6 Commercial Real Estate Agent Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: January 7th, 2024

Start A Commercial Real Estate Agent Business

A commercial real estate agent business involves helping clients buy, sell, or lease properties for business purposes, such as offices, retail spaces, or industrial facilities.

As a commercial real estate agent, your main tasks include understanding the local market, identifying suitable properties, negotiating deals, and guiding clients through the transaction process.

Commercial real estate agency can be lucrative because commercial properties typically involve larger transactions and higher commissions compared to residential real estate, providing the opportunity for substantial earnings for successful agents.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a commercial real estate agent business:

1. Highline Real Estate Advisors ($300K/year)

Wayne Steinberg, founder of Highline Real Estate Advisors, came up with the idea for his business after merging his film distribution company into another firm. Leveraging his financial analysis skills, he transitioned into the entrepreneurial field of real estate. By providing tenant representation and utilizing new marketing techniques, he aims to become a name-brand commercial brokerage on Long Island, NY.

How much they make: $300K/year
How much did it cost to start: $0
Current team size: 1

From Film to Real Estate: How I Run A $300K/Year Commercial Real Estate Business

Highline Real Estate Advisors is a startup commercial real estate brokerage firm making between $300,000 and $400,000 of revenue each year that uses new marketing techniques other brokers haven't adopted yet, and manages its business out of a private office suite with the founder taking home nearly 100% net income from his services.

About

Wayne started Highline Real Estate Advisors almost 3 years ago

Revenue

Wayne grew the business to $25K/month

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Learn more about starting a commercial real estate agent business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a commercial real estate agent business?
-> Pros and cons of a commercial real estate agent business

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-> Examples of established commercial real estate agent business

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4. HomeLight

Where they're located: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Website traffic: 1.88M/month

5. Housing Japan

Tokyo houses, apartments, mansions and luxury real estate in Tokyo for rent, purchase or investment. Housing Japan is a leading real estate agency in Japan with extensive listings of Tokyo houses.

Where they're located: Tatsuno, Japan
Website traffic: 80K/month

6. Kidder Mathews

Kidder Mathews is the largest independent commercial real estate firm on the West Coast. We offer a complete range of brokerage, appraisal, property management, consulting, project and construction management, and debt & equity finance services for all property types. Learn more.

Where they're located: Sacramento, California, United States