Pricing Your Apartments

How do you fix a price point for an apartment? Take a guess? Figure it based on your carrying costs? Check comps and do a market analysis? Charge whatever the market will bear? If you're looking to place quality tenants, less is sometimes more.We all want to make money with... Read More

Venture Leasing - A Smarter Way To Build Enterprise Value

In 2003, venture capitalists and investors dispensed over $18 billion to promising young U.S. companies, according to VentureOne and Ernst & Young Quarterly Venture Capital Report. Less documented and reported is venture leasing's activity and volume. This form of equipment financing contributes greatly to the growth of U.S. start-ups. Yearly,... Read More

Dodging Leasings Grim Reaper: Navigating a Payment Default

In her third Harry Potter novel, ?The Prisoner of Azkaban?, J.K. Rowling introduces a silent mysterious clan of spiny, cloaked creatures capable of siphoning off happiness and all good thoughts from anyone in their presence. Extended exposure to these scabby grim reapers, called Dementors, resulted in madness or death for... Read More

Increase Your Business Growth and Cash Flow Through Equipment Leasing

"If it can be manufactured, it can be leased." For the past decade or so, this statement has become more and more true to fact. From computer software to commercial aircraft, equipment leases are utilized day in and day out in a constantly changing and highly aggressive business environment worldwide.... Read More

Terms to Know Before Leasing A Vehicle - Leasing Jargon Simplified

So, you've decided that you want to lease that next vehicle. Can't really blame you. With today's incentives, rebates, and favourable lease rates why wouldn't you. Not only do you get to drive a new car, but a new car that you wouldn't otherwise be able to afford if you... Read More

Lease Contracts - The Meaning of Joint and Several

When you see the phrase "joint and several" in a legal document or contract it means that that the parties on one side of the agreement are responsible individually and collectively for the terms of the agreement.Example: In the case of two tenants signing a lease agreement, "joint" means they... Read More

Landlord Tips And Tricks

Every real estate investor dealing in rental homes has done his own clean-up and fix-up, at least in the early years. Landlords also become very skilled at managing tenants after being burned a few times.You learn the tricks of the trade and how to get the best results for the... Read More

Warning - This Lease Might Explode Any Minute

Mike Caringi, owner of a small New Jersey business that sells pumps, found himself facing a gut-wrenching dilemma last summer. Should he continue paying $ 1,500 each month for essential telecommunications services he no longer receives and for leased equipment he claims was never installed? Or, should he stop making... Read More

What Happens When the Anchor Tenant Moves and You Are On a Ten-year Lease?

Recently there was an article in the Houston Business Journal of the anchor store in many shopping centers through out Houston pulling out. Kmart, took out some stores, so did three other big box stores and a few consumer electronics places and larger furniture stores, now Albertson's has left. Who... Read More

Ten Equipment Leasing Tips - Save a Bundle on Your Next Lease

According to the Equipment Leasing Association ("ELA"), U.S. businesses lease every thing from laptop computers to commercial airplanes, racking up more than $ 200 billion in equipment leased each year. Although four out of five U.S. companies use leasing to acquire equipment, many don't know the ins and outs of... Read More

How Venture Leasing Added Millions To A Startups Equity Value

Craig Berman beamed noticeably after completing his board presentation. Berman, CEO of a startup that develops nanotechnology applications for the defense industry, had just closed a $ 20 million equity round. Berman finalized the round at an equity valuation that made the whole board blush. Only six months earlier, Berman's... Read More

Ten Ways to Save a Bundle on Your Next Lease

According to the Equipment Leasing Association ("ELA"), U.S. businesses lease every thing from laptop computers to commercial airplanes, racking up more than $ 200 billion in equipment leased each year. Although four out of five U.S. companies use leasing to acquire equipment, many don't know the ins and outs of... Read More

Lease or Buy? That is Always the Question with Car Financing

Leasing is a perfectly viable and legitimate way to finance a new car. Although leasing offers attractive benefits, it is somewhat more complex than buying with a loan. This means there can be pitfalls if a decision to lease is made for the wrong reasons.Therefore, a comparison of leasing versus... Read More

Venture Leasing: Startup Financing On the Rise

According to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, investment by institutional venture capitalists in startups grew from less than $3.0 billion at the beginning of the 1990's to over $106 billion in 2000. Although venture capital volume has retreated significantly since the economic "bubble" years of the late 1990's, the present volume of around... Read More

Insiders Guide to Snaring the Best Lease Deal

Every year, thousands of business owners and financial managers are faced with the task of obtaining attractive financing for equipment their firms want to acquire. Snaring the best leasing arrangement requires only a bit of planning and a smidgeon of finesse. You can save time, land a better lease deal... Read More

Explore An Effective Revolutionary Approach To Traditional Business Financing

For business owners who need working capital now there is a revolutionary, tax-deductible cash flow solution that frees up capital and gives them the money they need to grow. This diversified cash flow solutions is known as "asset leasing."With an asset lease, business owners can obtain quick cash for any... Read More

The Lease And Purchase Option

If you have an investment property, should you rent it or sell it? The answer to that question is that you should do both. If you have lots of time on your hands and are handy with tools, you can choose to rent out your property. However, if you have... Read More

Basic Things You Should Know About A Lease Purchase Contract

What exactly is a contract?By definition, a contract is an agreement between two or more parties to do, or to refrain from doing, a particular thing in exchange for something valuable. The parties can be individuals, businesses, organizations and government agencies.They key elements of a successful real estate contract:1. Offer... Read More

So You Want to be a Landlord?

