Signing a commercial lease is a major commitment. The location you choose and the facilities available will dictate everything from customer traffic to your business to growth limitations if the company succeeds. As with any other kind of business contract, it is important to adequately protect yourself before you make some kind of legal or […]

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Tenants and landlords can disagree on many different issues during a lease. Tenants may want to bring in pets or overnight guests that landlords won’t allow, for example. However, few matters lead to disputes as quickly as money. The security deposit that someone pays to protect a landlord against damage to their unit or the […]

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Making sense of a commercial lease isn’t easy, particularly if you haven’t signed one before. There are many new terms to learn and many differences from residential leases. For example, a commercial landlord can sometimes pass maintenance requirements on to their tenants. If your landlord does perform maintenance and provides certain amenities, they will likely […]

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Commercial leases sometimes include a build-to-suit provision that enables the business moving into the space to have it designed or remodeled in a specific manner. This gives them the option to have the building’s layout meet their needs in a very specific manner — without worrying about tying up their capital in any real estate […]

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Investing in real estate development requires large sums of money, so there is a high chance that you need to find one or more partners to raise the necessary funding. A good partner can do much more than provide capital. They can provide skills, knowledge and experience in areas you lack, making your business a […]

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Part of establishing your investment group may include choosing a business structure type. Among the options available, you may strongly consider choosing to form as a partnership or as a limited liability company. Understanding some of the advantages and downsides of structuring as a partnership or as an LLC may help your investment group choose […]

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Everybody dreads living near a person who makes lots of noise at all hours of the day and night on a regular basis. When you live in an apartment, there seems to be no way to escape this individual’s blaring music, parties that last until the wee hours or boisterous kids and their friends. You […]

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A business partnership is one of the most important professional relationships you may ever have. Unfortunately, many business partnerships go the way of romantic relationships and terminate in acrimonious, sometimes traumatic breakups. Just like people don’t go into a marriage expecting to get divorced, people don’t start a business partnership with the expectation that they […]

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When you make your living as a real estate developer, you soon learn to sniff out potential problems. Yet, if you are new to the game, there are plenty of pitfalls that could drain your finances and end your grand designs before you have started. Every industry has people willing to take advantage of others’ […]

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