How to understand commercial property rentals

Investing in commercial properties and the implementation of their rental agreements is easier than you think. The key to do so is first of all the understanding of what will be required of you as a professional owner and put this information into action. Know that and you will easily be able to recognize the distinction between residential leases and commercial property rentals.

The commercial leases themselves are quite simple forward. Simply make sure it contains the following components before sighing. All we will now explain:

Parties

These are the official names of people involved in your property. You know you and your tenant. But if you find yourself for example your rental property to a company, make sure to name the company itself as part on the lease, not the person who manages the company. Managers can change while companies as a whole do not do it.

Local

When you invest in a property and you bark in turn, you must be aware of the property in its entirety. It’s not just a block of office, but individual units can be rented. All locals thus describe essentially the space you rent, for this reason in the lease you need to check what is really rented to your tenant and which space is involved.

Rent

This section of the lease explains the tenant how the rent of your investment property has been calculated (including the maintenance of the common area and other costs associated with the rental property). Also in this section, it is not uncommon to find the “raw lease” phrases or “triple net lease”. At this point, it is valuable that you and your tenant earn a company accredited from what these terms mean, before continuing with the agreement.

Term

All this section really confirms the length of the agreement, namely, when the lease begins and when the lease ends. One thing to consider here is the inclusion of “renegotiation”. If, for example, you rent your rental property to a company, it is fair to say that at the end of the term they may want to renew their lease. In this spirit, it is advisable to keep this option open for the lease discussion.

Deposit

Now, this one is important because it allows you to receive a deposit of your tenant for your rental property. In this section of the lease, it is also important to include an agreement on what will happen if their lease must be confiscated. This guarantees the security of yourself and your tenant.

Report

This term that you may be less familiar with, but all of this is in fact is a preview of what will happen if your tenant will choose not to leave the property once the lease ends.

Use / Restrictions

It is important to know what your commercial property will be used. After all the last thing you want to discover is that your tenants make illegal actions there. So, in your lease, make sure there is a reference to this indicating what can and can not be used in terms of signs, hours of use, occupancy limits and sub-rentals in your property.

Tax and insurance

Among all the points listed here, this one is probably the most important because it will avoid the confusion later in the line. In this section of the lease, problems such as land taxes and insurance agreed, with regard to WHO will actually pay costs. In order for your property to be fully covered, tenants will have to provide proof of insurance on the property and all its equipment containing, more liability insurance that should protect you as the owner.

Maintenance

Similar to the above, it is important that anyone be responsible for the maintenance of the properties is identified in the document. In most leases of this type, tenants are traditionally supposed to pay for all repairs related to common use. The owners on the other hand will be charged with paying ‘extr.