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tenant rep analysis

How does analysis change negotiation strategy?

How does analysis change negotiation strategy?

The walk shows which ask is cheap to fight and which gap is already closed. Strategy follows the cash, not the sticker.

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Questions this page also answers

What is the short answer?

The walk shows which ask is cheap to fight and which gap is already closed. Strategy follows the cash, not the sticker.

What should you change first?

Change this page's input and hold the rate still.

What must stay visible?

The rate, the extras, and the year the credit lands.

What should you open next?

Open How does analysis support lease negotiation and keep the same stack.

Plain-language definition

The walk shows which ask is cheap to fight and which gap is already closed. Strategy follows the cash, not the sticker.

Start with cash you can date. Leave slogans off the sheet.

Add extras the tenant still pays.

Keep one visible rate so a later reader can check the work.

Name the method in plain words.

This page sits under Tenant-rep analysis.

Need the next step? Open How does analysis support lease negotiation.

See Compare two leases when you want the nearby walk.

Open How do you compare commercial LOIs if this page is not the last step.

Investopedia defines net present value as later cash brought back to today. See Investopedia on NPV.

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Why it matters

This question still needs a dated cash walk: How does analysis change negotiation strategy?

A short recap cannot carry a year-by-year example.

The rank can flip when this input moves.

A finance lead will ask which line changed the number.

How it works

  • Put the numbers on one year list with rent.
  • Hold the other assumptions still.
  • Use one named method to shrink or spread the cash.
  • Show a second path so the gap is visible.
  • Keep the rate on the same page as the pick.
Later cash boxes sit farther right and look smaller than year-one cash.
Later cash is smaller in today's dollars. Teaching picture only.

Formula in words. Strategy-shift uses one shared rate and one dated list.

Required inputs for this page
InputMeaning
Start rentFirst-year rent before extras
ExtrasCAM, tax, or insurance the tenant still pays
CreditsFree rent or build-out money
TermHow many years the cash list runs
Discount rateHow hard later cash is shrunk

Worked example

Here is a teaching sample. It is not customer data and not a result from a live client.

Strategy-shift sample — two paths
MetricPath APath B
Start rent$46,000$42,780
Year-1 extras$10,500$11,235
Year-1 credit$9,000$4,950
Sample NPV$418,248$403,235
Cash-flow walk — Strategy-shift sample
YearRentExtrasCreditCash outValue today
Year 1$46,000$10,500$9,000$47,500$43,981
Year 2$47,380$10,815$0$58,195$49,893
Year 3$48,801$11,139$0$59,940$47,582
Year 4$50,265$11,474$0$61,739$45,380
Year 5$51,773$11,818$0$63,591$43,279
Year 6$53,326$12,173$0$65,499$41,275
Year 7$54,926$12,538$0$67,464$39,365
Year 8$56,574$12,914$0$69,488$37,542
Year 9$58,271$13,301$0$71,572$35,804
Year 10$60,019$13,700$0$73,719$34,146
Sample NPV$418,248

Sample NPV for Strategy-shift sample is about $418,248. A second path lands near $403,235.

Year 1 of Strategy-shift sample has rent of $46,000.

Shared building cost is $10,500.

A credit of $9,000 lowers the cash you pay that year.

Cash out this year is about $47,500. Year one carries the Strategy-shift sample credit.

Later cash gets a shrink for time. At 8 percent, year 1 is worth about $43,981 today.

Next, year 2 rent is $47,380.

See the comparison workflow

Assumptions

  • The Strategy-shift sample uses one visible 8 percent rate.
  • Credits hit in year one unless the page says otherwise.
  • Both options share the same extra basis.
  • No percentage rent sits in this teaching walk.

Edge cases

A mid-year start needs a stub period, not a fake full year.

A credit that pays later must move to that later year.

A cap on extras changes the later risk, not the first sticker.

Common mistakes

  • Copying a nearby page and only changing the title.
  • Hiding the rate.
  • Dropping extras on a net path.
  • Calling the teaching sample a live client result.

Decision implications

The walk shows which ask is cheap to fight and which gap is already closed. Strategy follows the cash, not the sticker.

If the gap is thin, show a second rate before anyone picks.

If one path wins only from a mistimed credit, rebuild the list.

This page answers one question. Nearby pages cover the next step.

See How does analysis support lease negotiation when you need that next step. Open Compare two leases for the nearby walk. Use How do you compare commercial LOIs if you want a second path.

Limits

  • The number does not score daylight, transit, or floor plate.
  • The number does not replace a legal read.
  • Do not let one metric pick a space the team cannot use.
  • Do not use this page as a clone of a nearby question.

U.S. BLS describes how brokers advise clients on property deals. See BLS broker occupation data.

See NAIOP and BOMA for professional context.

Trusted sources

These are public references. They are not endorsements and not client results.

  1. Investopedia — net present value
  2. Investopedia — discount rate
  3. U.S. BLS — real estate brokers
  4. NAIOP
  5. BOMA
  6. FASB