Lynn Drake

Lynn Drake’s status is well known in the industry: She’s the commercial realtor focused on maintaining “true north” for her corporate clients. It’s a reputation built on 35 years of commercial real estate experience. Lynn became a commercial realtor in 2001 after 15 years in corporate real estate. Thus far in her career, Lynn has successfully completed over 1,500 real estate transactions ranging from small business tenant leases to the sale and purchase of industrial complexes.

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Are you Wondering the Same Thing About Empty Commercial Space?If I had a nickel for every time I’ve been asked this question, I’d be rich by now. Time after time, people ask me: why won’t the landlord reduce the rent of an empty building? It would stand to reason that ... Read More
February 28, 2017Lynn Drake

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Check out the Tremendous Savings that Compass Commercial was able to Facilitate for a ClientSales Organization Case Study: A sales organization had been in their building for 3 years and originally had 3,342 s.f. when they moved into the building in 2012. By 2014, they had out grown their space, so ... Read More
February 23, 2017Lynn Drake

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Sometimes, Break-ups are Hard, but NecessarySometimes a business owner will move into a building and it just doesn’t work out. It could be that the landlord acts like Scrooge from ‘The Christmas Carol’, pinching pennies and trying to charge the tenants for expenses that aren’t allowed under the lease. ... Read More
February 14, 2017Lynn Drake

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Detroit's Market Rates are Always Changing, Let us Help Navigate YouIn the last month or so we have been talking with tenants in the Central Business District of Detroit, who got sticker shock when their lease came up for renewal. In one case, free parking was eliminated in a ... Read More
February 6, 2017Lynn Drake

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Commercial Real Estate is like the Wild West - You Need Compass on Your SideDual agent sounds like something out of a science fiction book, doesn’t it? In the real estate world, it means an agent who represents both the buyer and the seller at once.  How is that possible, ... Read More
January 26, 2017Lynn Drake

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Looking Forward to New Referral Opportunities in the Coming YearAs a sales person at heart, I have always tracked how many referrals I received monthly. A year ago, someone had shared the concept of focusing on what I could do for others. So, for 2016 I looked for, ... Read More
January 11, 2017Lynn Drake

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

by Lynn Drake / / Misc
We hope 2016 was a great year for you. For 2017 we are wishing you and yours, goodwill, peace, hope, joy, prosperity, happiness and harmony! Happy New Year from the Compass Commercial Staff.
January 2, 2017Lynn Drake