How to identify the Best local Multi family Brokers

[Joe Gilroy]

Hello BP Community, 

How do you identify the best local Multi family Real Estate Brokers for any given metro area ?  

Thank you 

[Evan Polaski]

@Joe Gilroy what size properties are you looking at?  

2-4 family are multifamily properties and almost exclusively listed in the MLS with residential brokers/agents.
5-8 units I still see more on the MLS than on "commercial listing services" like Loopnet.  But you are starting to get into a grey area.
8-50ish tend to start going to smaller multifamily brokers.  These tend to be boutique firms that are either local or regional.
50+ you start to get into more of the national players: CBRE, Cushman Wakefield, etc.

These are general trends I see in the midwest, but price is also a factor.  I have seen CBRE listing 4 families in LA.

@Charles Seaman offers some good tips as well.  I have done this many times on Loopnet, seeing who tends to have a fair amount of listing up, and I try to get coffee with them.