All in all, this was by far the easiest part of the move. I couldn’t imagine renegotiating a lease or signing a new one without Todd’s help.
Rex Hull – Riffs Music
Presenter for:
• SCORE (regular speaker)
• Warrior Foundation
• Sunbelt Network
Columnist for:
The Press Enterprise newspaper.
For over 30 years, Todd Dorn aka “The Lease Doctor” has been passionate about helping business owners, entrepreneurs and start-ups get on the right track with a well-written lease that protects their interests.
After five years working for the nation’s largest landlord based commercial real estate firm, Todd Dorn aka “The Lease Doctor” discovered that many business owners, entrepreneurs and startups usually signed leases without reading or fully understanding them and their potential ramifications.
After discovering how uneven the playing field was, Dorn decided to step up and fill a very big need by being the advocate for the business owner instead of the landlord
After discovering how uneven the playing field was, Dorn decided to step up and fill a very big need by being the advocate for the business owner instead of the landlord by opening his Los Angeles-based, award winning commercial tenant representation firm in 1984. In 1985 the SBA recognized his firm as small business of the year.
Mr. Dorn discovered that landlords had a full team advantage behind them while the tenant was left to fend for itself, so he channeled his energy and passion into creating The Lease Doctor. Having read and modified over 2,000 commercial leases, Mr. Dorn’s experience allowed him to become the nation’s preeminent expert in his field. Mr. Dorn has lectured at numerous venues including the graduating class at Loyola Marymount College. He served on the SBA Advisory Council n 1989 and has been featured in such publications as Money Magazine, Los Angeles Business Journal, the Daily News, Los Angeles Times and the Press Enterprise.
In addition to representing small businesses, Mr. Dorn has represented a large portfolio of institutional companies such as Monster.com, Minolta, Goodwill Industries, and Sunbelt Network.
I highly recommend Todd to anyone who is a small business owner and who leases from a landlord. This guy is a genius.
Leif EA Loberg, DDS
In only two days Mr. Dorn had reviewed our 70 page lease and made over 100 corrections. I personally read over the lease, which I’m embarrassed to say, only found a handful of items to address.
Rocky Ghahary – Jon Vaness Day Spa and Salon
The type of service we needed we thought was not available and we needed it yesterday. I look forward to using your services again.
Johnny Gutierrez – Minolta
When I started to review the lease, I was amazed by the detailed “red-line” adjustments, amendments, alterations and recommendations which were extremely useful and relevant.
Michael D. Iverson – Attorney at Law
Your skillful negotiating strategy enable us to get a far more superior lease than market and lease concessions we did not expect to get.
Lance Willis – TMP Worldwide (Monster.com)
They advise us on all facets of the transaction to minimize possible risks and exposures.
Sam Bass – Xircom (acquired by Intel)
I wanted to thank you for an exemplary job in re-engineering our corporate office lease of 23,000 square feet.
Courtney Shaw – Core Vent Corp
Your in-depth understanding of commercial leases has lessened our having to utilize legal counsel.
Terry Takeda – Goodwill Industries
Given my non-real estate background, I felt a professional lease negotiator would be to my advantage.
Dr. W. Frederick Stephens – The Pacific Coast Center
Their knowledge of lease provisions coupled with their tactical negotiating skills resulted in a 55% reduction in our lease rate.
D. Joe Atchison – Sunbelt Business Brokers
It felt so good to write that check for $3,600 less per month!
Julie Van Gaale – French Valley University