If you have worked for yourself for 17 years, then I 'm sure you have provided service to people, you have customers who trust you and value your work , your work ethic, ... etc.

Tenant Improvement Allowance (TIA) which can be $10-$30/foot upon signing a lease, brokers fees another 6%, a failed business goes bankrupt and leaves you vacant and after 6 months you find a tenant but guess what, there's more TIA and more brokers fees.I kind of see commercial properties as a giant furnace of money.

Jen Pothilat you need a BROKER not a BANKER.

Easiest way: talk to a realtor/broker or go to your local Kijiji rent section. 

My broker at the time owned numerous commercial properties and agreed to show me the ropes and I quickly realized it was the career I had been searching for. 

My question for you is whether you are required to disclose your broker and licensed status in your advertising. 

Looking for a mortgage broker who can do a cash out refi on my rental property in TX.

My current broker who is also a property manager has specifically asked me to "try" to not bring him clients with multi's to manage. 

Any local agents or brokers you guys can recommend?

There are plenty of brokers and plenty of ways to do things, you have to find what works for you.In my opinion there are 4 main ways to make it past the 80% + fail out rate:1) Pay huge amounts of money in marketing to pull in leads, buyers and sellers.2) Spend 17 hours (no kidding) a day calling, talking, asking, networking with people to get leads3) Ride the coattails of someone who is the "rainmaker" bringing you clients.