Educate yourself about negotiating a lease through a book like [Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business ]." San Francisco Chronicle "Shows you how to rewrite the boilerplate you're presented with to get the most flexibility at the lowest cost." Accounting Today "Relatively few books exist on negotiating commercial leases, and most only skim the process. all advice and strategies needed to evaluate a commercial space and obtain a good lease is standard in Negotiate the Best Lease for Your Business." Bookwatch "A fine book on leasing. Portman and Steingold have crafted a dandy book for the aspiring entrepreneur as well as a valuable reference book for the seasoned businessperson." Sacramento Business Journal "Portman, an author, attorney, and specialist in landlord-tenant law, explains how businesses can negotiate leases. She describes deciding on the type of space most appropriate for a business, including looking for space, evaluating it and the landlord, understanding the true size and cost of the rental, preparing to negotiate, and negotiation strategy, and common lease terms, such as length, rent, security deposits, improvements and alterations, maintenance, utilities, code compliance, parking, signs, landlord entry, security, option to renew or sublet, insurance claims, breaking the lease, disputes, attorney fees, foreclosures, condemnations, and guarantors.

This edition includes new strategies or working with brokers and lawyers." Eithne O'Leyne, EditorRinggold, Inc., ProtoView.