Lee & Associates Reputation

Curious to hear the perspective of people in RE and their thoughts on the reputation. There's nothing really on this forum about the firm, which is surprising considering that it's a medium-sized company. It's model is definitely unique in that the brokers for each office become part owners once they cross a certain threshold in GCI. It seems as if brokers that are older and don't need as much guidance may prefer the firm because they'd get better splits than the other large competitors. 

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I've known a handful of people from that firm in a few markets. I'd say their offices vary greatly based on the individuals there. They compete in that "sub-institutional" middle market space along with NAI, SVN, and Coldwell Banker Commercial. I'd guess mostly private client tenants but I've seen some legit institutional assignments handled by them. I think you would need to review each office individually for a sense of their power. In some markets (smaller) they compete directly with Avison Young and Colliers types, but others with the local, no-name brokers.

In fairness, this concept of "prestige" in brokerages doesn't really translate to higher or lower earnings, that's the nature of commission/fee based brokerages, a true local, "no-name" firm can do serious business and have 7-figure earners within it. In WSO parlance, it can translate to "exit-ops" as the nature of the clients tend to define what will be easy to switch/jump from. That is why everyone desires Eastdil/CBRE/CW/JLL/NKF, they service the big name developers and owners, so you can legit network direclty. 

 

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