Common components of an investment property lease

This is a draft of Chapter 1 for a book I am developing on commercial real estate finance. Introduction Our discussion of property investment begins with a description of the typical components of a lease. This is because as an investor in commercial property, you want to know what cash flow the property will be able to generate during the time that you own the building. The most significant source of cash flow is the rent paid by a property’s tenants, and contracted rent payments are specified in each tenant’s lease.