Jeff Rohde Author

Jeff specializes in content creation, editing and proofreading in the real estate, finance and investment, and general business sectors for clients around the globe. My +25 years of extensive experience include actively working in and writing about all aspects of the real estate industry: Residential, multi family, commercial, leasing, renting, selling, group investing, business brokerage and property management. He has also written and published several very popular real estate books under the pen name Jeffrey Roark - The Basic Property Management Guide, Investment Real Estate Analysis: A Case Study, How To Find & Keep Great Tenants, and How To Make Money In Property Management. These can be found through all of the major book distributors. Jeff is a Certified Commercial Investment Member. The CCIM designation is held by only 15,000 commercial and investment real estate professionals worldwide and is the highest professional certification one can earn in commercial investment real estate.

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How to Become a Commercial Real Estate Agent

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According to the most recent report by Dun & Bradstreet, commercial real estate brokerages and property management companies have a combined annual revenue of about $36...

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What Is A Triple Net Lease?

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No two office leases are the same. There are gross leases, modified gross leases, and triple net office leases. To make matters even more confusing, even within these three types...

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Office Layout, CommercialCafe

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Best Office Layout Ideas for Happy, Healthy, Productive Employees

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Choosing the best office layout involves some important tradeoffs. Traditional, private closed-door offices were once the best, but they can also be too isolating. Open work areas...

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CommercialCafe, Leasing, Office Space, Guide

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The Ultimate Guide to Opening Your First Office

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Opening your first office is about a lot more than finding office space and signing a lease. In fact, that’s usually the easiest part of setting up your first office. There are...

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10 Profitable Tips for Negotiating an Office Lease

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Commercial office leases aren’t set in stone. Yet it’s surprising how many business tenants accept a lease the landlord gives them as-is. In fact, many people don’t even...

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Is All Office Space Created Equal? Understanding Class A, B, C Office Space

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Finding the best office space for rent for a business can be confusing. Sometimes it’s hard to know exactly what to look for, where to look for it, and how to choose the best...

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An Introduction to Coworking Space: Why Does It Work?

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A while ago, the first thing that ‘coworking space’ brought to mind was an image of the digital nomad traveling around the U.S. with only a laptop to their name. Throw in a...

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Why Choose Coworking Office Space When You Can Work from Home?

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  When deciding between working from home or choosing a coworking space, many people do a simple analysis: they list their work needs they calculate the cost of coworking vs....

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5 Questions to Ask Before Leasing Office Space

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Locating office space for lease involves much more than just searching the web for available listings, driving around town looking for vacant office space, and finding bargains on...

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Choosing the Right Office Space – Coworking vs Traditional Offices

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Nowadays, office space falls into two general categories: coworking (or shared office space), and traditional office space, where the suite belongs to a single business. Choosing...

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