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Commercial buying requirements: the property list only you can write
Commercial buying requirements the lender and seller never set for you: your own property list covering title, survey, permission, condition, costs and tenants.
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Tenant Improvements Review: How to Level Bids
Use a tenant improvements review to compare contractor bids against the same drawings, expose scope gaps and allowances, and test schedule assumptions.
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Tenant improvements: six budget buckets explained
Tenant improvements cost planning maps six budget buckets and the separate restoration liability, focusing on cost categories rather than project estimates.
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Vetting zoning and permits help: what to check yourself before hiring anyone
The zoning and permits services worth paying for, what to do yourself first, how each adviser is paid, and a one-address test before you hand over a project.
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SBA 504 and 7(a) loans for owner-occupied workspace, what lenders require
SBA 504 and 7(a) loans let a business buy the owner-occupied building it uses, and lenders judge cash flow and collateral before the property.
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Ten commercial lease structures in plain terms and where each puts the risk
Ten commercial lease structures explained in plain terms, from gross and net to breaks, guarantees and subleases, with the clauses each one makes load-bearing.
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Early lease termination: negotiate a break clause before you're stuck
An early lease termination break clause has to be negotiated in US leases. The work runs from the exit case to the notice date, in five stages.
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Escalation clause: fixed percentage or CPI in US retail leases?
Escalation clause fixed percentage versus CPI in US retail leases: metro CPI indexes differ, so the series, base month, floor and cap decide the annual rent.
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What parking ratio in an office lease actually means for your headcount
Parking ratio in an office lease measures supply, not headcount. Here is how to test it against your own peak use, and the point at which to act.
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Workspace Property Leasing: From First Estimate to Final Walk-Through
Workspace property leasing runs from a first estimate through CAM reconciliation, HST and renewal dates, and stops needing attention at closeout.
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An office space search splits into four jobs: here is who does each one
Office space services sorted into four jobs, how each adviser is paid, a scorecard for their answers, and a trial task to run before you appoint anyone.
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Industrial space mistakes after signing: which can be fixed
Nine industrial space mistakes sorted by what can still be done after signing: nothing, a fix at cost, or a negotiation from a weak position.
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The cost of retail space as a share of sales, once percentage rent is taken apart
Retail space cost as a share of sales: recurring charges, percentage rent taken apart, your share of shared costs, and everything paid before you open.
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Zoning and permits are three separate systems that nobody else in the deal owns
Zoning and permits are three separate systems nobody else in the deal owns. The vocabulary, who to ask, and how to settle it before you sign anything.
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Why an office of the same size can hold very different headcounts
Office space sized from how a team actually works, why identical areas hold different headcounts, and how to compare buildings on cost per usable seat.