Shutting the door on lease problems: rule no. 1: get everything in writing - after you consult a real estate expert - and have a lawyer examine the document - business leases

Nation's Business, March, 1996 by Barbara Etchieson

"When my lease expired several months ago, I decided to go month to month while I resolved a difference with the landlord," says Shaheen. "Now he's telling me the renewal clause in my original lease, which I assumed would protect me from this sort of thing, is no longer valid and I'll have to move. I never dreamed this could happen to the business I've worked so hard to build."