Landlords and brokers have been forever locked in a battle over the amount and timing of landlord paid compensation, when landlords are unsure of the quality and stability of particular tenants. Landlords contend that because brokers bring tenants to landlords, that those brokers should be responsible for their tenants' creditworthiness and should participate in the credit and other risks borne by landlords.

Andrew Zezas discusses how he enjoys receiving replies to his blog posts, even if those who reply disagree with him.

Considering the current challenges in the global economy and the commercial real estate marketplace, it is amazing that a few brokers, continue to take a laid-back and nonchalant attitude toward their business, their clients, and their potential customers. While this type of attitude may exist across all segments of the commercial real estate industry, and other industries for that matter, I have most recently experienced this with a handful of landlord representatives.

The role of a tenant advisor is to determine the optimal achievable transaction structure on the tenant's behalf, advise the tenant as to how it can achieve those terms, and to execute its tenant's preferred transactions.

Andrew Zezas discusses an incident between a client of Real Estate Strategies Corporation and an uncooperative landlord.

Traditional real estate commissions, based on a percentage of rental income or sale value of a transaction, work very well when brokers represent landlords, sublandlords, and sellers.