The hours you spend pacing the floor, waiting for a family member’s first child to be born; the minutes you spend waiting for your computer to boot up; and the seconds you wait for a text message; each of these intervals remind you of that inescapable truth - timing is ... Read More
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“Exclusively Representing Tenants and Buyers of Commercial Real Estate”
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Mar2012
Some of us speak Greek, Spanish, French or Mandarin in addition to English. We think we can speak real estate, but you had better know someone who can speak fine print or your lease terms could get lost in translation.Pay careful attention to how a commercial or ... Read More
March 8, 2012Lynn Drake
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Feb2012
New business people, infused with optimism, take delight in buying or leasing a business. They spend big dollars for awnings, neon signs and landscaping, not to mention signing a multiple-year lease. Some people invest their entire pension in a new enterprise with hope it will work.I may sound like your ... Read More
February 29, 2012Lynn Drake
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Feb2012
Harvey MacKay, author of the seminal business book, “Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive” (prequel to the reality show, Shark Tank) suggested that entrepreneurs focus their energies on drumming up business and managing staff. He recommends leaving the jobs you know little about to professionals who know a ... Read More
February 13, 2012Lynn Drake
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Feb2012
When people find out I’m a commercial real estate agent they often sidle up close and whisper in my ear, “Let me tell you, I got such a deal,” and expect me to nod approvingly. Dare I frown? A deal isn’t always a deal.
A gentleman who coordinated real estate ... Read More
February 1, 2012Lynn Drake
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Jan2012
Most people have set down their goals for 2012. It is my tradition to do this every year for myself and my business. This year Compass Commercial has a big hairy audacious goal in revenue. In addition to more revenue and less fat on my person my goal this year ... Read More
January 9, 2012Lynn Drake
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Dec2011
As any commercial real estate realtor or broker can tell you, leasing a commercial space is complicated. The leases are long and full of tiny clauses meant to give the landlord as much of your hard-earned dollar as possible. If you don’t speak lease, you’re likely to hit a series ... Read More
December 29, 2011Lynn Drake
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Nov2011
This tax season you want to evaluate the pass through’s or increases over a base year that your landlord charges you. More than likely you received a bill which shows the actual cost billed less any payments made for these costs.Pull out your lease to review the description on allowable ... Read More
November 30, 2011Lynn Drake
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Nov2011
The business needs to be closer to the customer. Take a good look at this request. In trucking if a plant moves it is cheaper to have a terminal close by for just in time delivery. For office space it is a little more subjective. Who are your customers? My ... Read More
November 9, 2011Lynn Drake
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Oct2011
Just remember the standard rule of real estate: If the deal looks too good to be true, it might very well be too good to be true.Grandma owns a building. It is a little run down. It is an hour away from our best customer. But we can save $5 ... Read More
October 26, 2011Lynn Drake