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The Lost Art of Negotiation

A very wise mentor of mine once told me that when a seemingly smart and rational person takes a seemingly irrational position in a negotiation, it can be explained in one of two ways: either the person is not as smart and rational as you thought they were or, more...

Why Landlords Do More to Get Tenants Than to Keep Them

When you look at leasing comparables for particular building, one consistent pattern invariably exists – renewing tenants don’t achieve the same deal that new tenants receive. Tenants often believe that because they are a good, rent-paying tenant that their landlord...

Why Landlords Only Want Tenants to Focus on Lease Rate

The average lease contains 25,000 words, so why do many tenants only focus on one? Rate. Landlords focus tenants on the rate, and as a result, the rate is the most common term tenants and their business advisers focus on when discussing their leases with each other....

Out of the Basement and Into a High Rise

When to take your startup to the next level (and pitfalls to avoid) These days, countless millennials and young professionals are preferring to start a company rather than going to work for someone else’s company. Need proof? Entrepreneurial rates are soaring...