A net lease applies to commercial real estate. It compels a tenant to give payment, in addition to rent, for a particular or all expenses on the property which is typically paid by the owner of the property, also known as “landlord” or “lessor.” These expenses refer to real estate taxes, maintenance and repair, insurance, utilities, among others.
Types of net leases
1. Single net lease
In a single net lease, otherwise called as Net or N, the lessee or tenant has to pay for property taxes, together with base rent. This is not a very common form of lease, unlike double- and triple-net leases.
2. Triple net lease
A triple net lease, also known as Net-Net-Net or NNN, is a lease arrangement on a property where in the tenant or lessee has to pay all real estate taxes, building insurance, and maintenance on the property as well as normal fees such as rent and others. In this type of lease, the tenant or lessee is also responsible for any expenses for the repair and maintenance of the property.
This type of lease is most commonly used for freestanding buildings.
2. Double net lease
In a double net lease or Net-Net or NN, the lessee or tenant has to pay for real estate taxes as well as building insurance. On the other hand, expenses incurred for structural repairs and common area maintenance is covered by the lessor or landlord.
3. Bondable lease
A bondable lease (absolute triple net lease or a "hell-or-high-water lease) is the most radical adaptation of a triple net lease wherein the tenant is responsible for every conceivable real estate risk related to the property. These risks include responsibility to reconstruct after a casualty despite the sufficiency of the proceeds provided by the insurance, and to pay rent even after part or all of the property will be taken into public use. The tenant does not have the power to terminate these leases, moreover rent reductions are not allowed. The concept is to make the terms of the rent similar to a bond.
This form of lease is normally applied in purported "credit tenant lease" transactions, in which the continuous cash flow from the typically investment-grade rated "credit" tenant is the principal determiner of value and not so much the real estate.
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