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Is your small business looking to rent/lease small office space in Austin?  Are you tired of searching through all of the inaccurate online office space listings that don’t match your business needs? Austin Tenant Advisors helps small businesses comb through the office space listings to help you find & rent the ideal business space. Not only

Buying and owning commercial real estate does not make sense for every business and can be a complicated process if you don’t know what you are doing. Below are a few questions to consider and steps that will help get you started. 1. Get to Know Your Situation Before Buying a Commercial Property Is your

CAM in a commercial real estate lease stands for Common Area Maintenance. Some often confuse NNN as being CAM however that is not correct. CAM is a component of the NNN. CAM’s include repair, maintenance, and upkeep to such things as landscaping, parking lots, roofs, interior and exterior building components, HVAC, maintenance fees, etc. When

In a hot market high office lease rates make companies want to buy vs lease office space. The decision of whether to lease vs buy depends on your existing situation as buying office space does not make sense for everyone. In most cases it makes sense for newer companies or startups with a lot of

Suppose a landlord has a large tenant who leases a 10,000 sf office space in downtown Austin that wants to expand in contiguous space in your building however they are not able to because you occupy a much smaller space adjacent to their space. Or maybe a large prospective tenant is interested in leasing space in a landlords building however

Today I was searching for retail space for a client and one of the landlords I spoke with asked if my client had any other locations. Why would they ask that? The reason is because they want to know if we are a new startup business or an existing business. Does that mean landlords will

If you are looking for an Austin office that is within walking distance to restaurants, retail, and other amenities there are really only 4 areas that can accommodate that. Downtown Austin, The Domain, The Arboretum, and The Hill Country Galleria Downtown Austin – This one is obvious. Downtown Austin is a vibrant area full of energy. You’ll

When leasing commercial real estate it’s important that you ASK and KNOW what the usable square feet (USF) and the rentable square feet (RSF) are for the building and space in consideration.  Since office space is typically listed with RSF, which includes more square footage than what you actually occupy it’s important to know what

When leasing office space most companies only focus on reducing their costs by negotiating the lowest rental rate as possible.  What they forget is that there are two ways to reduce their monthly rental costs Reduce the rental rate Reduce the square footage This may seem elementary however it’s surprising how many companies lease more