Mar 11, 2021
The Future of Commercial Leases
The one contract your business simply can not afford to get wrong! Rent payments, typically one of the largest expenses of a company, are particularly painful for business owners to...
Commercial Leases
Oct 9, 2020
Office Space Post COVID-19
Office space was already evolving prior to the pandemic of 2020. Now its set to change again in ways no one could have predicted less than a year ago. Office...
Jul 13, 2020
What Is a Land Lord’s Lien?
Most commercial leases include a Land Lord’s Lien Clause and many business owners don’t understand that magnitude of it. A Land Lord’s Lien is generally a clause written into a...
Jun 30, 2020
Why Can’t I Just Terminate My Lease?
Wanting out of your commercial lease does not mean you can get out. Needing to terminate a commercial lease comes up often, and especially now with the current situation in...
Feb 14, 2017
Proper Copyright Licensing is Important
Driving to work the other day, I happened to find myself driving behind the truck you see above. Apparently owned (or contracted) by an exterminating company called Manzano Pest Management...
Feb 12, 2017
What Exactly is a Trust?
Legal websites are rampant with articles promoting the use of trusts and their value in avoiding the horrific, heinous probate process. In my experience as a trust officer, the overriding...
Jan 26, 2017
Boilerplate Matters in Contracts
I’ve been running into a lot of contracts disputes lately where a party’s rights were potentially affected by missing boilerplate provisions. Boilerplate generally refers to language that is reused from one...
Aug 25, 2016
4 Signs You Found The Right Small Business Landlord
Your relationship with your landlord can actually make or break your business. Learn the 4 Signs You Found The Right Small Business Landlord.
Aug 23, 2016
4 Red Flags in a Commercial Lease
Is your business lease doomed from the start? 4 Red Flags in a Commercial Lease- and how to avoid them.
Aug 26, 2014
How to Negotiate Good Lease Terms
Last November, I wrote an article entitled, Commercial Leases: Avoid Getting Screwed, which identified three important aspects of a commercial lease: Location, Rent and Lease Terms. In this article, I...
Nov 4, 2013
Commercial Leases: Avoid Getting Screwed
I’ll be the first to admit the title to this blog article is a bit raw or aggressive. I considered something subtler, like “Commercial Leases – Small Businesses Beware” or...