Taking calls, doing books and imputing data for our buyers and sellers.

Originally posted by Nichole Gabriel:I looked quite a bit, but the thread you mentioned had actual statistics comparing the two, Sorry Nichole, but the statistics given were pretty one sided and tend to fly in the face of most of the empirical data.

Ask that agent how much equity she needs from the transaction and you might pay a little more if the seller works with you and ensure the agent knows she will get her commission (That's what they want to know in these deals).

I am having a hard time tracking down any reliable data on vacancy for anything other than apartments.

I pull a few months of rent listings from Craigslist and use excel to slice and dice data to get Average and Median Rates.

The problem is that most brokers are unwilling to go the extra steps to ensure that they have lease option documentation that satisfies state requirements for their agents...thus mitigating the risks and making sure that these deals will still be covered by their insurance carriers.

I want to learn from veteran brokers who go to buildings to speak with office users in the flesh.. find out their best approach methods, ways to navigate today's office buildings, and ways they successfully obtain contact information on cold call tenants and obtain data to successfully create a prospect.If you are canvassing office properties to do tenant rep, I'd love to hear your tips and stories.

A MC needs to ensure problems are properly resolved.End of year statements like 1099 are standard.

Decisions are made based on data and numbers and not emotions.You also need to know what your split will be.

However if he explained the situation to me and ensured he would not be late again I would give him a chance.