How often are searchers pushing back on broker NDAs?

June 27, 2025
by a searcher from University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia in New York, NY, USA
I get that NDAs are very low stakes and for brokers its more defense than offense, but have been seeing language lately that seems fairly unreasonable, such as:
- Multi-year non-circumvent clauses for any communications with the seller under any circumstances w/o broker's approval
- Automatic lien authorization (ie, to collect on Broker fees)
- 3rd party liability: If I accidentally mention this business to a 3rd party who then buys it without the broker, I'm liable for the full broker commission.
Just curious what everyone is seeing out there.
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