How Leasing Commissions are determined
I often get asked by landlords, “how do I pay you for leasing my commercial real estate property?” The short answer is a percentage of the rent consideration”. If you’re not sure what that means, I’ll give one simplistic example to explain
Say I rent your property for 5 years for $10,000
a month. To determine the rent consideration, you multiply the total number of
months by the amount due per month. In this case it would be 60 months (5 years
x 12 months) times $10,000 rent a month which would give us a rent
consideration of $600,000. You then take the rent consideration and multiply by
the previously agreed to rate in the listing agreement. We’ll use 5% for
simplicity sake in this example which would give you a total commission of
$30,000.00 ($600,000.00 rent consideration x a 5% fee).
Typically, then the $30,000 would then be split
by the broker representing tenant and the broker representing the landlord or
$15,000 to each broker. The fee is an important sales tool as a low fee can
discourage tenant brokers from presenting and encouraging your property as an
option for their clients.
A good broker should also list your property on
all the major listing services including here in Southern California, AIR,
CoStar and LoopNet Premium. Additionally, marketing efforts should include
mailers, cold calling, canvassing, email blasts, broker meetings, company
website listing, intercompany communication systems blast, social media, the
web, signs and 3D Virtual Tours because of COVID-19 concerns right now. If you
are looking for Leasing Commissions information you can
contact us.