Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business - Softcover

Portman Attorney, Janet; Steingold Attorney, Fred S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1413302165 ISBN 13: 9781413302165

Publisher: NOLO, 2005

Synopsis

When it comes to business, there is no standard lease!

Ready to haggle for the best deal possible? Turn to

Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business,-- you'll find the information, advice and strategies you need when negotiating with an experienced landlord.

This practical handbook explains how to analyze space needs, find the ideal location and then get the best possible terms. Learn how to:

determine the real cost of renting

keep future rent at manageable levels

get the most out of your broker and attorney

suggest alternatives to hefty security deposits

allocate responsibility and cost of fixing up your space

negotiate flexibility to expand, renew or leave early

ensure costs are shared fairly among tenants

avoid dealing with costly code compliance and clean-ups

save your lease if you can't live up to it now and then

The 2nd edition provides new strategies and advice throughout, plus new checklists that will help you at every step of your negotiation.

Comprehensive and written in plain English,

Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business, is essential for entrepreneurs on the hunt for a fair and workable lease.

About this title

About the Author:

Attorney Fred S. Steingold practices law in Ann Arbor, Michigan. An expert on small business law, he represents and advises many small businesses. He is the author of Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business and The Employer's Legal Handbook. His monthly column, "The Legal Advisor," is carried by trade publications across the country.

As Nolo's managing editor, Portman oversees editorial work on all Nolo books. She specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law, legal issues related to courts, landlords and tenants, and neighbor disputes. She is the author or co-author of Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Every Landlord's Guide to Finding Great Tenants, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, Renters' Rights, Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business, Leases & Rental Agreements, The California Landlord's Law Book and California Tenants' Rights. Portman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and a law degree from Santa Clara University. Before joining Nolo in 1994, she practiced law as a public defender.

Review:

Educate yourself about negotiating a lease through a book like [Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business ]. (San Francisco Chronicle 2009-01-01)

Shows you how to rewrite the boilerplate you're presented with to get the most flexibility at the lowest cost. (Accounting Today 2009-01-01)

Relatively few books exist on negotiating commercial leases, and most only skim the process.... all advice and strategies needed to evaluate a commercial space and obtain a good lease is standard in Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business. (Bookwatch 2009-01-01)

A fine book on leasing... Portman and Steingold have crafted a dandy book for the aspiring entrepreneur as well as a valuable reference book for the seasoned businessperson. (Sacramento Business Journal 2009-01-01)

About this edition

• Publisher: NOLO
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1413302165
• ISBN 13: 9781413302165
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 400