It's NOT a bribe, really. Dealing with opposing agent.

[David Williams]

I'm a commercial tenant in an 8 unit building with a short term lease. Someone is considering buying the building. I don't believe it's publicly listed.

I've been here many years and am negotiating with the long standing building manager on a long term lease for me to stay. She is a licensed RE Agent. We are amicable and she is helping me by suggesting the long term lease so that I will not be displaced in the event of sale, as well as adding value to the potential buyer.

She will have a significant, possibly singular authority on accepting or rejecting my proposed lease terms, because the building owner is busy, not very involved in this smaller property.

I want to offer her a few hundred dollars if she approves my terms, to increase the probability of acceptance. It's reasonable in that I want her to take the time for fair consideration vs just rejecting my terms because she's too busy to bother, and it's fair to compensate her for her time.

Is there any conflict there? Could this be misconstrued as a bribe or be taken offensively?

I understand a RE Agent has legal obligations to operate in the best interest of whatever party they work for, but I don't know if she is involved as a RE Agent, or just acting as building manager and showing the property.

I'm thinking of texting her "Thanks for your help with this, if you can accept these terms, I'd like to offer $300 for your time and consideration, I'll send it to your paypal".

Is that totally cringeworthy? Obviously if she is acting as a RE Agent and stands to make $20k on a sale it would be appallingly insulting to offer a trivial amount that could conflict with her obligation. I'm not going to ask her about her involvement because I don't want to appear nosey and disrupt our amicable relation. Thanks!