Bergquist Group · New Service
Dental Lease Renewal Consulting and Representation
Las Vegas dentists lose more money at renewal than at any other point in the life of their practice. We make sure you are not one of them.
Flat fee representation. Market intelligence, negotiation, LOI preparation, and attorney review, from the only firm in Las Vegas that works exclusively in dental real estate and dental practice transitions.
Jared A. Bergquist, CCIM
20+ years in dental practice transitions and dental commercial real estate
Business Broker BUSB.0006829.BKR | Commercial Real Estate B.1001455.LLC
The renewal trap
Your landlord's first offer is not a market offer. It is an opening position.
Most dentists find out their lease is expiring twelve to eighteen months out, get a renewal proposal from the landlord or the landlord's broker, and negotiate it themselves. It feels reasonable. The rent bump looks modest. The paperwork is short.
You are negotiating against a professional
Your landlord's broker negotiates leases for a living and represents the landlord's interests, not yours. You negotiate a lease once every five to ten years.
You are anchored to a number you cannot evaluate
Without current comparables for dental and medical space in your submarket, you have no way to know whether the proposed rate is fair, generous, or well over market.
You are leaving concessions on the table
Tenant improvement allowance, free rent, annual escalation caps, CAM caps, option periods, and expansion rights are all negotiable at renewal. Dentists who do not ask, do not get.
You may be signing away your ability to sell
This is the one nobody sees coming. Assignment and transfer clauses, landlord consent requirements, relocation clauses, demolition clauses, and personal guarantees all directly affect whether you can sell your practice on your timeline and at your price. A lease that is fine for practicing can be a serious problem at transition.
Why Bergquist Group
Anyone can read your lease. We are the only ones who can tell you whether you should stay.
Lease negotiation firms review your document and negotiate your terms. Healthcare brokers find you space. Both are useful. Neither one is looking at the full picture of your practice as an asset.
We know what else is out there
We track second generation dental suites across the valley, including space that never hits the open market. If relocating is your better play, we will tell you, and we can show you the actual alternatives the same week.
We know what your practice is worth
We broker dental practice sales. We can tell you exactly how your proposed lease terms will affect your valuation and your transition timeline, based on transactions we have closed in this market.
We know when the answer is buying
Sometimes the right move at renewal is purchasing a building, acquiring a neighboring practice, or merging. We are the only firm in Las Vegas positioned to spot that, because we are the only one watching all three markets at once.
We know Las Vegas
Not a national database. This market, these landlords, these buildings, these numbers. Local knowledge is the entire difference between a lease review and a negotiating position.
The honest version: if your current deal is already strong and all you need is a document review, we will tell you that and sell you the smallest package we have. Our business depends on being the firm you call for the next twenty years, not the fee we collect this quarter.
Packages
Flat fee. No surprises. No percentage of your rent.
Three levels of engagement. Start with the free consultation and we will tell you which one actually fits your situation.
Lease Review
Know where you stand
$3,500
Flat fee
- Full lease and amendment review
- Written market rate analysis with comparables
- Risk report on clauses affecting your ability to sell
- Negotiation strategy and recommended asks
- 60 minute strategy consultation with Jared Bergquist
- Direct negotiation with your landlord
- LOI preparation and review
- Attorney review of lease documents
- Alternate space and acquisition analysis
Renewal Negotiation
Get a better deal
$5,000
Flat fee
- Everything in Lease Review
- Unlimited strategy consultation
- Direct negotiation with your landlord or their broker
- LOI preparation and review
- Scoped attorney review of final documents
- Critical date and option deadline tracking
- Alternate space analysis and site tours
- Building purchase feasibility review
- Acquisition and merger opportunity scan
Full Representation
Explore every option
$7,500
Flat fee
- Everything in Renewal Negotiation
- Full attorney review and redline
- Second generation and alternate space analysis
- Site tours of comparable available space
- Building purchase feasibility review
- Practice acquisition and merger opportunity scan
- Valuation impact report for your transition timeline
Landlord commission credit. If we represent you as your broker of record and the landlord pays a commission on your renewal, that commission is credited against your package fee. In many deals that reduces your net cost substantially, and in some it reduces it to zero. We will tell you which scenario applies to your building before you pay anything.
