How to Successfully Canvass the Owners of High Quality Commercial Buildings

How to Successfully Canvass the Owners of High Quality Commercial Buildings

When it comes to listings, one important fact should be understood and remembered in commercial real estate brokerage.  It is simply that high-quality buildings produce better levels of interest and enquiry and on that basis more inspections over time.  (NB – you can get plenty of prospecting and canvassing tips in commercial real estate brokerage in…

Strategies to Reinforce Your Market Share Formula in Commercial Real Estate

Strategies to Reinforce Your Market Share Formula in Commercial Real Estate

Let’s face the plain facts of working in commercial brokerage.  The industry can be very competitive, especially if your territory of control as a broker is in a busy town or city.  The way to work though that competitiveness is for you to be a property ‘expert’ in every way possible.  The rewards of the…

Sales Data Analysis Rules in  Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

Sales Data Analysis Rules in Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

In commercial real estate brokerage, it is important if not critical to maintain accurate local sales data relating to the location, the precincts, the building types, and the brokerages. In that way, you as the broker or agent can fully observe trends and changes.  You can then adjust your prospecting and negotiation models. (NB –…

Facts About Negotiating Commissions in Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

Facts About Negotiating Commissions in Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

Many of the property owners and business leaders that we serve and class as ‘clients’ or ‘prospects’ in commercial real estate brokerage, like to negotiate fees and commissions downward.  To them, it can be part of a ‘game’ to seek further value in their property challenge.  Don’t be too eager to respond to the ‘reduction’…

How to Handle Client Resistance and Push-back in Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

How to Handle Client Resistance and Push-back in Commercial Real Estate Brokerage

In commercial real estate brokerage, you will almost always get a degree of client resistance when it comes to closing on a typical transaction in sales or leasing.  Most clients need to think about the facts of the deal, and consider the impact of full offering or the transaction.  Align your thinking to the clients…

Effective Strategies to Win Commercial Real Estate Listings and New Business

Effective Strategies to Win Commercial Real Estate Listings and New Business

In the role of a commercial real estate agent, take the time to understand what is happening in your property market and where things may be headed from a supply and demand perspective.  Look to the future for leads and ideas when it comes to property sales, leasing, and property management. (NB – get our…