Splitting Commissions with Rental Brokers?

Just be upfront and let them know that you are a licensed broker with yourself as a customer :-) There should not be any problem as long as you are honest and let them know off the bat. These things don't need to be complicated. I am a broker and I rented an apartment a few years back in just this way. By the way the next apt I rented was an owner pay apartment and I actually got the commission for myself! (Not all owner-pay buildings will do the latter though)

Thanks for the tips, nyg.

Just to be clear, there is really no point in "splitting" a commission that you yourself are paying. So are you telling me that you paid the rental listing broker one half her normal commission? I'm not sure I follow.

Yes, I paid 1/2 of the normal commission. Sorry I didn't clarify. Clearly I need more coffee :-)

Interesting. In that case, this is really no different from finding a listing broker who is willing to reduce her normal commission by half. The fact that you and I are brokers doesn't really matter because if a rental listing broker is not willing to settle for, say, a 7% commission, then our broker's license is irrelevant because we will not get the lease to sign. Or am I missing something?

Well it is a great deal easier and far more pleasant to have the listing broker agree based on the fact that we are brokers (and thus are "cobroking") rather than do a whole back and forth fee negotiation. In my opinion any reputable listing rental broker should be fine with this--their job is to rent the unit and 99 times out of 100 the deal they do is a cobroke anyway.

Got it. Thanks again for your help, nyg. Much appreciated.