You Should Negotiate Your Own Lease
You should negotiate your own lease. After all, what could possibly go wrong? Operating expenses, subordination, rent increases, building repairs, force majeure, and property taxes are all problems for pikers. Not you. You’re the master of market trends. A titan of triple net. The commander of CAM charges. You’ve got significant C-level spending authority, and […]
The Myth of “Open-Book” Construction Contracts
The “open-book” construction contracting method is at best a false choice and at worst a fraud. The reason? The “open-book” construction process promises value but fails to deliver any rational business benefits. Only myth, misunderstanding, or meme, explain away this procurement process shortcut. But why is it irrational? Let’s start by defining terms. Most everyone has a working […]
Can You Tell Which Contract Cost the Client an Additional $1.2 million?
Can you tell which of the contracts above cost the client $1.2 million in additional change orders and which one didn’t? Here’s a hint: both agreements were touched by the same attorney. Thus, it’s not the legal Terms & Conditions. Give up? As a tenant or occupier of real property, your core business is something other […]
Without This, You’ve Got Nothing
“Do you know what the secret of life is?” Curly holds up one finger. Mitch replies, “Your finger?” “One thing. Just one thing,” says Curly. “But, what is the “one thing?” Curly smiles. “That’s what you have to find out.” City Slickers, 1991. Social media, business journals, white papers and blogs are saturated with guidance […]
What Does it Take to Save a Life?
It doesn’t take steely nerves. Or running into burning buildings. Nor wading into treacherous rip tides. No need to leap tall buildings either. That’s the magic, the beauty and the benefit of Be The Match®. Can you believe saving a life only requires swabbing the inside of your cheek and gum with a Q-tip? Amazing, but true! […]