The Right Way to Deal with Problem Tenants Problem tenants are a nightmare for many landlords. Guidelines for dealing with tenant issues vary from state to state. However, there really are four things you should do to avoid a legal battle with your tenants: The lease agreement should clearly define potential tenant-landlord issues. Once you have qualified the tenant and agreed to lease th...
- News Flash: Employee Breaks Actually Increase Productivity - Some bosses believe employee breaks are a waste of time. But a growing body of evidence suggests that taking a constructive break from a mental task improves productivity. For example, a NASA study of pilots on long-haul flights found that those who took turns having brief midflight naps showed a 16% improvement in reaction times aft...
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- Companies Still Need Brick & Mortar “Motherships” - Even though companies are finding abundant benefits in shifting to telecommuting and mobile-friendly office environments, many are still seeing value in maintaining a physical presence; with CEOs such as Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer, who recently banned working from home, we’re far from seeing the end of bricks and mortar. In today’s e...
- How to Identify and Liquidate Surplus Commercial Investment Properties - Commercial real estate investors often have to evaluate whether their real estate assets are continuing to generate the highest and best value. It can cost you money to carry a property that is underutilized and not meeting your investment needs. Identifying surplus real estate assets and then liquidating them c...
April 26th, 2013
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Spare Land? How to Squeeze More out of Your Assets With a Commercial Land Lease Investors and property owners alike can take advantage of land leases. Larger retail outlets, for example, sometimes lease extra parking area to another business interest. The concept began as the Lend-Lease program during the Second World War. While the program started as a means of providing aid in the form of supp...
- Leadership Training in Higher Demand as Businesses Regain Focus - By Winslow Swart - Leadership Training Business News San Antonio - Leadership Training The CFO asks his CEO, "What happens if we invest in the training of our people, and then they leave the company?" The CEO answers, "What happens if we don't, and they stay?" Leadership training took a hiatus. Ask almost any busin...
Which Comes First … the Buy or the Sell? When a hermit crab decides it’s time for a new home, it scopes out a new shell before vacating its current accommodation. But for homeowners, the process is not so easy. Whether you buy a new home before selling your current one – or the other way around – the choice of what to do first comes down to which option makes you the most comfortable....
April 22nd, 2013
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Renewing Your Commercial Lease? Here are a few areas to focus on when it comes time to renegotiate. Renewing commercial leases can be a daunting task for many commercial investors. Tenants often want to renegotiate terms and get more for their money. While rent paid is an obvious topic of discussion at renewal time, commercial tenants want to stretch their rental dollar in more ways than one. He...
Is Your Business Properly Insured in Event of a Loss? Running a business is stressful enough. Any kind of loss only adds to the problem. Your comprehensive insurance policy should include coverage for just such an occasion. This is called Business Income with Extra Expense coverage. The Business Income portion of coverage will provide the amount of income you would have made had you not had a lo...
What do I need to do to sell my home this spring? Putting your house on the market this spring? Be ready to grab a vacuum and basic toolkit. Keeping your home well maintained and clean may be more effective – and economical – than attempting costly renovations. So, mow the lawn, trim the bushes, and weed the garden. Bring the spring weather inside with quality flower arrangements at the fro...
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