Top Ten Reasons For An Office Tenant Not To Hire A Broker

Presented by:

Jeffrey S. Weil,
MCR.h, CCIM, SIOR  
Senior Vice President
COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL
925.279.5590

 

10. The Landlord is a cousin of your wife.

 

9. You just bought a lot of stock in the Landlord's REIT.

 

8. You like getting taken to play golf with the Landlord once a year.

 

7. You don't like to delegate anything - you do your own tax return, tune up your car, and will handle both your home remodeling and the office lease.

 

6. How else will your successor look good?

 

5. Your company gives you a huge year-end bonus if you don't use any outside consultants or vendors.

 

4. There are so many brokers calling and you don't want to get any of them mad.

 

3. You have a lot of extra time on your hands and you want to make sure the boss sees you super-busy.

 

2. You once did a sales office lease fifteen years ago so this regional headquarters relocation shouldn't be much different.

 

and

 

1. The Landlord told you they would make you a 'special deal' if you didn't look at any other properties or use a broker.

 

 



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