In our collective 50+ years of tenant/buyer representation, we discovered that dentists, in particular, were markedly underserved in the real estate portion of their practice. We saw how many dentists suffered financially and lost the chance for any real growth and profitability – all because their leases did not contain the operative business framework that makes an airtight tenant-protective lease by shifting hidden business risk away from the dental tenant.  Dental tenants, especially, are at an elevated risk of loss due to the significant long-term capital investment required to open a practice.  Much of that elevated loss of risk is all within the business framework of a dental lease – outside of the legal framework.  

Many brokers and some attorneys are unaware of the business obscurities and nuances in dental leases, as well as their far-reaching consequences that directly affect profitability, which is why they don’t address them.  The common thread:  Low-performing locations, Letters of Intent that resulted in over-market lease rates, and Leases that did not contain the best possible build-out allowances and free rent periods, as well as not including the necessary business protections nor expansion of the tenant’s rights for flexibility and future growth.