Do most initial drafts of commercial leases heavily favor the landlord or am I being overly taken advantage of?
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[{"id": "fbc3loq", "text": "In residential leasing, there are a lot of statutes and what not to protect tenants. Commercial leasing is more like a post-apocalyptic wasteland, where monstrous titans war. Not only is every term up for negotiation in a commercial lease, the relative power between the parties makes the experience of negotiating the thing a wholly different experience each time it comes up. I've seen landlords ask for everything and get it, and I've seen tenants ask for everything and get it, it all depends on who has leverage and how. And, since people tend to operate in the similar sort of negotiation pattern, there is almost assuredly some degree of gamesmanship, and asks that are considered more disposable than others. And there are also some sets of arguments, like those around rental defaults, you can more or less can expect are going to happen every time. And frankly it's not fait accompli that your doc was fair or well-written to start with. \n\nSo it's not always like this, but it's often like this, and you're well within your rights to do something like you propose, but you might want to think about how and where things are in the overall context of the negotiations as a whole.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fbca58a", "text": "Sounds like the landlords negotiating tactic is scorched earth. Offer nothing, take everything, shift all risk to you, and let you negotiate for anything.\n\nDepends on your risk tolerance. Sounds like you need to pay your attorney a couple hundred to get this shifted to middle of the road.\n\nDoes the lease have any personal guarantees? Try and get rid of all of those if possible.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "fbcbfv2", "text": "Honestly I laughed out loud at this question. But I am truly sorry you are in this situation. \n\nThe answer is - absolutely. This is why you hire a broker to represent you, then the tenant rep and landlord rep can go to battle to get their client the best possible deal. This is the world of CRE. Everyone is trying to get the best deal they possibly can.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]