Build Relationships. Advise Restaurant Owners. Change Lives.
National Restaurant Properties (NRP) has specialized exclusively in restaurant business brokerage and restaurant real estate since 1968. Long before restaurant brokerage became an industry, we helped define it.
Today, we are expanding and looking for a motivated, entrepreneurial Restaurant Business Broker / Advisor to join our Greenville SC office.
This isn't a traditional real estate sales position.
Our advisors become trusted consultants to restaurant owners, helping them buy, sell, lease, and grow one of their most valuable assets.
If you enjoy networking, business development, negotiating deals, and helping entrepreneurs achieve life-changing goals, we'd love to meet you.
What You'll Do
- Develop relationships with restaurant owners, operators, landlords, and industry professionals
- Prospect and generate new business opportunities
- Advise restaurant owners on business valuations and exit strategies
- Market confidential restaurant businesses for sale
- Represent buyers seeking restaurant acquisitions
- Assist clients in securing restaurant leases and second-generation restaurant locations
- Negotiate transactions from initial consultation through closing
- Build long-term relationships that generate repeat business and referrals
Who We're Looking For
We're less concerned about your resume than your ability to build trust and create opportunities.
Ideal backgrounds include:
- Restaurant ownership or multi-unit management
- Hospitality leadership
- Business development
- Commercial real estate
- Business brokerage
- Franchise development
- B2B sales
- Entrepreneurship
You may be an excellent fit if you are:
- Self-motivated
- Highly organized
- Comfortable networking and cold calling
- Curious about how businesses operate
- An excellent communicator
- Strong negotiator
- Professional and ethical
- Driven by helping clients achieve meaningful goals
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of hospitality/restaurant management, commercial real estate, or business ownership experience
- Ability to work independently
- Strong relationship-building skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- NC & SC Real Estate License (or willingness to obtain one—we can help guide you through the process)
Why National Restaurant Properties?
Unlike traditional commercial brokerage firms, we focus exclusively on restaurants. Our advisors receive training and mentorship from professionals with decades of restaurant ownership, operations, and brokerage experience. We understand restaurants because we've operated them.
You'll work alongside industry experts who know how to evaluate operations, profitability, leases, equipment, staffing, and growth opportunities—not just square footage.
What We Offer
- One-on-one training and mentorship
- Established brand with nearly 60 years of credibility
- Boutique, collaborative culture
- Marketing and administrative support
- CRM and technology tools
- Flexible hybrid work environment
- Unlimited income potential
- Opportunity to build your own book of business
- Meaningful work helping entrepreneurs achieve major life goals
Compensation
- Commission-based with generous earning potential
- An average transaction yields approximately $6,000 - $10,000 to broker(s)
- Performance bonuses available
- Top advisors earn six-figure incomes
Why This Career?
Every transaction has a story.
One day you're helping a first-time buyer achieve their dream of owning a restaurant.
The next you're helping a retiring owner sell the business they've spent decades building.
This is a career where relationships matter, expertise is valued, and every successful transaction creates lasting impact.
This path offers independence & flexibility, but also structure & systems within a well-established and trusted brand.
If you want to become a trusted advisor within one of the country's most dynamic industries—we encourage you to apply.
Join National Restaurant Properties and help shape the future of the restaurant industry, one transaction at a time.
Pay: $45,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Greenville, SC 29601
