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Your commercial lease quotes a base rent, but the number on the first page is rarely the number you actually pay. For many tenants, property taxes passed through...
A leaking roof can destroy inventory, close a business, and trigger a fight over tens of thousands of dollars in repairs. Structural problems, a cracked foundation, a failing...
When the air conditioning dies in August or the furnace gives out in January, the first argument is about comfort. The second argument, and the more expensive one,...
Leases impose detailed obligations on tenants, and tenants who break them face swift consequences. The reverse gets less attention: what happens when the landlord breaks its promises. A...
Buried in nearly every lease is a clause with a gentle name and real teeth: the covenant of quiet enjoyment. It does not mean your apartment must be...
When the heat cuts out in January or the water stops running on a Sunday morning, a service interruption moves from inconvenience to crisis fast. For tenants, the...
Your landlord has not fixed the broken HVAC for six weeks despite repeated notices. Summer temperatures inside your restaurant are driving customers away. You are current on rent,...
The roof leaks over your inventory every time it rains. You have sent four written repair requests over two months. The landlord promises to get to it, but...
Your lease expired last week. Your new space is not ready for another month. The landlord just informed you that holdover rent is 200 percent of your old...
You have three years left on your lease when the landlord announces the building will be demolished for a mixed-use redevelopment. Your lease, you discover, contains a demolition...