As we all know, many commercial tenants are having financial difficulties which affect their ability to make their rental payments in a timely manner. To discourage late payments and encourage tenants to perform their financial obligations under their lease, imposing penalties that are more stringent than those that appear in existing leases should be [...]

If you are a landlord with tenants who pay their rent on time and cause few, if any problems, you will want to keep these choice tenants happy and retain them in your building. Having a good relationship with your commercial tenants makes good business sense in any economy and when each party understands [...]

As a landlord, do you have the time to deal with numerous brokers and interested tenants? Do you have the expertise to develop an effective marketing plan for your property? Qualify prospective tenants? Negotiate disputes? Engage in lengthy, complex lease negotiations? Prepare monthly leasing status reports? A skilled and experienced landlord’s representative can handle all of these issues and more. [...]

In most states, landlords are usually down at the bottom of the list of repayment – after suppliers and other vendors – when tenants default in their financial obligations. In “normal” economic conditions, and especially in these economic down times, landlords should be particularly diligent in evaluating and strengthening commercial leases for their own [...]