Now available · Published Oct 22, 2025

Add commercial deals to your pipeline without walking away from the business you already built.

Resimercial Revolution is A Broker’s Playbook: the tools, strategies and systems Tony Hardy built over 20+ years in real estate, 15+ focused on commercial, so you can give yourself a raise by adding larger deals to the pipeline you already have.

296 pages · deal stories in every chapter · a hands-on Workshop at the end of each chapter: timed agendas, role-plays and drills built to run with your team · from $7.99

5.0 out of 5 stars · 18 Amazon reviews·From $7.99 — available wherever books are sold.

Broker? The agents you compete with are already adding commercial. This is the system.

Investor? Move from residential to commercial without blowing up what's already working.

296
Pages
20+
Years in real estate
200+
Commercial transactions

The brokers you compete with for listings are already adding commercial. This is the system they are using.

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Hardcover · Paperback · Kindle | 296 pages | Published Oct 22, 2025 | American Real Publishing

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The commercial real estate playbook for brokers making the switch and investors moving up from residential.

What 18 brokers, lenders, attorneys and investors said about its impact.

"Tony breaks down the journey so that anyone will feel confident in crossing over to commercial from residential real estate; he made it clear with the stories in each chapter and an exercise at the end."
Deanous Reid · Verified Purchase
"One of the most practical, forward-looking commercial real estate books I've read in years. It skips the fluff and delivers a clear roadmap... this book belongs on your desk, not your bookshelf."
True Lawyer LLC · Real estate attorney · Verified Purchase
"As a broker who sells both residential & commercial investments for 14+ years, this read will help me get to the next level!"
Michelle Glass · Verified Purchase
"Excellent playbook on taking your real estate career to the next level. Easy to comprehend with valuable insights and ideas."
Henry Williams · Verified Purchase

Select closed transactions

A few of the deals the system closed, and what was written about them.

$10,350,000

5228 S. Blackstone, Hyde Park

40-unit mixed-use. Another firm had listed it and found no buyer. Tony's team advised the seller to finish 24 new apartments, repositioned the asset, drew 17 offers and closed $3.5M over the original list — the community's largest sale of a single mixed-use property under 100 units.

“We helped the seller reposition the asset and advised them to complete the construction of 24 new apartments.”
— Tony Hardy, REJournals, Jan 11, 2022
THIS IS CHAPTER 5: THE SQUEEZE PLAY, VALUE ADDEDRead the coverage ↗

$17,050,000

Presidential Portfolio, South Shore

Closed in 2021 and cited by REJournals alongside the Hyde Park sale. Portfolio deals are where the broker who can read a rent roll, a T-12 and a lease earns the assignment.

THIS IS CHAPTERS 10-11: LEASES, RENT ROLLS, T-12sRead the coverage ↗

15-year Citibank lease

1424 E. 53rd St., Hyde Park

The former Boston Market space re-let to a national bank credit — a long-term lease that anchors the block.

Read the coverage ↗

$3,100,000

1507 N. Sedgwick, Old Town

Sold 2026 by the Midwest Investment Advisors team.

Every one of these ran on the tools, strategies and systems in the playbook.

As seen in

RE Journals·Hyde Park Herald·Connect CRE·Fox 32 Chicago

You don't have to start over to go commercial.

Most residential agents are told the only path into commercial is to abandon their book, rebrand, and rebuild from zero. That advice is wrong — and expensive. Resimercial Revolution shows you how to keep the business you built while adding the deal flow, the clients, and the commissions that come with commercial.

Every month you wait, another residential agent in your market picks up the commercial assignment you could have had.

Keep your book

No rebrand, no reset. Add commercial on top of residential.

Underwrite with confidence

Cap rates, NOI, and the math that decides every deal.

Win the listing

Pitches and positioning for assignments you 'weren't qualified' for.

Watch the system in action

Clips from Tony's channel, Location Legacy TV. New episodes every week.

From college grad to real estate pro
Commercial real estate expert: multi-unit investment secrets
Real estate house hacking outpaces a corporate salary

Two readers. One playbook.

Tools, strategies and systems drive the Resimercial Revolution. Pick your side of the table.

Not theory. A repeatable process built over 20 years, 200+ commercial transactions, written down so you can run it.

For brokers: the must-have to keep up

  • ·Ch. 1 — the 4-3-2-1 method and 1031 stacking: the on-ramp from your first four-unit to bigger deals
  • ·Ch. 2-4 — the transition to investors, buyer representation after the NAR settlement, negotiating commissions and co-ops
  • ·Ch. 6-7 — objection handling word for word, the Euro Step, Two-and-Two, Running the Bases pipeline
  • ·Ch. 12 — building the team that closes

For investors: analyze, buy, fund, manage

  • ·Ch. 5 — analyzing office, multifamily and retail: why the lease is the star of the show
  • ·Ch. 8 — cap rates, NOI, levered vs unlevered returns, IRR
  • ·Ch. 9 — 1031 and reverse 1031, DSTs, Opportunity Zones, cost segregation
  • ·Ch. 10-11 — leases, renewals, putting idle equity to work, reading rent rolls and T-12s
  • ·Ch. 12 — management and team building, including owners running assets from out of state
  • ·Ch. 3 — the first-time buyer who became a six-flat owner

One commercial deal pays for this playbook several hundred times over.

Every chapter ends in a Workshop built to run with a team: agents, partners, family investment groups.

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Questions brokers and investors ask

How do I get into commercial real estate as a residential agent?

You don't have to start over to go commercial. Resimercial Revolution shows you how to keep the residential business you built while adding the deal flow, clients, and commissions that come with commercial — starting in Chapter 1 with the 4-3-2-1 method and 1031 stacking as your on-ramp from a first four-unit to bigger deals.

Can I add commercial deals without giving up my residential business?

Yes. The resimercial approach is built around exactly that: no rebrand, no reset — you add commercial on top of residential. Chapters 2-4 cover the transition to investors, buyer representation after the NAR settlement, and negotiating commissions and co-ops.

How do investors move from residential to commercial real estate?

The investor path runs through the analysis and underwriting chapters: Chapter 5 on analyzing office, multifamily and retail, Chapter 8 on cap rates, NOI, and levered vs unlevered returns, and Chapter 9 on 1031 and reverse 1031s, DSTs, and Opportunity Zones. Chapter 3 follows a first-time buyer who became a six-flat owner.

What is the 4-3-2-1 method?

It is the on-ramp in Chapter 1, paired with 1031 stacking, that takes you from your first four-unit to bigger deals. Chapter 1 ends in the first Workshop, so you work the method with your team instead of just reading it.

How do I analyze an office, multifamily or retail property?

Chapter 5 walks through analyzing office, multifamily and retail, with the core idea that the lease is the star of the show. Chapter 8 covers the numbers — cap rates, NOI, levered vs unlevered returns, and IRR — and Chapters 10-11 cover reading rent rolls and T-12s.

Is this playbook for investors or brokers?

Both. The book is organized as one playbook for two readers: a broker track on the transition to investors, objection handling, and building the team that closes, and an investor track to analyze, buy, fund, and manage. Every chapter ends in a Workshop built to run with a team.

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You've seen the system, what it costs, and what eighteen brokers, lenders, attorneys and investors did with it. The brokers ahead of you already have it. The next step is the easy one.

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