Accounting rules break leases into two classes. When you lease equipment or a building for a relatively short term, you have an operating lease, AccountingTools explains. If you lease long-term or in ...

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A master lease is a real estate arrangement where a landlord leases a property to a tenant who then subleases it to other tenants. The tenant who holds the master lease acts as the primary leaseholder ...

To borrow from Mark Twain's famous quote, the reports of the death of retail (and the retail lease) have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, although reports of the demise of the brick-and-mortar ...

Operating a small business usually involves renting office space, a warehouse or other type of property. The triple net lease and modified gross lease are two common types of commercial leases.

When investing, assessing a company’s assets and liabilities is a basic requirement to determine what the company is worth. Thankfully, public companies file their financial statements with the ...