One common misconception when it comes to commercial real estate data is it availability. Unlike residential property listing data, the commercial data remains fragmented with respect to aggregating it to the public.
Our local residential board recently signed agreements to aggregate its data to all of the major real estate portals around the Internet.
The local commercial database still does not contain all of the all of the available properties. Local brokers use approximately four different databases to post their information. The unfortunate fact is that some of these databases cannot be accessed by the public. Or if they can, not all of the information can be accessed.
It is unlikely that this trend will change any time soon in this market. Aside from the major benefits and value commercial brokers bring to their clients, access to data is still a big benefit unlike the residential side.
Any broker representing a tenant or buyer of commercial real estate must spend a lot of time compiling a complete list of properties, polling local commercial brokers for their data and cross checking their lists before presenting them to their client. This time commitment is among many reasons why good commercial brokers require written brokerage agreements prior to engaging in that effort.
It is worth while to review the agency types here in North Carolina and what can be expected by buyers and tenants. They are located here at the links below.
If one takes the time to carefully review this and discuss this with a good broker, it is easy to see that it would be foolish to participate in the transaction (especially on the purchase or tenant side) without the assistance of a broker. In many cases, buyers and tenants end up paying nothing with the dust settles.
I suggest finding a buyer or tenant broker that you like in order to provide the valuable services.
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