The residual income from owning rental properties may bring more money into your life than the fast flip in the long term. If nothing else, the stress is reduced because a well-chosen investment will pay for itself until you the market is ready for you to sell. In order to... Read More

Equipment Leasing Blunders That Can Cost Your Firm a Mint

Rod McHenry, the financial vice president of a document imaging company, thought he had great cause for celebrating. He had signed an unbelievable $370,000 lease proposal covering computer servers, workstations, software and other networking equipment. McHenry believed he had snared an incredible lease rate, capping off weeks of negotiating an... Read More

The Leverage of the Lease

In today's rapidly changing business environment it makes sense to consider all the options before paying for your business equipment ? whether it's a photocopier, computer system, computer hardware or software, telephone system, security equipment, office furniture or anything else. Many business people will give great consideration to the actual... Read More

Using Equipment Leasing as a Competitive Weapon

Most great generals know how to design winning battle plans. They also know how to use their resources to gain advantages over the enemy. For these military leaders, getting enough tanks, aircraft, ships and armaments into the hands of the right personnel can spell military victory or defeat.In the business... Read More

Ten Ways Start-ups Use Venture Leases And Loans To Generate Millions

The rise of venture leasing and lending has created an opportunity for sophisticated entrepreneurs to gain a competitive advantage. Savvy entrepreneurs are using venture leases and loans to generate millions of dollars for shareholders by leveraging existing venture capital. They have discovered ways to use this flexible financing as a... Read More

True Tenant Tales, Volume One

Working with tenants can be an amazing experience. (Owners and contractors are equally astounding, but those are subjects for another day.) It seems I get my most memorable anecdotes over the phone. Here are a few of the ones I've culled from my blog and experience and put together for... Read More

With a Lease, The Devil Is In The Details

In the last article we looked at a few of the things you should consider before leasing that first office or storefront for your business. To recap, you should not only consider the old standard "location, location, location," but also consider things like sufficient parking, the number of employees who... Read More

Washington Post
Ethics panel: Landlord gave Rangel 'special' treatment over others
The Hill
Steven never lived in the rent-stabilized apartment, despite language in the lease that said it was to be used for “living purposes only,” according to the ...
Charlie Rangel: List of ChargesCBS News
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Town Hall
Movement in Western oil-gas lease backlog in Wyo.
The Associated Press
Environmentalists have objected to drilling in nearly every area offered for lease in Wyoming over the past two years. The BLM had to study each of those ...
Movement in Western Oil-Gas Lease Backlog in Wyo.One News Page
Movement in Western oil-gas lease backlog in Wyo.KULR-TV

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Tollway oases up for bid again
Chicago Sun-Times
A contract to lease seven Illinois Tollway oases will be put up for public auction next month. But difficulties leasing space at the oases and the slow ...
Auction set for oases leasesPioneer Press Online
Tollway oases up for auctionChicago Daily Herald

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Toyota gambles on future with low leasing offers
Boston Herald
It's an enticing offer: Lease a well-equipped Toyota Corolla for just $189 a month for three years. ...

Finnair to lease two Airbus A340-300s from ILFC
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Finnair (Helsinki) will lease two 270-seat Airbus A340-300 wide-bodied aircraft for four years from the leasing company ILFC. The aircraft will join the ...

Los Angeles Times
Slashing lease prices could be a risky move for Toyota
Los Angeles Times
(Ringo HW Chiu, For The Times / January 29, 2010) By Jerry Hirsch, Los Angeles Times It's an enticing offer: Lease a well-equipped Toyota Corolla for just ...

Earthtimes (press release)
Evans Bancorp Reports 2010 Second Quarter Net Income of $1.63 Million
MarketWatch (press release)
At June 30, 2010, the national direct financing lease portfolio comprised 4.5% of the Company's total loans and leases portfolio, down from 5.3% at March 31 ...
QCR Holdings, Inc. Announces Net Income of $1.7 Million for Second Quarter of 2010MarketWatch (press release)
Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania -- Univest National Bank and Trust Co ...MarketWatch (press release)
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Would you lease a Christmas tree?
OCRegister
Entrepeneur Joan Grandizio, who lives in Aliso Viejo, is hoping to persuade Orange County folks to lease their Christmas trees this year rather than buy a ...

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Tech company will move HQ to Tempe Gateway
Arizona Republic
Limelight has signed an eight-year lease. Many standard commercial leases are for five, seven or 10 years. The eight-year deal was part of negotiations with ...
EV tech firm to move into vacant office buildingEast Valley Tribune

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RTT News
SL Green signs 2 big leases, snaps up 2 loans
Crain's New York Business
In the second deal, the landlord landed a big new tenant for 100 Church St. Healthfirst agreed to lease 172000 square feet there for 20 years. ...
CBS Broadcasting Signs Early Renewal for 282000 Square Feet at SL Green's 555 ...MarketWatch (press release)
SL Green Inks Major Lease at 100 Church - Daily News ArticleGlobeSt.com
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