Don’t Get Ripped Off
You are not alone! Read this page to avoid getting seriously ripped off!
Most often, if you can reach the right person at the cell phone company, you’ll hear, “Don’t call us…we’ll call you!”
Wireless firms almost NEVER respond to private landlords approaching them to place a tower on the landlord’s property. If they have not approached you, the odds of getting them to have any interest in your property are very, very poor…in most cases (but keep reading).
Why?
Because most often the wireless company makes it siting decision based on their radio frequency coverage or network capacity needs. That information is usually kept secret. (They don’t want their competitors…and their current and prospective customers…to know where they their service is not available or reliable!)
You can increase your odds of getting a wireless firm to locate at your property in a few selected instances.
For example, religious institutions (churches, for instance) and non-profit organizations can call on specialized expert tower management firms that have established trust relationships with the carriers. In California, one leading and respected firm in this market segment is TowerSeekers.
Other than the relatively few respected and specialized firm working in niche markets, individual landlords are going to find that the doors to the wireless companies are extremely well locked and guarded.
But you’re saying, “Now just wait just a dang minute there, Mr. Cell Site Lawyer! There are firms on the Internet that advertise that they can help get cell phone companies to place their towers on my property!”
Sure, I have seen those very same advertisements.
They offer to ‘list’ your property and ‘market’ it to the wireless companies…sometimes for an up-front fee! Or they make you buy some e-book allegedly telling you how to lease your property to wireless firms as part of their pitch. In my opinion, this type of money-up-front scheme is quite possibly a rip-off, and it may even be illegal if they are not property licensed in your state.
You’ll find that the truly few firms that ‘do it right’ and ‘do it honestly’ won’t charge the landlord any fees until and unless they are successful in their quest to have a cell company come to the landlord’s property.
I wish I possessed the magic formula that would allow me to be able to attract any cell phone company to any particular property. Alas, I don’t. If I did, the Cell Site Lawyer would be retired and living on a tropical island sipping adult beverages topped with paper umbrellas.
My attorneys and I will just stick what we do best: Maximizing Revenue and Control for Wireless Site Landlords Through Carefully Crafted and Negotiated Wireless Site Leases. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROACHED BY A CELL PHONE COMPANY, then consider letting us help you.
For a free initial 30-minute consultation with Jonathan Kramer, Esq. or one of our other experienced telecom attorneys, please click here or call us toll-free on (855) Cell-Site…(855) 235-5748.
-Jonathan Kramer, Esq., one of The Cell Site Lawyers