Best place to find office/retail properties outside of Loopnet

[Scott W.]

I've been primarily using Loopnet to find commercial office/retail deals.  I have to sift through a LOT of crap to find some good nuggets -- and keep going back to the site to check on properties that have been on the market for awhile, staying in touch with the brokers until the Sellers are finally willing to make a deal to then make it a good investment opportunity.

What other tools are investors on BP using to find commercial deals (I also reach out to brokers on Loopnet and tell them what i'm looking for -- but often times, i feel many brokers just go to their preferred investors once a deal pops up and the deal doesn't even make it on the listing sites) Residential seems slightly easier to find deals not on listing services... but my interest and experience is on the commercial side.  Are commercial investors on this site using direct mail and if so, how specifically?

Thanks...