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For Brokers

Turn a Low-Ball Offer Into a Commission

Every broker has a buyer who made a serious offer on a listing and was turned down. Under the SeaKeepers donation lease program that buyer becomes the qualified off-taker — and you are paid on both sides of a deal that had gone nowhere.

The Commission

Both Sides of the Deal, One Introduction

You bring the vessel and the qualified off-taker together. We handle everything else. Both commissions are paid in full from the first lease payment.

Donation Commission
10%

On the appraised donation value, locked at donation closing.

Off-Taker Representation
10%

For representing the lease off-taker you bring to the vessel.

20% in total · paid in full from the first lease payment

The Mechanism

How It Works for You

Simple, by design. You make the introduction. We handle everything from there.

You Send Vessel and Off-Taker

The vessel and the name of your qualified off-taker, together. A vessel without an identified taker is not accepted. We come back within one business day with an honest read.

We Evaluate

Independent evaluation of condition, documentation, location, and fair-market value. Indicative tax-benefit range provided to your client, for their own advisers to confirm.

Owner Donates

Title transfers to SeaKeepers (501(c)(3)). We handle all IRS documentation and legal paperwork. Your donation commission is locked at closing. Donations can close within 60 days.

The Vessel Is Placed

She goes into service under lease to the off-taker you introduced, in coordination with the lessee's cruising schedules and personal use.

Commission Paid

The first lease payment triggers your full commission — both sides, in one payment, rather than released in installments over the months after closing.

The File You Already Have

Your Under-Bidder Is the Off-Taker

Think of the vessels you listed in the last two years that did not sell.

  • The yacht sat on the market for months, or years.
  • You had legitimate offers, and they were rejected.
  • The owner is frustrated and paying maintenance every month.
  • The real market for the boat is evidenced by the offers you have in hand.

The buyer who made the best offer and did not get the boat is exactly who the program needs. The owner takes the charitable route rather than the low number. SeaKeepers arranges to lease the vessel. Your under-bidder becomes the qualified off-taker at a level he can live with. Nothing new has to be found.

What Qualifies

Before You Send It

  • Prime vessels, in class, with clear title. No distressed or title-clouded vessels.
  • A qualified lease off-taker, named at submission.
  • An owner who has been approached and is open to the charitable route.

Participation rates are set out in the Broker's Guide, available on request. Tax treatment is a matter for the donor's own advisers throughout.

Send a Vessel and a Name

Your Next Commission Is Already in Your File

One vessel you could not close. One buyer who came in under. Send me both and I will tell you within one business day whether it works.

Usually the buyer who made the best offer and did not get the boat.

Or write directly — Paul@YachtDonations.net  ·  +1 561-568-3430

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