Lease Reality Check

Send Danise a Text Message. We got the lease we were waiting for, and it should have been the final step toward opening Panache & Company. Instead, it stopped us cold. After months of planning a new salon location, picturing the natural light, and lining up build-out bids, our attorney read the document and said the words no founder wants to hear: do not sign this as written. That gap between the letter of intent and the actual commercial lease is where a dream can get expensive fast. We...