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Groundwork Blog
The groundwork we lay with clients before a deal exists. Lease preparation, unit economics, and what a landlord is really underwriting.
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What Additional Rent Actually Covers
The rate on a listing is not the rent you pay. Here is what the second number holds, how your share is worked out, and which parts of it are worth questioning before you sign.
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When Your Lease Comes Up for Renewal
The months before a lease expires carry most of the leverage in a tenancy, and they are the months most often spent doing nothing.
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What Landlords Actually Want to See
Independent operators lose space to national franchises before the first showing, and not on rent. It happens on preparation. Here is what closes that gap.
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Managing It the Way You Would
Your asset is your business. Here is what it actually means to manage it the way an owner would, and why our management team sits next to the brokerage rather than apart from it.
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Ready Before the Listing Appears
There is a persistent shortage of quality product in this market. That means the work of qualifying happens before an opportunity exists, not after one appears.
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Six Things That Set the Price
Net income is where every conversation about selling a commercial property starts. It is also the least interesting number in the room.
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The Roof We Found Five Years Early
We inspect a building before we agree to manage it. On one property that turned a future emergency into a planned expense, and stopped it showing up on the heating bill first.
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Can This Space Actually Carry You?
Before we show an operator a single unit, we work through what the space has to earn just to stay open. It is the least popular conversation we have, and the most useful.
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