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How much square footage does a room have? Most folks will measure it and end there. Walk into a room, imagine where the desk go, … Read More

The agent says that rent is forty dollars a square foot. That sounds like a lot, but you are getting three months of free rent … Read More

Your CAM (common area maintenance) fees always startle you with their size. Why should I be paying so much to maintain that grassy strip between … Read More

Many commercial leases look straightforward at first glance, showing a square footage amount and a base rent. Sounds good to go, right? Nope. Not necessarily. … Read More

Nearly every entrepreneur believe he knows his rent because lease proposal shows one figure in bold typeface. Nearly without fail, that figure is incorrect. First … Read More

After you see the square footage and base rent, you tend to stop reading the lease. The escalation clause is just gibberish legalese, right? It’s … Read More

You get the rent increase notice in the mail: There’s nothing like it, and the anxiety it causes has as much to do with math … Read More

The anxiety of rolling into an apartment on the fifteenth of the month is a particular flavor. There are boxes on the porch and keys … Read More

You have seen the listings before. You’ve seen them before: clean, bright rooms, listed slightly under your top price limit. According to everyone else’s rules, … Read More