subject: Negotiating Your Cell Tower Lease [print this page] If you are having any trouble with your cell tower lease and there are some wireless representatives who are trying to intimidate you into re negotiating your contract, there are a few things you should know. First of all you can always turn to a company that is in business to help these negotiations go smoothly for you. These professionals serve as a liaison or a buffer and are like a go between with you and the wireless carrier. They can help provide you with all kinds of inside information and tips so that you always get the most benefit out of your cell tower lease agreement.
Unfortunately it has been reported that there are some wireless phone companies that send representatives to threaten and intimidate some of the property owners who have existing signed agreements with wireless companies. It seems that property owners are being told that the companies no longer need the tower that is on their property and that because of advances in technology. They claim that there is not much demand anymore for their site. These representatives are earning commissions by renegotiating contracts and optimizing existing cell tower leases basically by using scare tactics that are just not true. Keep in mind that not all companies are doing this and not every single property owner is approached with renegotiations, but some are.
It seems to be a trend that these re negotiators seem to work mostly in rural areas and not in busy major wireless network markets. Why? Who knows. Maybe they know that they will not be successful. It also may be common that these people seem to visit those who are elderly and disabled as well. A professional company can help you safeguard your lease and protect your rental income. These land owners often hear that they have just a few days to agree to renegotiating those contracts and that they need to accept significantly less money on their cell tower lease agreements or the carrier will cancel the lease and take down the site. When a land owner falls prey to these people, the re negotiators earn commissions from the cellular carriers in proportion to the amount of money that they saved by doing the re negotiations.
First of all, no tower has ever been taken down because a land owner refused to lower the rent. If they try to tell you differently, you should not take their word for it. There really does not seem to be a decrease in the need for existing cellular phone sites. Actually, there is more traffic than ever before, and cell phone tower leases are still very much needed.
