Serviced office broker
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A serviced office broker is a company or individual that arranges transactions between a party interested in renting serviced office space and a business centre/ office space owner. The serviced office broker then makes commission when the deal is made.
Serviced office brokers develop relationships with property management firms and business centre owners in order to negotiate favourable prices on behalf of clients. The purpose of a serviced office broker
is to provide a single point of contact in which clients can access the serviced office space market either globally or regionally.
To fulfil the goal of finding clients to rent serviced office space, a serviced office broker will often do the following:
Serviced office brokers develop relationships with property management firms and business centre owners in order to negotiate favourable prices on behalf of clients. The purpose of a serviced office broker
Office broker
An office broker is a more general term for a serviced office broker. The office broker company/ individual arranges transactions between a company or individual interested in renting office space and a business centre/ office space owner. Office brokers help business centre owners to advertise...
is to provide a single point of contact in which clients can access the serviced office space market either globally or regionally.
To fulfil the goal of finding clients to rent serviced office space, a serviced office broker will often do the following:
- Find business centres/ serviced office space in accordance with the clients needs and specification.
- Request a property condition disclosure form and any other forms that may be needed from the business centre owner.
- Request information from the business centre owner in order to describe the property successfully for advertising.
- List the business centre/ serviced office space available for rent to the public, often on the internet.
- Advertise the business centre/ serviced office space through listings, newsletters, promotions and other methods.