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"You're a scumbag... how do you even look yourself in the mirror?" She said after we presented her with an offer above list price This is the story of how we closed the biggest deal in Frasier Cole history after one person and one conversation fueled a legendary revenge deal: November 15th, 2021, 1,323 days ago, 6 months into us starting Frasier Cole, we were working with a buyer who was in exchange. We already had 2 deals under contract with them and they really needed a 3rd to complete the exchange. We saw a deal that had been listed 2 days previously and it fit the clients criteria and remaining amount in their exchange. Best of all, we had a relationship with the listing brokerage as we are already under contract with them on another deal for this client's exchange. Asking price was $5m and we offered $5,090,000 30 day look/10 day close. 2 hours later we received a call from the CEO of the company. She started off cordial because, well, Mason had a prior professional relationship with this woman. Things quickly turned when she asked Mason "How he looked himself in the mirror?" and telling him he a "scumbag who only cares about low hanging fruit?" "Under no circumstance will we be paying you any commission on this deal. Your client is welcome to buy it but we will be keeping the entire fee" The reason was because she's known our client for years and because we already are under contract on a deal with this company. Our response was "If you know the buyer so well, why didn't you show him this deal?" That only made her more angry... so she said they let the other deal slide but this one they have no intention of paying a commission. Mind you, this woman makes $1-2m a year. We told the client and they were unwilling to pay our fee. Mason and I were pissed - what could we do? We have no signed buyer rep agreement and no recourse. We could let it go, move on, take the high road... F*ck that We started thinking of ways to get revenge... The best idea we could come up with that night is to buy their office building, rezone it for MF, and kick 'em out. It worked because it was a shitty office building on maybe the best development tract in Dallas. We looked up the owner of their office building and immediately called him "Would you sell 5550 LBJ?" "Yeah, actually this is perfect timing we just sorted out a title issue and are looking to sell." "Great, we'll get you an offer and take it from there" Holy sh*t We immediately called one of my best friends and college roommate Dustin who worked for a PE group in NYC. They loved the deal. What's not to love? 8.5 acres, 364k SF of office, and an existing parking garage. 17% occupied and all had short term leases or were willing to be bought out. Within a couple weeks we had an incredible offer to put in front of the owner and we were off to the races. That deal closed late yesterday after 1,322 days of working on it. Funny enough, the CEO who wronged us already moved their company out of the property before we were able to close. That's fine. Before they left, she found out that we had put the deal together. We heard she yelled at her office and land broker because they couldn't sell the building they were working in. We are now on to bigger and better things, but this one feels good. --- The story of the actual deal is an incredible one, but I wanted to highlight how it came about. I will post the story of the actual transaction soon, but for now... enjoy our revenge story

What do commercial real estate brokers do? A whole lot: - Comps - Source deals - Market research - Market knowledge - Attend conferences - Constant Follow-up - Database principals - Database properties - Database companies - Database developers - Be the voice of reason - Build a long track record - Deal with title companies - Manage seller expectations - Manage buyer expectations - Build long-term relationships - Tell you it's all going to be okay - Understand your investment criteria - Manage the transaction from start to finish - Build a knowledge base through social media - Keep detailed notes on people and properties - Consistent cold calling to find you a great deal - Talk to the title company about your obscure liens - Navigate fragile egos that could blow up a deal - Be the messenger between buyer and seller - Build a huge network of buyers and sellers - Coordinating calls with necessary parties - Clear homeless people off the front step - Attend conferences across the country - Dig through county records to find info - Unlock the property for site visits - Navigate complex negotiations - Attend countless happy hours - Read environmental reports - Driving around your market - Creative problem-solving - Read 100 page leases - Predict the future - Be professional - Close deals Plus anything else they are asked to do... Unless you want to do all this yourself, pay your brokers well

This is a new one for me We cold called the owner of the property and brought the buyer. We negotiated the LOI directly with the owner. LOI got executed and we sent owner a PSA. His lawyer then calls and says she's also a realtor and asks me how she's getting paid. I tell her that buyer is paying our commission. She asked if we could split that fee because the seller does not want to pay a commission. I said no because we put the whole deal together and she just came in as an attorney but asking to get paid a commission... What are your thoughts?

HOLY F**KING SH*T THE BIGGEST DEAL IN COMPANY HISTORY JUST GOT REZONED. OFFICE TO RESI CONVERSION DEAL. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE NOV 2021 SICK DEAL STORY TO COME SHORTLY AND ITS A BANGER THE DEAL CAME TOGETHER AS MEANS OF REVENGE👀👀👀👀