Is it appropriate to ask for a selfie when advertising commercial property for lease?
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[{"id": "idi825r", "text": "Who\u2019s asking, a greasy Broker or Tenant?  Either way the answer is \u201cno\u201d.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idi97nm", "text": "What?  Selfie?   It's property.... WHY??   \n\nThis goes to the BS where 99% of agents and brokers in America have been BRAINWASHED into plugging their mugs into every literal thing, I assume?  \n\n\n \"It's my brand.\"  No-- your SERVICE AND EXPERTISE is your brand, moron, not your blue fucking eyes.   \n\nAnyway, sorry not sorry.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idia7dq", "text": "Are you advertising on tic tok?", "replies": [{"id": "idm1sr0", "text": "No, but apparently a bunch of ***holes are. It\u2019s come across my Instagram for advertising. They\u2019re sitting in Lamborghinis, etc. I\u2019m not sure what they\u2019re trying to say with their materialistic BS. As you can tell, I\u2019m not a fan of this advertising. I already have to work hard enough to be taken seriously. Adding a video of me dancing to it sounds humiliating.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idiav8h", "text": "Huh?", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idifc2v", "text": "I thought I was clear when I asked if it is appropriate to ask for a selfie when advertising commercial property for lease - so the tenant is not asking, the owner of the commercial property is.\n\nSo I guess the answer is it isn\u2019t appropriate. \n\nAsking for a friend who wants to advertise his commercial property and wants to filter out flakes. A picture is worth a thousand words.", "replies": [{"id": "idiht2t", "text": "No", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "idin2sc", "text": "Yeah. Not appropriate. Filter out flakes by only taking buyers with brokers and/or POF. Asking for a selfie sounds like a huge liability issue.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "idjgd8p", "text": "Lol, it just doesn\u2019t work that way", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idii92c", "text": "So the owner wants to prescreen potentials based on their appearance?", "replies": [{"id": "idiih25", "text": "This is what I\u2019m taking away from this post", "replies": [], "depth": 2}, {"id": "idiipwd", "text": "Yep", "replies": [{"id": "idikaq6", "text": "Wow. What part of the world is this in?", "replies": [{"id": "idimzrr", "text": "California. Looks like I hit a nerve here. He asked me my opinion, I had no idea, how would I know so decided to throw it out there. My friend has had two tenants, both major losers. I\u2019ve told him to list it with a broker but he doesn\u2019t want to.", "replies": [{"id": "idioj0w", "text": "He should list with a broker, who has professional skills in how to vet viable tenants.  And who won't get sued for using incredibly insensitive and potentially racist techniques that the CA REC will feast on.  0 for 2 with \"major losers\" and asking a friend to seek advice on reddit?  Yeah, you and your friend are dumbasses deserving of the failure in your future.", "replies": [{"id": "idip19l", "text": "Well it\u2019s not like he asked me to \u201cseek advice on Reddit\u201d. He asked me my opinion &amp; I took it upon myself to toss it out here. Now I know. And yes, I agree with listing it.", "replies": [{"id": "idizf5f", "text": "I would recommend hiring a broker, they should vet the Tenants both financially and get a feel for how the space will be treated. It\u2019s much cheaper to pay a broker and get a quality tenant then to have someone trash the space do a midnight move out, have to fix the space back up, pay for operating expenses when the space is vacant, TIs, abated rent, ect. \n\nThe old saying \u201cYou pay for what you get.\u201d", "replies": [{"id": "idl3rq1", "text": "Speaking of getting a broker to find a commercial tenant, what terms are you seeing brokers ask for as far as fees etc?", "replies": [{"id": "idvwul4", "text": "The majority of markets the Landlord pay the Tenant brokers fee. \n\nFees very from market to market and product type as well.", "replies": [], "depth": 9}], "depth": 8}], "depth": 7}], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}, {"id": "idk7k6i", "text": "I would just say although Fair Housing laws may not apply here, the Civil Rights act still does. This is at least giving the appearance of discrimination.", "replies": [{"id": "idkbl2m", "text": "Well a picture can do more than reveal skin color, but I suppose it may give the appearance of being racially motivated, although neither I or my friend (of over 50 years), in fact my entire circle of friends, think in those terms at all. I asked my 45 yr old daughter a few months ago if there was anything ever racially disparaging in our family while she was growing up - her answer was \u201cabsolutely not\u201d. We certainly live in a different age today", "replies": [], "depth": 6}], "depth": 5}], "depth": 4}], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}, {"id": "idipj0y", "text": "I don't know how you deciphered that. Sherlock Holmes over here.", "replies": [{"id": "idk73bh", "text": "I'm hoping that if they ask the question a different way maybe then they'll understand the problem with what their asking.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "idkrudi", "text": "No definitely not, and there are much better ways to qualify perspective tenants than appearance. \n\nSome easy questions that will help you qualify a tenant before wasting time touring them:\n\n* What is your use?\n* Where is your business currently located?\n* How long have you been renting there for?\n* How long have you been in business for?\n* We are looking for a term of x years, the total monthly rent is $x.xx. Would you be able to agree to those terms?\n\nThat should give you a good start and the answers to these questions should either make you feel confident that the person would be qualified to rent the space or lead to other questions that will allow you to make a decision on how legit they are.\n\nChecking credit and financials is still necessary before going to leases but a little prequalification can save you a lot of time by screening out the flakes.\n\nFYI  A well qualified broker will give you access to higher grade tenants and make the whole process a lot easier. In my experience the top tier tenants generally aren't driving around calling on for lease signs they see outside of buildings for one off landlords.", "replies": [{"id": "idw3763", "text": "Nice set of questions.\n\nMost flakes will disappear after you ask those first 4 questions.  The rest will reveal themselves after the 5th question.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]