By Sheryl Mazirow
Mazirow Commercial

Reposted From SoCalProfessional.com

Landlords lease office space 365 days a year. How often do you? Good information is the first step in obtaining a more favorable lease.

Your office says a lot about you and your firm. The city, the building, the space, the furnishings are all a part of your brand, so finding a space that is both productive for your employees and inviting to your clients and customers is a big decision.

The average business professional doesn’t spend a lot of time researching office space. His or her research may involve just asking around, or worse, just driving around. This is exactly what landlords want you to do: look a little, see a space, and sign a lease. When this happens, the landlord has all the chips on his side of the table, and the tenant-to-be has very few. Conventional thinking is that the buyer has the advantage, but when leasing commercial space, few tenants have the knowledge to be able to negotiate the best terms.

What You Don’t Know Can And Will Cost You

There are often many hidden items in a lease (and even some not so hidden) that cost tenants significant amounts of money over the term of the lease. Read The Original Article…