Good morning, its Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s take a look at lessee and lessor. In a lease agreement, the lessee (tenant) is defined as the party that pays for the use of the asset or property. The lessor (landlord) is the person that receives payments from the lessee in exchange for the usage…

Good morning, its Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s take a look at ingress and egress. These two words refer to the same issue of rights. Ingress refers to the right to enter onto a property, while egress refers to the right to exit a property. The rights to enter or exit the property may…

Good morning, its Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s take a look at rentable area. Rentable area refers to the tenant’s usable square footage of a property alongside their portion of the building’s common area.

Good morning! It’s Word of the Week Wednesday. Let’s take a look at net operating income or NOI for short. NOI is the net income from a property that is gross revenues minus operating expenses, but before deducting capital expenditures, debt service, and taxes.

It’s Word of the Week Wednesday again! Let’s introduce the phrase market rent. Market rent is the rent a typical tenant would pay for a comparable unit or suite in the same or comparable market. On a good note to remember, A landlord may compare the contract rental rates near their property to understand if…

Good Morning! It’s Word of the Week Wednesday. Let’s look at hard corner. A hard corner refers to a property located at a major intersection with traffic lights, where the commercial property can be considered more popular for retail.

It’s Word of the Week Wednesday! Let’s take a look at clear height. Clear height is the height of a building starting from the ground floor to the bottom of the lowest hanging item on the ceiling. Hanging items include sprinklers, lights, structural beams, etc. 

It’s Word of the Week Wednesday again! Let’s introduce the phrase common area maintenance, or CAM. CAM refers to additional expenses paid by tenants meant to cover costs of daily operations of the property. The percentage of this fee is calculated by dividing tenant’s square footage by total square footage of the building.

Welcome back to Word of the Week Wednesday! Last week we discussed Common area maintenance expenses, to follow up, let’s look at Occupancy cost. This charge is the total expense any property user pays for occupying a property or space. This includes tenants that are leasing and property owners. Please note, occupancy cost does not…

Good morning! It’s Word of the Week Wednesday! Today let’s look at Real Estate Investment Trust, or “ REIT ” for short. REIT is a type of investment portfolio company that allows individual investors to own fractional shares of income producing and commercial real estate. For investors, using REIT’s may help generate a steady income…