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There's a lot more to your lease than just the rent and CAMs. To understand what you are paying, you need to carefully review what your lease includes, how expense reimbursements get calculated and how your space gets measured. At the same time, you could end up responsible for expenses that aren't even a part of your lease -- or your plan.

When you consider how important your office space is to the success of your company, you can't afford to make a hasty decision when it comes to your commercial lease. To ensure that you make the best possible decisions regarding office leases, follow these ten tips.

For any tenant, signing a commercial lease is a major decision that necessitates careful consideration, thorough research, and ideally, advice from experienced commercial real estate experts. Before you sign a commercial lease, it’s important that you fully understand what it implies and ensure that it’s in your business’s best interests. The following are tips on how to avoid costly mistakes with commercial leasing:

Commercial leases are quite different from residential leases in the sense that their terms are often far-reaching and can considerably impact the financial well-being of a commercial tenant’s business. This makes negotiating an office lease one of the most crucial business decisions, and one of the biggest financial commitments that corporate tenants can make for their companies. Here are the various ways in which they can avoid costly mistakes when leasing commercial space:

While the art of negotiation means making compromises, you want to ensure that you walk away with a commercial lease that isn't all in your landlord's favor. To ensure that you're getting the best deal when leasing commercial real estate, follow these 10 tips:

Once you've decided that buying isn't the right option for your company, the next decision is whether to lease for the short-term or from the long-term.  Both types of corporate lease structures bring significant benefits and the traditional rule of thumb that landlords want long leases while tenants want short ones doesn't always hold true.

If you aren't actively involved in sourcing and leasing commercial real estate space, the process of finding the right office can be challenging. Little details can make a big difference in your occupancy, after all. Once you've figured out your budget, here are nine things to watch for.