Other brokers do not go quite so far with their assessment, or their tactics.

"In any emerging market, brokers are going to be aggressive," she said.

In other words, the brokers were going by track record, which is just what the principal criterion is here.

"I imagine the broker is going to be the next stop."

Any broker who would sell a tenant down the river isn't going to last very long.

But she said that sometimes brokers go too far.

Not just any broker is going to be able to put clients in the fund.

"It's not a very complicated analysis; when the economy comes back, the brokers will go."

If you are the seller, you'll want to know how the broker will go about pricing the apartment or house and advertise the property.

The brokers and the merchants had gone for the day.