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    Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business

    By Janet Portman

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    About this ebook

    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.
    • LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNOLO
    Release dateJun 23, 2005
    ISBN9781413314809
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    Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business
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    Janet Portman

    Nolo's Executive Editor, Janet Portman oversees editorial work on all Nolo books, articles, and websites. She specializes in residential and commercial landlord/tenant law, legal issues related to courts, and criminal law. She is the author or a coauthor of Every Landlord's Legal Guide, Every Landlord's Guide to Finding Great Tenants, First-Time Landlord: Your Guide to Renting Out a Single-Family Home, Every Tenant's Legal Guide, Renters' Rights, Leases & Rental Agreements, The California Landlord's Law Book: Rights and Responsibilities, and California Tenants' Rights. Portman received undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and a law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law. Before joining Nolo in 1994, she practiced law as a public defender.

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