Is it weird to represent yourself and take a commission in a commercial real estate deal?
Situation: Tenants rep has a financial interest in the tenants business. Would it be uncommon for Tenants rep to take a commission on the deal?

[View Poll](https://www.reddit.com/poll/nhjdwe)
[{"id": "gywn2bw", "text": "Spent 16 years as a tenant rep and saw this happen many times. Fairly common in retail, multi family, and industrial, a tad less common (but not rare) in office.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gywsf7o", "text": "If the rep is licensed, finds the space, negotiates the terms of the agreement - expect to pay them.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gyybs9c", "text": "It is uncommon but it happens. I think it is \u2018weird\u2019 in the sense that it is essentially (in a sale) a way to get some cash out of the loan / in a lease, a way to get cash out of the business &amp; the principal typically adds very little value... but I hate splitting commissions with brokers too.", "replies": [{"id": "gz2ihbi", "text": "most of the time when I've seen it, it just gets repriced into a sales price change vs a commission prior to closing.  Agree though it be weird to see them actually take it as a commission, that is super rare in my experience.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gz057ru", "text": "Assuming you actually provide a service as part of it you should be compensated for that. \n\nHOWEVER, If your interest is, say, 100% of said tenant business, then yes it is weird because the taxes on the current income from the commission are likely worse than letting that cash go to the business and grow.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gz2i7zp", "text": "I'm not really sure on retail, that is such an oddity I kind of expect the bigger retail brokers to push back less.  In the more investment class space it is both common for brokers to be the buyer and want a commission and for the listing broker to refuse paying to them.  \n\nA lot of this has to do with what you are offering the listing broker.  If you will handle your side of the transaction then its probably fine.  If you are expecting to take half the commission just because you have a license and they still have to deal with the same amount of shit for half the money expect push back.  If you are already a client or contact of the listing broker probably matters too.  \n\nIE if they send you an announcement of a space from their personal list and you pursue it then show up in the LOI asking for a commission that situation is much different than if you find some random shit on a sign or loopnet and pursue it.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gzgi1e8", "text": "I could see it being rare but reasonable in a tenant lease negotiation. Tenant leases frequently include 2 brokers and when they don't, I don't see the leasing agent significantly reducing their leasing commission to the landlord. In large commercial sales $10 MM+ the assumption is that the buyer doesn't have a buyer broker involved and the seller broker isn't splitting a commission. The selling broker may unethically steer a deal away from a bidder asking for a commission to one of the many \nother bidders not asking for a cut of the commission.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]