10/16/2026
A friendly face at the door is a start. Relevant experience is what you need next.
Your agent may have done a wonderful job selling your home. Before handing them your commercial property or business, ask: “What experience do you have selling something like THIS?”
I work in both residential and commercial real estate, and each requires a different approach. A residential track record alone doesn’t establish commercial expertise.
Here’s why choosing the right representation matters:
✓ The value is in different details.
Commercial buyers may evaluate income, expenses, leases, location, and owner-user potential. A business sale adds earnings, equipment, inventory, goodwill, and how well the operation can transfer to a new owner.
✓ The buyer pool is different.
Investors, business operators, and acquisition buyers need targeted outreach and information that speaks to their goals.
✓ The commercial network matters.
Commercial specialists build relationships with investors, business buyers, property owners, commercial lenders, and other commercial brokers. Those connections often extend beyond a residential agent’s usual network—and can help reach qualified buyers who aren’t browsing traditional home listings.
✓ The financial story needs to be clear.
Rent rolls, operating statements, and business financials require careful review. Gross revenue and money an owner actually takes home are very different things.
✓ Leases can shape the deal.
Renewal options, rent increases, expense responsibilities, and assignment provisions can affect a buyer’s interest and the transaction’s path forward.
✓ Confidentiality matters.
Selling an operating business calls for a plan to protect sensitive information and manage when employees, customers, and competitors learn about the sale.
✓ Due diligence goes deeper than a walkthrough.
Depending on the property and business, buyers may need to investigate zoning, environmental conditions, equipment, licenses, contracts, and financing requirements.
✓ The building and business need coordinated strategies.
Selling them together, separately, or retaining the building as a rental creates different considerations. Your representation should understand how those decisions connect.
Before hiring anyone, ask about comparable transactions, their commercial network, their marketing plan, and how they qualify buyers.
You’ve worked hard to build what you own. Choose representation with experience that matches the asset—and the judgment to bring in additional expertise when needed.
What would you want to know first: what your building is worth, what your business is worth, or how to plan the sale of both?
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