I posted this a couple of years ago, but it’s come up again. One of our buildings is a strip mall we converted into a medical center (got rid of the non-medical tenants). One of the current tenants did a large amount of improvements at his own expense to convert a rather shabby space into a class A medical space. He’s asked for a right of first refusal. I priced it as a European call option (an option only exercisable at a certain date, i.e., when I negotiate an offer with someone else). Contd

What are the cheapest study materials to study for the CFE? I didn’t want to pay out 1k+ for the prep course from ACFE.

Mccann creatives - what are the good groups?

Any thoughts on how to handle working with coworkers who are very friendly/well-liked by most but are utterly mediocre at what they do and just want to coast? Makes me feel like I’m the difficult one.

When you resign and your boss treats you differently, it’s indifferent, barely says hi, you feel the tension... why :(

Hello!
I have an offer for a Senior Associate role (Investment Banking) for 215k PLN gross in Warsaw (will be moving as a single person, no family) . My current offer in India is for a VP role at 25 LPA gross. Which is a better deal?

Best GMAT study plan?

I spend every free second i have at work searching for jobs or scrolling through fishbowl.

I’m so new to product marketing- was hired as a subject matter expert. I feel like I’m winging it like 85% of the time. Can anyone recommend resources or somewhere I can look to learn more and get up to speed?

Serious question, why does going to the gym and doing an intense workout raise my lidio/drive and make me want to run home and and just go to town. 😩🥹

Did anyone else receive an email saying a coworker invited you to join? I can’t seem to figure out who invited me.

Hi Fishes,

Can anyone give my referral as a software developer in KPMG. I have one year experience on salesforce developer.

I do things (late nights/weekends) that I don't think my managers/partner knows about since everything is running well - directly correlated with elected hours spent. Is it weird to bring this up?

Has anyone used Gideon Strategic Partner for investing? What was your experience?

Hi everyone! I suck at doing board meeting minutes! Any tips on being successful at them? I’m using the recorded meeting to take the minutes.

Hi all! I’ve been dating my bf for about 4 months now and there are some things he says/is into that make me believe he is either Bisexual or has gender dysphoria. I could really use someone’s advice who has a similar experience like this. Is anyone willing to chat? I just want to be supportive and helpful.

Everyone complains about high healthcare costs in the US. I understand that it’s a complex problem including drug prices, insurances etc. But no one talks about the high physician salaries. Why do surgeons make near a million in the US while they make $250K in Canada?

The artificial supply limitation should end.

Friend lives in Moscow, Russia and friends with a Sr manager of multiple rolex ADs in the city. Apart from the usual DJs, literally the only thing they apparently have in the entire city is a single Submariner gold TT. Crazy. And here I was thinking that I can outfox the waitlists

Anyone feel they’re slow?

What happened to the ArentFox title policy limits? Is there an alternative?

Any defenses to put in an answer regarding violation of the IL Residential Real Property Disclosure Act.? Buyer is suing client pro se after discovering mold in the property from a tenant after taking possession. Seller didn’t know but there was a leak issue in the past. Other advice is appreciated.

Title company just gave me a commitment with 72 B2 exceptions and the first one (after standard) is an unrecorded lease from 1862. Send help.

Best in house counsel gig for a real estate attorney? 4 toe

Pro forma or proforma?

Question for anyone who may be able to answer.

We are looking to file something like an injunction injunction to stop a property sale. The property is owned by a sister and brother. Brother is deceased so it passed down to his children. The heirs bad no idea the aunt is trying to sell. Can we file some type of injunction?

What’s a reasonable fee for title/survey review, review of existing lease, preparation of closing docs and effectuating the closing process on a $3M triple-net property? Have a client who was incredulous over our bill; there were no major hiccups in the deal and the title was relatively clean.

Is there a specific law that allows landlords to put a restriction on the number of days am overnight guest can stay? I have been researching for hours and can't find any case law or statue. Help! (In Texas)

I am desperately trying to get an inhouse real estate position at Google, applied so many times and I am qualified, don't know how to get through all the people applying, anyone have thoughts?

Graduating in May and starting at a boutique commercial real estate firm mostly representing lenders. Is there any material I can start reading to help me get up to speed?

Has anyone ever heard of this type of real estate private equity fund structure:

-One LLC, so only one PPM
-Multiple investors that can be onboarded anytime
-Multiple investments that investors can determine whether or not they want to invest in
-One K-1 per investor based on their investments and income
-Ability for the Sponsor/Fund to invest directly, indirectly and in equity, debt, Pref, etc.
To me this seems extremely cumbersome and would require multiple classes of (cont’d)

Any good books to help get you up to speed on real estate finance matters?

Looking to work at a title company? Do they pay well and how prestigious is it? Are there any that are “better” than others?

I’m about to be representing more borrowers in loan docs. It seems much different than representing the lender where “it is what it is” and bank weighs in if we are going off form. What are the top things to look out for?

Pro se plaintiff, an attorney, filed a complaint alleging mold defects after closing on a property. Client, layperson, may have agreed orally to a settlement amount without proof of damages prior to filing appearance and obtaining an attorney. Client filed appearance pro se, then plaintiff sent over a draft settlement agreement few weeks later which client didn’t sign. Client then got an attorney, filed answer, etc. Can this oral agreement be voided for coercion, indefinite mat’l term, etc?

Looking for a bit of insight on how commission or bonus is structured on flat rate residential real estate at Canadian law firms. I was offered a good base salary and I was asked what type of structure I was looking for. I am uncertain as to what is considered standard or what to look for in terms of bonus/commission structure. Any insight is appreciated!

I want to get into Real Estate Law - as a NY attorney I know it should be relatively easy to get my real estate brokers license and I’m also considering a 1 year LLM in Real estate law, is the LLM worth it or should I just continue applying to real estate attorney jobs?