Best place to get a commercial lease written?
Is there a service that you can recommend to having a lease written? I inherited a retail building in California and don't want to spend a lot on attorney fees. Legal zoom?
[{"id": "csv2jr4", "text": "I'm guessing you already have a tenant which is why you are trying to get a lease form made? You can find a broker who can make one for you, we have to pay each time we print out a lease document through AIR so he probably won't do it for free. ", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "csvesoj", "text": "If you are planning to be a landlord for a long time, it may be worth paying an attorney to create a simple reusable lease template that covers the basics for your building. One lease doesn't always fit all and you don't want to leave the door open for major liability as a landlord.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "csvohae", "text": "get a lawyer to do it.  Every downloadable lease I've ever seen is trash.  If you really want to avoid that get a broker like /u/neesonsandwilly says.  We do distribute a form lease to our clients when asked, with a strong disclaimer we recommend they have an attorney review it and that we will not modify it to match the proposed terms, that they will have to do that (or again, ideally their attorney).\n\nThe other side on this is it makes you look like a schmuck to your tenants and can be really off putting.  Nothing is more frustrating then negotiating a deal and the landlord giving you a joke lease and having to kill a ton of money in legal review to fix it or fight with the landlord that its their obligation to give you something reasonable.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]