The Commercial Landlord's Handbook

Commercial leasing, finally in simple language.

Editable Word and Excel templates for every stage of a lease, seventeen calculators, and a 240+ page playbook. One download, yours for good.

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What's Inside

The Commercial Leasing Playbook

The 240-page Playbook

The Office Lease template

Every lease and deal document

The Rent Escalation calculator on a laptop

Seventeen financial models

The Lease Clauses Library

Annotated leases

A Notice to Vacate

Tenant notices

An After-Hours Building Access policy

Building policies

A Collections Call script

Email packs and phone scripts

The Lease Abstract template

Tenant management forms

The Lease Execution Checklist

Checklists and workflows

A bonus guide

Bonus guides

A commercial landlord reading the annotated lease

Who it's for

Nobody hands you a playbook for this.

Residential landlords have a thousand guides. The first-time commercial owner has had next to none. No system, no annotated leases, no one translating the broker-and-lawyer shorthand. This is for the owner stepping up to office, retail, or mixed-use, and for the manager or broker who wants every lease, model, and checklist in one kit. Not for institutional shops with in-house counsel.

What it's worth

Pay once. Use it on every deal.

A lawyer bills by the hour, every deal, forever. Here is what assembling even a slice of this kit the usual way would run you.

The usual way $2,470+
The whole kit, once $197

Lawyer and accountant figures based on typical commercial rates.

The Commercial Landlord's Handbook

Who's behind it

Real deals. Not legal theory.

I put this kit together for the landlord who is new to commercial real estate and tired of guessing. Commercial is not residential. The numbers are bigger, the leases are longer, and the clauses that hurt you are the ones nobody flagged, because everyone at the table assumed you already knew.

Nothing in here was written from a textbook. Every template started life as a real document in a real deal, and most have been through the full cycle: negotiated, signed, renegotiated, defaulted on at least once, and renewed. You still need a lawyer on every agreement and an accountant for the tax side. The kit does not replace them. It makes those conversations shorter and cheaper, because you arrive already knowing what you are signing.

15 years
On the landlord side: office, retail, industrial, mixed-use, medical, and NNN
5.5M sq ft
Landlord-side asset management across multiple asset classes
1M+ sq ft
Commercial leases negotiated and executed, principal side

Before you buy

Straight answers.

Will these documents work in my state, province, or country?
They are drafted in jurisdiction-neutral language wherever possible, so they are a strong professional starting point anywhere. But commercial leasing is jurisdiction-specific: every clause, calculator, and document is a starting point you adapt to your local law, and every lease or notice should be reviewed by a qualified professional licensed where the property sits before you sign or serve it. The Playbook explains how to adapt the templates.
Who is this for?
Commercial landlords, first-time through experienced, plus property managers, leasing agents, and brokers handling office, retail, industrial, mixed-use, or specialty space. If you own or manage commercial property and deal with tenants and leases, it was built for you. It is not for residential-only landlords or institutional shops that already have in-house counsel.
Does it cover office, retail, and industrial?
Office, retail, and short-term leases are covered today, each with plain-English annotated companions for Office and Retail, and the Playbook addresses industrial leasing throughout. A dedicated industrial lease template is on the roadmap, and buyers of this edition receive it free when it ships. Most operational documents already apply across all commercial property types.
Are the files actually editable, or just PDFs?
Fully editable. The documents are Microsoft Word files with real click-and-type fields (click a placeholder like [TENANT NAME] and type, and the styling cleans up automatically), and the calculators are Microsoft Excel files. The Playbook ships as a designed PDF for reading. No locked files, no find-the-brackets guesswork.
Will I still need a lawyer?
Yes, and you should. The Handbook is a professional educational resource, not legal advice, and it does not replace your attorney. What it changes is the bill: you arrive with the lease, the structure, and the numbers already assembled, so your lawyer's time goes to what is genuinely unique to your deal instead of drafting everything from scratch. Always have qualified counsel review anything before you sign.
How is it different from a free template or a $5 lease online?
A free lease is one generic document you do not fully understand, with no calculators, no guidance, and no surrounding system. This is a curated, annotated, landlord-side system: the lease and the explanation of every clause, the financial models, the checklists and scripts. You are buying the document plus the reasoning behind every clause, the math, and the checklists around it. Not a blank form.
How do I receive it, and is it a subscription?
One-time purchase, and you own it forever. No subscription, no recurring fees. After checkout you get an instant download of the full file set, organized into clearly numbered folders. Start with START-HERE.
What is your refund policy?
A 14-day, no-questions-asked money-back guarantee. Request a full refund within 14 days of purchase by emailing support@leasedesk.co with your order number. Put the templates to work on a real deal first; if the Handbook has not earned its price back before you sign, request a refund inside 14 days.
Which tier should I choose?
Core ($149) is the legal-document kit to close a lease. Pro ($197) is the one most landlords pick: it adds the 240+ page Playbook, the annotated leases, the full 17-calculator suite, and every operational tool. Agency ($297) adds a commercial-use license so managers and brokers can use the documents across multiple clients. Founding pricing for the first 25 buyers is $50 off any tier. You can start with Core and upgrade later.

Still have a question? Email support@leasedesk.co and we answer within three business days.

Choose your tier

Own it once, yours forever.

One lawyer-drafted lease runs about $910. The whole kit is less.

Core Toolkit

$149$99 one-time

$149

The full legal-document kit to close a lease.

  • Every base lease: Office, Retail, Short-Term
  • LOIs, offers, applications, amendments, renewals
  • Default and violation notices
  • Seven deal and negotiation calculators
  • Calculator index and the full glossary
Get Core
Most popular

Pro Bundle

$197$147 one-time

$197

Everything in Core, plus the playbook, the annotated leases, and every operating tool.

  • The 240+ page Commercial Leasing Playbook
  • Annotated Office & Retail leases and clause library
  • All seventeen calculators, including CAM/NNN
  • Operations, insurance, due diligence, comms packs
  • Every checklist, workflow, and eight bonus guides
  • Priority support
Get Pro

Agency License

$297$247 one-time

$297

Everything in Pro, plus the rights to use it with clients.

  • Commercial-use license, unlimited client engagements
  • Built for property managers, brokers, consultants
  • Early access to the Automation Suite when it ships
  • Auto-abstract, CAM/NNN, rent rolls, expiry tracking
Get Agency
Secure checkout via Gumroad • Instant download • Editable Word & Excel files
14-day money-back guarantee

Run the numbers on a real deal. If it doesn't earn its price before you sign, refund inside 14 days and keep the Playbook.

Prices in USD, charged in your local currency at checkout. Yours forever, no subscription. The founding $50 off applies automatically at checkout for the first 25 buyers.