It sounds like you were one of the reliable contractors and being in the industry you know first hand that many of your competitors were not reliable. 

I know they are a competitor of yours, so what are your thoughts on that company?

If you have the most aggressive bid, you'll get the property, whether or not your competitors are with your agent or another one.

If you are shopping around for realtors, a good realtor who really wants to win your business will look up the records of other realtors they are competing with in the MLS to give you the lowdown on their competitors. 

Incredible deal-making conference.This is what every retail needs to see in order to properly assess the viability of a prospective retail site:-Signalized corner, soft corner or mid block-Visibility, frontage and signage -Parking -Ingress/egress -Traffic counts -Population density in a 1, 3 and 5-mile radius -Ditto for median household income -Ditto for ethnic breakdown-Ditto for population growth rate -Ditto for residential and commercial development projects in the pipeline-Proximity to complementary national retailers-Proximity to direct competitors -Proximity to existing locations in the trade area -Lease structure (absolute NNN, modified NNN or NN for build to suits/reverse build to suits; or ground lease) -Rental rate -TI allowance, if any, for aforementioned BTS/Reverse BTS leases

What are the nearby competitor rentals like?

I see bandit signs all over the place around town. Where is a good place to put bandit signs away from the competition? That is hard to do because all the good spots to place bandit signs are already taken by other in...

Coinmach said they had the right to be considered before any of their competitors.

Also the commercial agents are not very open in helping train a competitor in their market.

Many of your competitors for these deals will be financing far less of the deal and in most cases, will pay cash.