Let's Put The Landlord in the Poor House, and Other Stupid Statements

How many times have I heard commercial tenants say “I don’t care about the landlord!”?  That’s pretty dumb (and, right up there with landlords who don’t care about their tenants!). Why wouldn’t a tenant care about the business entity that is responsible for the very foundation (literally, the foundation of the building!), that supports their ability to efficiently and profitably conduct business on a daily basis? 

The role of a tenant advisor is to determine the optimal achievable transaction structure on the tenant’s behalf, advise the tenant as to how it can achieve those terms, and to execute its tenant’s preferred transactions. But, even halfway decent advisors recognize that in order to accomplish this, they must first understand the objectives, risks, and challenges of landlords.