Looking for ways to get access to T12 and Rent Rolls

[Danny Kao]

Hi All,

I'm a SFH rental investor currently learning the property analysis process for commercial apartments. In the residential world, I can easily get all the information I need to qualify if a deal is worth looking at in person (e.g. open house) just from online information from sites such as Zillow. Real Estate agents are happy to share info too regardless if you've ever bought a house or not before.

In the commercial apartment world, you need at least the T12 and rent roll to be able to do the initial analysis to qualify a deal. I understand that this is something owners would have and are typically made available by brokers to potential buyers, I was just wondering if anyone has advice/tips on how someone new (with no commercial experience) could get access to this data in order to do initial analysis to qualify deals? I found it pretty difficult to find who owners of properties are in many areas via online search, and I don't see why any commercial brokers would want to share this information unless they believe you are a serious buyer (e.g. experienced) who can close the deal as the information is not meant to be public.

In an ideal world, I'd want to get my hands on all the T12s and rent rolls for at least the on-market deals in order to qualify deals based on my criteria and then partner up or pass on deals to an interested team who can pursue and close on the deal.  Thanks!