Termination fee calculations must reflect the full lease context, not isolated clauses. Courts will look at all lease language and subsequent amendments to interpret termination payment formulas, ...

Get your leases in line with the new online world, or you may end up paying the price later in lost revenue. Now that even the most stubborn of us has accepted the fact that the Internet is here to ...

Deferred rent expense adjusts for uneven payments across a lease term. Monthly financials use a straight-line rent expense, averaging total lease payments. Use of deferred rent accounts balances ...

Leases often contain options to renew the lease between the landlord and tenant provided that specific conditions are met. Options to renew can be worded in a variety of ways, but what may seem to be ...

Real estate leases can serve as key strategic assets for companies, presenting opportunities to improve the execution of a business strategy while also creating operational efficiencies. But leases ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. MoMo Productions / Getty Images A lease option is an agreement that gives a renter the choice to purchase the ...

Generally accepted accounting principles dictate that rent expense should be shown on the financial statements of a business as a consistent amount from month to month. In accounting parlance, that's ...