6 Commercial Real Estate Guide Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start A Commercial Real Estate Guide Business

A real estate guide is the liaison between commercial property buyers and sellers. The commercial real estate guides are responsible for finding the potential property, listing a property, negotiating prices, and much more roles within the real estate industry.

Starting a commercial real estate guide business requires good industry knowledge. Know who are the potential buyers and find ideal commercial properties for sale or lease within your area.

As a commercial real estate guide, you may earn commission from the property sellers or charge the buyers a convenience fee for helping them find the ideal property faster and efficiently.

Rapid urbanization across the globe is one of the factors driving the demand for commercial spaces in major cities and towns. Therefore, investors are searching for local commercial real estate guides to assist them in finding ideal locations for their businesses.

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

Where to start?

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

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established commercial real estate guide business

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Website traffic: 210K/month

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6. LACDB

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