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July 7, 2010 ... "Dear George Bocska, I want to sincerely thank you
for all the help you gave during our rent negotiation. For me
negotiating the rent for my store is one of the most important
things I must do in order to run a successful business. The only
problem is that I am not an expert at negotiating leases and I was
never able to get the results I wanted. The issue for me was that I
am too emotionally attached to my business and I would go into the
negotiations with a clear plan only to be frustrated with how the
centre treated me and would just give in. I decided I would bring
someone in to help with my lack of experience and interviewed a
number of specialists in this area. George came across as someone
who had lots of experience but was also realistic and
straightforward. When we decided to work together we put together a
plan. It was a great partnership because he took the emotions out of
the negotiations and things went much smoother. It took more than 6
months but we got a great result saving more than $60,000 off our
rent. I will be using George in the future for all my rent
negotiations as I know it will be well worth it. Again I know my
industry of how to buy and sell jewellery but I don’t specialise in
negotiating rents and for this reason I always came up sort until
now."
Kind Regards, Jago Gavin, Tamanie Jewellers
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“For some time our business operated under a lease that was
not working for us. Yearly rent increases over the past
fifteen years resulted in us paying over and above market
rates for a business operating in similar sized premises.
This combined with the GFC and overall downturn in the
retail trading environment was impacting significantly upon
our business. Added to this was the deterioration in our
relationship with the Shopping Centre management. Within a
short period of engaging FastTrak U Group, dialogue was
established at a senior level. George was able to
communicate unbiased professional advice and demonstrate our
need for assistance. The outcome achieved was most positive
and above what I would have been able to negotiate as an
individual. I have no hesitation in recommending the
services of FastTrak U Group Pty Limited.”
Regards, Noel Fergusson, Leading Edge
Music, Warriewood
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"We engaged George Bocska of FastTrak U Group Pty Ltd on the
17th July 2010 to help finalise a lease for a retail premise
in a new Shopping centre that is to be built late 2011. We
had been negotiating with the Leasing Agency since March
2010 and we knew that we didn’t have the experience or
expertise to finalise the lease with the surety of knowing
that we had achieved a satisfactory result. I must say since
engaging Mr Bocska our stress level have been lowered, my
blood pressure is now fine and my indigestion has been
resolved! The saving along on Doctors visits, stress
medication, Blood pressure tablets and toilet paper has
certainly been a great help financially, these savings alone
helped pay FastTrack U’s account. I don’t think George ever
envisaged the length of time it was going to take to achieve
this lease! But to his credit he kept on negotiating with
the Leasing agent and finally we have signed a lease and
George has achieved for us a more than substantial saving. I
will list a few below
· 2 weeks extra gross rent free period (originally it was
net) saving us $8920
· $55,000 extra Fitout contribution
· A shop front that was at the lessees expense (turned
around) saving $95,000
· 1 month on the bank guarantee plus? (was supposed to be
gross and 3months but now net) saving $17,493
· Reduced the percentage rent from 10% to 5%
· He had the surveyors fees reduced to zero saving $750
· The design rev fee George save us $1000
· The tenancy co-ord.fee $1500 saving
· Opening promo levy reduced by a $1000
· On lease termination the words were Return to original?
George has negotiated there was to be capped at $20,000
which will save a fortune if required in years to come.
George negotiated a 30 square metre store room separate from
tenancy for $0 per year! Yes $0.00 per year. FastTrak U
Group Pty Ltd negotiated so well on the lease and tenancy
fittout , that we have calculated that FastTrak U Group Pty
Ltd have saved us over $200,000 over the 7 year lease.
George’s sense of humour, his courteous advice, his stern
advice and the expertise he gave us has been a great help
and we are happy to be giving this testimonial."
George! Thank You, Regards, Kent Saunders, Southern Man
Surf, 138 Princes Highway, ULLADULLA
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"We engaged FastTrak U to help us renew our lease with a
major shopping centre after experiencing some difficulties
with the lease negotiations. FastTrak U was able to bring
the negotiations back on track from a near hopeless
position, and secure a lease for Wax Factor on much better
terms than expected . Without FastTrak U's involvement Wax
Factor would have certainly had to relocate it's premises at
considerable unnecessary expense. I am sure if we had
engaged FastTrak U at the beginning of our lease negotiation
an even better outcome would have been achieved. We have
found FastTrak U to be very experienced and professional in
their approach and we can highly recommend their services to
other businesses."
Carl Brial Director Wax Factor Pty Ltd
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"Just spoke with Kent and Martyn Saunders from
Southern Man # 136989 (Surf shop in Ulladulla NSW south coast). I
took the initial call from them on Tenancy and advised them to
consider George as a professional negotiator on their behalf. They
advise that they have saved approximately $80-100K over the life of
their lease as a result of George’s expert advice and
representation. They also have headed my advice on personal
guarantees and legal structure and have had great success in
limiting their liability. They are very happy to be part of a
tenancy story, and would be happy to give a strong reference on
George Bocska and the ARA Tenancy services. A great success story."
Cheers, Mike Leask
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