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Let's Put The Landlord Out of Business!

How many times have I heard commercial tenants say "I don't care about the landlord!"?  That's a pretty dumb thing for any tenant to say.  Why wouldn't a tenant care about the business entity that is responsible for the very foundation, literally, the foundation...of the building, which supports...

By Andrew B. Zezas | Updated on December 18, 2009

How many times have I heard commercial tenants say “I don’t care about the landlord!”?  That’s a pretty dumb thing for any tenant to say.  Why wouldn’t a tenant care about the business entity that is responsible for the very foundation, literally, the foundation…of the building, which supports the company’s ability to efficiently and profitably conduct its business on a daily basis?

On many occasions, I’ve written about the perspective of some one-sided landlords who blatantly disregard the needs of their tenants in the name of greed, arrogance, and selfishness.  Some tenants, too, can be selfish and miss the opportunity to build a mutually profitable relationship with their landlords.

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