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Net Lease

The net lease is the most ubiquitous of the various lease contract types. Under the terms of a net lease, the tenant pays the landlord a base rent plus an additional sum that covers the tenant's share of property taxes. When taxes increase, it is the tenant's responsibility to cover those costs. The obligations of each tenant are figured by determining what percentage of the total facility is occupied by each tenant; thus a tenant occupying 20 percent of the facility pays 20 percent of the increase.

Variations of the basic net lease include the "double-net" and "triple-net" lease. Under a double-net lease, the tenant is responsible for picking up added insurance premiums as well as tax increases; under triple-net leases, tenants are responsible for covering insurance premiums, tax increases, and costs associated with maintenance and/or repairs of the building, the parking lot, and other areas used by the lessee. The triple-net lease is popular with landlords for obvious reasons; small business owners should note that such arrangements sometimes make landlords less attentive to upkeep in these areas than they might be if they had to foot the bill themselves.

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