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Lease agreements that give you the ability to build out your own office make it possible to customize a space and make it perfect for your business needs. Keep the following tips in mind as you approach your build out to ensure that you make the most of this opportunity and are completely satisfied with the results:

Guest blog by Holly Welles. Holly is a real estate blogger interested in the ever-shifting landscape of the market. You can read more of her work on her own blog, The Estate Update, and follow her on Twitter @HollyAWelles.

If you pay attention to the technology press, you might have seen an increasing number of mentions of a new Wi-Fi standard -- Wi-Fi 6 -- as 2018 draws to a close. Wi-Fi 6 is a major advance over previous standards, and can make your network more productive while also giving you the opportunity to reduce your commercial real estate occupancy costs.

When negotiating a commercial lease, many tenants don’t perceive the subletting and subleasing clauses to be of primary importance. This is because they do not foresee any financial difficulties that could call for subleasing or assignment situations. However, the unexpected sometimes happens, necessitating the tenant to reduce rented space or vacate the premises altogether. When that happens, it’s good to have subleasing and assignment clauses with terms that are favorable to all parties involved.

If you're getting ready to begin a search for a commercial office space or building to lease, you can't afford to go it alone. Having a tenant rep broker at your side throughout the process offers a number of distinctive benefits. Here are some of the top reasons why you should enlist the help of one.

Finding a new office space for your company is a time-consuming process, so it's natural to want to stay in your current location for as long as possible; however, ignoring the signs that it's time for a change could be detrimental to your business. If any of these red flags sound familiar, you should seriously consider a move.  Here are ten indications that it might be time for new office space:

With lease accounting standards in play for the entire second half of the "aughties" decade and for most of the 2010's, many commercial real estate executive have spent the bulk of their careers with no certainty as to how leases will get treated by accountants. With the passage of the new FASB standard in 2016, replacing the 1976-vintage FASB 13 lease accounting standard, the industry has some clarity. However, here's the interesting thing: the changes to the lease accounting standards don't matter much.

Given the high cost of your company's real estate portfolio, it's understandable that much ink gets spilled discussing property strategy. For those strategies to get executed, though, you also need to have a clear grasp of best practices at ground level. Here are five tactical commercial real estate tips to help maximize your office leasing experience.