Moving to a worse firm with better splits?
I'm currently 1 year at a great brokerage in Boulder, CO doing a variety of deals that the rest of the brokerage team doesn't have time to work on and some of my own deals from prospecting.  My commission split is 50-50 at my current production level.  I was contacted by another firm in Denver specializing in office leasing which offers a better commission structure 60-40.  The Denver firm isn't as prestigious but I likely would have a better mentor situation and would make more money.  I'm not particularly interested in office leasing but they have several potential clients that I could pick up which would be better than the scraps I'm getting at the Boulder firm.  What would you all recommend?
[{"id": "faf2pab", "text": "If you likely will have a better mentor situation and a higher split then it\u2019s a no brainer", "replies": [{"id": "faf4d7k", "text": "The managing broker said he'd \"be available 24/7 as a mentor\" and the firm is smaller with only 5 people so he likely would have time to mentor me but 24/7 is surely a stretch.  Currently I'm not working with anyone closely at my Boulder office but some of the brokers here are top tier and are the ones you want to learn from, the problem is they are successful because they put in the time and don't waste it helping people like myself.", "replies": [{"id": "faf4jd3", "text": "Hmm.. I\u2019ve learned not to take anyone\u2019s word fully in RE, but sure if it\u2019s a smaller company and it seems like he could mentor then you should try it out, you could always leave if it doesn\u2019t work out.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "faf3e4r", "text": "in your current spot your team is just handing you deals to work on and you get 50% of the commission?", "replies": [{"id": "faf8luc", "text": "They hand me deals they don't want that are either too small or too difficult.  These are not enough to get by on alone.", "replies": [{"id": "faf9xt4", "text": "got it. hmm this is a tough call. If you don't like office leasing, it will be hard to stay interested and excited about the deals you work on. \n\nalso, look at the listings/tenant rep deals that the smaller firm has. If they are severely below the quality that you would expect at your current firm, then it might not be a good move. There are other brokerage sectors, (investment sales, capital markets) where the smaller boutique firm brokers can still make a killing doing the smaller middle-market deals, but in office leasing (at least imo) it realllly helps to be at one of the big name firms.", "replies": [{"id": "fafc0kf", "text": "Definitely agree with you about the big name firms, being in Boulder almost everything would be a drop off but my impression is that the quality is average for the Denver area which I'm ok with.", "replies": [{"id": "fafdq5y", "text": "ahh didnt see the denver part. well average Denver deals are probably better than top of the market boulder deals.", "replies": [], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]