I currently rent and it is against my lease to run any business out of my place. My business will be a hybrid of e commerce and local markets and festivals.
I need a place to create, package, ship, and store my supplies. This is my second business that I am starting and I have very little money to rent a space, and very limited knowledge on that.
My main questions are: Are there any ways to get around violating my lease without renting a new space?
If I do end up having to rent a space, what should I keep in mind?
Can I use a P.o. box or something similar as my business address? It’s e commerce so would that technically be running a business inside the property?
Any help is welcome
Not a lawyer,
Most of the time those clauses are designed to not allow you to run a retail operation with people coming and going. An online business is probably fine in that, it would still theoretically be a violation of the lease but mostly would not be enforced. This is of course at the landlords discretion.
It would be difficult to detect unless you regularly had pallets of inventory coming and going all the time.