Well, Everyone....
After looking long and hard, it looks as though my dreams of moving my haunt indoors may become a reality. I spoke with a realitor on Friday and she and the property owner have agreed to us having our charity haunt in their 8,000 sq. ft location. It use to be a pool hall and is just perfect for our haunt! Me will all be meeting together sometime this week (May 22 - 25) to discuss the contract. Our Fire Marshall who is such a complete sweetheart, is taking time out of his busy schedule to meet me at the location to give his professional opinion on whether the building is a good choice. I figured it's better to get his advice now, than to sign the contract and find out the building is a bust later.
Now, here is where I need all of your expert advice. Since I have never had to sign a contract such as this, here are my questions:
In exchange for usage of the building, we are willing to give a certain percentage of the door. (Not anything else we may decide to sell such as Virgil's CDs, Glow Necklaces, etc.) So....
1) What is considered a fair percentage?
I was thinking 20 - 30%
We want control of the ticket booth. Therefore....
2) How do we gain the trust of the property owner so that he will not be concerned if we are cheating him or not?
3) Do we give the property owner's % to him on a weekly basis or the total at the end of the haunt's run?
4) Should we have the contract drawn up or leave that to the property owner?
Since rent does not fall under the laws of "Charitable Contributions" and therefore cannot be written off, I've been trying to find another way that we could sweeten the pot for the property owner. I noticed that there is a lot of wood, cabinets and even counters with sinks left in the back of the location that we could use for the haunt. With that said....
5) Would it be a nice gesture to ask him for those items and write him a tax-purpose reciept for them?
I know there will be other questions that may crop up in this head of mine, but if you can help me with the questions above and throw any other advice in the mix, I sure would appreciate it.
THANKS!
After looking long and hard, it looks as though my dreams of moving my haunt indoors may become a reality. I spoke with a realitor on Friday and she and the property owner have agreed to us having our charity haunt in their 8,000 sq. ft location. It use to be a pool hall and is just perfect for our haunt! Me will all be meeting together sometime this week (May 22 - 25) to discuss the contract. Our Fire Marshall who is such a complete sweetheart, is taking time out of his busy schedule to meet me at the location to give his professional opinion on whether the building is a good choice. I figured it's better to get his advice now, than to sign the contract and find out the building is a bust later.
Now, here is where I need all of your expert advice. Since I have never had to sign a contract such as this, here are my questions:
In exchange for usage of the building, we are willing to give a certain percentage of the door. (Not anything else we may decide to sell such as Virgil's CDs, Glow Necklaces, etc.) So....
1) What is considered a fair percentage?
I was thinking 20 - 30%
We want control of the ticket booth. Therefore....
2) How do we gain the trust of the property owner so that he will not be concerned if we are cheating him or not?
3) Do we give the property owner's % to him on a weekly basis or the total at the end of the haunt's run?
4) Should we have the contract drawn up or leave that to the property owner?
Since rent does not fall under the laws of "Charitable Contributions" and therefore cannot be written off, I've been trying to find another way that we could sweeten the pot for the property owner. I noticed that there is a lot of wood, cabinets and even counters with sinks left in the back of the location that we could use for the haunt. With that said....
5) Would it be a nice gesture to ask him for those items and write him a tax-purpose reciept for them?
I know there will be other questions that may crop up in this head of mine, but if you can help me with the questions above and throw any other advice in the mix, I sure would appreciate it.
THANKS!
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