BROKERS: What Is Your Compensation In Real Estate?

Seen similar posts about RE comp in general. I'm very curious to hear from the brokers/IS/Analysts at brokerage shops (all markets, asset classes, different sized shops) in the current market. How is your comp structured? On average, what are you pulling in year 1 and subsequent years?

Do you get paid when a deal is finalized? If so, what happens if you're on a shit team but you're a rock star IS analyst? Has anyone been successful deferring commission by shaving points and putting that into the deal as equity (assuming you have a good relationship on a buy side deal)? Percentage participation?

All thoughts welcome.

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This is a noob question but are associates essentially brokers? Or is that at the VP level? I thought brokers were strictly commission, or is that only for newer hires? And what are your roles as an associate for multifamily investment sales?

 
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I went from development/acquisitions at a family office back to brokerage to get into multifamily. 4 years of experience - 3 at family office, one at a prior brokerage shop

IS is great if you can hitch your wagon to a stud and be their #2 execution guy, then bird dog for middle market business. I am the #3 on a team and do all the work while the #2 guy gets paid a meaningful chunk of the commission on my back. It's incredibly frustrating. My goal is to get back into acquisitions even if I have to lateral right now. Development would be great in a big institutional shop like Hines but smaller shops scare me right now at this point in the cycle.

Feel free to ask me specific questions if I can help.

 

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