Commercial brokers....do y’all ever roll your some of your commissions into the deals that you close?
I’m doing this for the first time for two reasons - 1) Puts money to work and 2)I feel like the buyer is more likely to award me with a future listing
[{"id": "ij1w9si", "text": "I personally haven\u2019t. I\u2019ve had offers. It\u2019s certainly a thing some brokers do.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ij25v22", "text": "I\u2019m an analyst - but my 2 brokers 100% do and it\u2019s worked out extremely well for them", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ij26tb1", "text": "Only if I\u2019m buying the property/would have had a meaningful stake anyways. Otherwise, I want the liquidity", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ij2ir6l", "text": "I know of several that do, but it sounds like a legal nightmare to me. Plus, if I\u2019m listing a deal I\u2019m likely asking a price that is far too aggressive for me to have interest.", "replies": [{"id": "ij2msu5", "text": "It\u2019s off market", "replies": [{"id": "ij2n4lt", "text": "Go nuts. It\u2019s a great way to grow your net worth. It\u2019s just not something I like to do personally. I don\u2019t want to have to worry about getting sued 5 years down the road. Look at what one of the guys posted- if they found out their brokers are doing it they would get litigious.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ij37xvl", "text": "We don\u2019t do this on sales but do when we raise capital (or try to). Typically whoever sells the gets the next sale for the buyer unless there are established relationships with other firms. We do try to get the financing for the buyer though.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "ij3d9ph", "text": "That's tough because you don't want anyone to think you have a conflict of interest. I know lots of brokers who will invest in asset classes they don't broker and that's the safest bet for them. \n\nThe buyers will award you the future listing if they feel you'll do the best in selling the property. You putting into the deal is much less value to them than you selling it for top dollar on the back end. Plus most will respect you for drawing the line on what you will and won't do to protect your reputation.", "replies": [{"id": "ij3g5q3", "text": "FYI - it was a buyer paid fee.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]