for the response", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f6r6fg7", "text": "Trade war with China. Effecting quite a few plastic related manufacturing groups in my area", "replies": [{"id": "f6r6hc0", "text": "Oh yup definitely a big one", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f6rstxa", "text": "Find out what the person likes, what their family is like etc.  Just get them talking about themselves, and try to find a way to relate.  But listen more than anything.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "f6v7rl6", "text": "- new supply \n- what institutional investors are doing in the local market\n- know cap rates fairly well, but never exaggerate them. institutional investors like myself will discredit everything you say if there\u2019s a huge disparity in comps (that we *do* indeed have access to) versus what you say caps are looking like in the market\n- know the big local players\n- know city zoning well and institutional guys will use you for business all the time. \n- know how the residential market profile looks like: example, HOA\u2019s don\u2019t allow for campers in driveways or streets and thus this is fueling Self Storage properties. Know these sorts of cause and effect relationships. \n- know lease marketing time and general market picture", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]