One of the many benefits of joining a franchise organization is that you can leverage its expertise to choose the best possible site for your business. However, while a franchise can give you the basic site selection criteria, every community and location is different. As such, talking to the right people can help you find..

A commercial real estate broker may very well be the most valuable tool available to you in managing your real estate portfolio. Whether you are looking to lease or buy space, brokers help you with every stage of the process. Furthermore, in most cases, their services won’t cost you anything. Needs Analysis The best brokers..

The make-good clause is among the costliest of lease clauses. Returning the premises to the original condition in which you leased it sounds completely reasonable. However, this can also subject you to significant costs at rollover time if you don’t plan for it.   As with most lease clauses, the make-good clause is defined differently..

When tenants negotiate leases, they frequently focus on the basic numbers — the amount of the per square foot rent, the size of the space and the size of the tenant improvement allowance. However, seemingly small details can have a significant impact on the overall economics of the transaction — frequently outstripping what a dollar..

The process of acquiring commercial real estate for your business really starts once you put the property under contract. While you should do preliminary investigations when assessing potential spaces, the certainty of a contract allows you to put forward an effort that will make the most of your new acquisition. Here are some tips to..