As a landlord, I often field questions from tenants whose life plans don't fit neatly into 12-month leasing cycles. The tenant might be in town for a six-month internship or a nine-month certificate ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. An open-end lease is a type of rental agreement that obliges the lessee (the person making ...

Before leasing land, it is important for developers to understand the benefits of using a lease-option structure instead of jumping straight into a leasehold. By deliberately separating and sequencing ...

As retail businesses around the country begin the process of slowly restarting after the COVID-19 shut down, many tenants still find it difficult, if not impossible, to meet their rent and other ...

Entrepreneurs in need of office, retail or industrial space for their business must sign a commercial lease. Business leases differ greatly from residential leases and, once signed, bind the business ...

Cierra Murry is an expert in banking, credit cards, investing, loans, mortgages, and real estate. She is a banking consultant, loan signing agent, and arbitrator with more than 15 years of experience ...