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Does your commercial lease have an option to extend?
A commercial lease typically comes with an end date. It may be a year, three years, five years or a custom amount of time -- based on what both sides discuss when signing. Either way, it ends on that date. If the lease does not have an option to extend, then, the...
Here are 3 tips to help your children adjust to divorce
Going through a divorce isn’t something you thought would happen in your life. You always felt like you and your spouse would get along well and be dedicated to one another for life. Unfortunately, the truth was that your marriage wasn’t built to last. As a result,...
How a mechanic’s lien ensures builders get fairly paid
Contractors and subcontractors often do significant work without receiving full compensation ahead of time. Property owners are often loathe to pay for a project in full before work begins out of fear of losing their money. It is common for construction and remodeling...
Is your estate plan out of date?
Many people never get around to making an estate plan. They continuously put it off. Then, one day, it is too late. Dying without an estate plan leaves a mess for your family to take care of. They should be grieving and adjusting to life without you. Instead, they are...
The advantages of buying a business
Becoming a business owner may have always been your dream, but that does not mean you have to start one from nothing. You have an alternative, which is to buy an existing business and then run it as you see fit -- either modifying it in some way or simply running it...
How to collect a small business debt
 At some point, you’re bound to come up against a problem that’s familiar to most small business owners: A client, customer, vendor or someone else won’t pay their bill. It’s frustrating to realize that your bills and reminder calls are just being ignored. But knowing...
Name multiple heirs, so your property goes where it’s needed
As you’ve aged, you’ve always kept up with your estate plan. You have a basic plan, but when you got married or divorced, you reviewed it and made changes. When new children were born, you added them as heirs. One thing that you may also want to remember is that your...
What are legal grounds for an eviction in New Jersey?
As a landlord, you have certain obligations to your tenants once they sign a lease with you. That obligation includes providing them with a safe space to live. However, tenants also have certain obligations to their landlords. The first and most obvious is the timely...
Did you address your small business in your personal estate plan?
When most people create an estate plan, their primary focus will be on the allocation of their personal assets and the protection of their dependent family members, including minor children. Fewer people stop to think about the long-term implications of their role in...
Should you lease or buy commercial property for your business?
Should you lease or buy the building that houses your business? Many entrepreneurs confront this question just about the time their business starts to thrive, necessitating a move to bigger quarters. A wrong decision can be financially devastating. Here are some of...