Thanks Joshua! Seems like the smarter way to get started. 

On Friday, July 6, 2018 at 4:57:23 PM UTC-4, Joshua Webb wrote:
>
> be very careful giving ownership of your concept blood sweat and tears to 
> a building owners who pure motivations is to fill space by what ever means 
> necessary. 
>
> There are others ways to do this. For instance. Do a Percentage Lease with 
> TI Allowances. A percentage lease keeps you in the drivers seat as the 
> owner of the concept but splits the Net reveues with your landlord. So as 
> you grow his rent grows. I highly suggest puting in a cap so that he does 
> not make more that what the space is work. Unless you are asking for a lot 
> of build out then you can add in some ROI for that for him as well. Just so 
> they can get their money back.
> Doing a percentage lease also can allow you to take more space than you 
> can afford right off. Find a building in a area of town that is good but 
> that the building is quite empty. This owner is going to be more likly to 
> play ball since he needs to fill his building. Also if the building is a 
> high rise tell him that as your members grow they will need more space and 
> will become his tenants. You are not only filling space for him you are a 
> feeder for his building. 
>
> All in all there are a ways to do this so that you are not giving up 
> control of your community concept to someone else just for money. 
>
> *J**oshua Webb*
>
> *Chief Growth Antagonist*[email protected] <javascript:>   
> *844-455-GROW **(**4769)*   *Growthli.com* <https://www.growthli.com/> 
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>
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 12:25 PM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> wrote:
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>> Hi group! I've been following all of your great questions and advice for 
>> a bit now. Thanks so much!
>> My business partner and I are still in the "planning and searching for a 
>> space" phase. Still so much to learn! 
>> Since we do not have a large amount of capital to put in this business we 
>> are looking at all the options. 
>> Has anyone entered into an agreement with a landlord where they are the 
>> owner and you are the operator/manager? Is it traditionally known by 
>> another term? We keep hearing about such arrangements but would love to 
>> hear about a specific example and what kind of terms might be acceptable.
>> You can read about the reference to the concept here (the second option 
>> in the article): 
>> https://www.globalworkspace.org/2016/03/three-ways-to-run-a-coworking-space-without-signing-a-lease/
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