What is the role that the commercial property broker plays in the due diligence process between the purchaser and seller?  

The “huur gaat voor koop” principle ensures that any contract with a tenant, whose lease has not yet expired must be honoured if and when the property is sold.  

For those businesses who prefer not to formally engage tenant representative firms because they choose not to sign formal contracts / agreements, answer this:

If you do not insist on seeing a copy of the title deeds and surveyor-general's diagram when buying vacant land, your plans to build that dream home could become a nightmare.