Attorney services are provided by an independent Nevada licensed attorney under a separate engagement with you. Legal fees are quoted at flat rates and disclosed in writing before any work begins. Where both a package fee and a landlord paid commission apply to the same transaction, that arrangement is disclosed to you in writing and requires your written consent.
The process
How it works
Free consultation, 30 minutes
Send us your current lease. We tell you what we see, what your window looks like, and which package actually fits. No obligation, fully confidential.
Market position report, 7 to 10 days
Current comparables, a realistic target range, and a plain English breakdown of every clause that affects your rent, your flexibility, and your future sale.
Strategy session
We agree on your target terms, your walk away point, and whether we are quietly testing the market before you respond to your landlord.
Negotiation
We handle communication with the landlord or their broker. You stay focused on patients. You approve every decision before it is made.
Documents
LOI prepared and reviewed, then final lease documents reviewed by counsel before you sign anything.
Follow through
Critical dates calendared, option deadlines tracked, and a copy of everything in one place for when you are ready to sell.
Timing
When should you start?
Your leverage comes almost entirely from how credibly you could leave. That is a function of runway.
18 to 24 months out
Ideal. Enough runway to credibly evaluate alternatives, which is where your negotiating position actually comes from.
12 months out
Workable, and the most common starting point. Still time to build a real position before you respond.
Under 6 months out
Limits your options, because your landlord knows you cannot relocate a dental office on that timeline. We have still gotten good outcomes late, but you have less to work with.
Already received a renewal proposal?
Do not sign it, and do not counter it yet. Send it to us first. The consultation costs you nothing, and a response you have already sent is the hardest thing to walk back.
Legal review
Independent legal review, built into the process
Real estate advice and legal advice are two different things, and a lease renewal needs both. Every lease document we handle is reviewed by an experienced Nevada licensed attorney we work with regularly on dental and healthcare transactions.
The attorney is engaged directly by you under a separate engagement letter. That means you get genuinely independent counsel, not a broker's opinion dressed up as legal advice. We coordinate the process so you are not managing two vendors, and the legal fee is quoted flat and disclosed in writing before any work begins.
Already have an attorney you trust? Use them. We will work alongside your counsel and adjust the package accordingly.
Questions
What dentists ask us first
I have been told tenant representation is free. Why would I pay a fee?
Because you are paying either way, just not always in a form you can see. When a broker is compensated entirely by a landlord commission, that broker gets paid when a deal closes, and the fastest deal to close is usually the one the landlord already proposed.
Our flat fee model means our recommendation can be "walk away from this building," or "your current offer is already good, take it," without costing us anything. And when a landlord commission is available on your renewal, we credit it against your fee. You get the economics of tenant representation without the incentive problem.
Do you find me space, or do you only advise?
Both, and that combination is unusual. We are a licensed commercial brokerage that specializes in dental. We can advise you on your existing renewal, and if the better answer turns out to be moving, we can show you space the same week instead of handing you off to someone else.
Do you replace my attorney?
No. We are real estate professionals, not attorneys. The legal work is handled by an independent Nevada licensed attorney under a separate engagement with you directly. If you would rather use your own attorney, that is completely fine and we will adjust the package accordingly.
What if I just want to know whether my current offer is fair?
Start with the free consultation. If a full review makes sense after that, the Lease Review package at $3,500 is built for exactly that question and nothing more.
Is this confidential?
Yes. Your landlord does not know you have called us unless and until you decide they should. Confidentiality is standard practice in everything we do, including our practice sales work.
Do you work outside Las Vegas?
Our market intelligence is deepest in the Las Vegas valley, where we have been working in dental real estate for more than twenty years. We also handle transactions in [ CONFIRM: Northern Nevada, Utah ]. Call us and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit for your market.
Your landlord has already run the numbers. Have you?
Thirty minutes, no cost, no obligation, completely confidential. Send us your lease and we will tell you what we see.
Jared A. Bergquist, CCIM
(702) 521-9953 ·
jared@bergquistgroup.com
10160 Park Run Drive, Suite 150, Las Vegas, NV 89145
Bergquist Group provides commercial real estate and business brokerage services. Nothing on this page is legal, tax, or investment advice. Legal services are provided by an independent Nevada licensed attorney under a separate engagement. Package pricing is subject to the scope agreed in your written engagement. Business Broker BUSB.0006829.BKR · Commercial Real Estate B.1001455.LLC · © 2026 Jared A. Bergquist, LLC. All rights reserved.