Most of what is written about commercial real estate is aimed at institutions. These are written for the person signing the lease or the loan: owners of small businesses in Erie, Lafayette, Louisville, Longmont and Frederick who need to know what a deal actually costs and how it gets done.
The honest version of the math, including the cases where leasing wins. What each path costs up front, what it does to your monthly number, and the four questions that usually settle it.
9 min read 02 · SBA FinancingTwo programs, two very different structures. How the 50/40/10 split works, when a 7(a) is the better tool, and what "10% down" leaves out.
8 min read 03 · LeasingBase rent is the number people negotiate. NNN charges, escalations, and the restoration clause are the ones that decide what you actually pay over five years.
10 min read 04 · Erie LeasingWhere Erie's office, retail and flex inventory actually is, what drives the real cost beyond base rent, and how much lead time to give yourself.
7 min read 05 · Longmont LeasingMain Street, Ken Pratt, the Diagonal and the airport: a corridor-by-corridor look at the deepest commercial market in our area.
7 min read 06 · Lafayette LeasingOld Town, the 287 corridor and the flex pockets in between, plus what a recent 6,450 SF tenant rep lease at 1370 Miners Dr looked like.
6 min read 07 · Tenant RepUsually paid by the landlord, not you. How commercial lease commissions work, and why calling the listing agent directly rarely saves you money.
5 min readWhether you're signing a lease or buying the building your business runs in, we'll tell you what it's worth, how the numbers work, and how to get there.
