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Range for cell tower management services





What is the typical range (as a % of rental revenue) for cell tower management services for 4 rural sites in the South. Currently generating a total of ...
Offer to Buyout lease on premium cell site





I would say we have what is considered a premium lease site - highest point of access for east bay 580 corridor between Dublin/Pleasanton and Castro Valley ...
Lease holders liability insurance





Greetings:
As land owners, we will need a liability policy shortly. Our local insurance man seems to not really know anything much about the matter....
lease vs license





In Massachusetts, what is the difference between a lease agreement and a license agreement for a cell tower?
att cell tower lease ending in 24 days





Yes i have had a lawyer working on an att tower lease renegotiation, for almost 2 years.it is over nov. 19 , 2011. are they in breach of contract when ...
have a lease ending for a cell tower ground lease





Have a ground lease ready to expire in Nov, 2011 . Have had a lawyer working on it for about 1 year and 8 months. How close to the end date can they push ...
Are leases sales-type or direct-finance leases?





Are leases sales-type or direct-finance leases?
We have a lady that wants to put up a cell tower.





I work for the tax collectors office here in Alachua County. We have a lady that called and wants to put up a cell tower, on her property I assume. We ...
Cancelled contract/ Renegotiate





I am the telecommunication manager at an Indian Casino located in northern California. In 2004, my predecessor brought in AT&T to provide better cell coverage ...
Co-Location Lease Rates





What is a typical rate for the underlying land owner for a sublease on a telecom site? Are they typically based on percentages or flat rates?
Own cell tower lease and property is in foreclosure





We have a cell tower lease but the physical property is in foreclosure.
Will we lose the lease once it forecloses or do we retain the rights to the ...
IRS Treatment of Lease Buy-Out Income





I'm in NC and own land that is leased to a cell tower company. I've been approached about a lease buyout and am interested only if I can sell the land ...
Cell tower easement agreements





Our neighbor has a cell tower on their residential property. It's an old lease agreement that is expiring and is up for renewal soon. It was a tough location ...
getting more money from our tower or more towers on property





Hi, we have a verizon cell tower on our property. Can we solicit for more towers on our property - does this make sense?
Also, do more than one phone ...
Unable to get tower in area





How can we get a Verizon tower in the area 37 miles from Boise Id area? There have been several attempts to get a cell phone company to get the area service....
General or Specific Easement.





Our cell tower was sold to Unison in 2006. Since then, T-Mobile makes periodic visits to our condominium to either inspect or make improvements to the ...
Selling Tower Space on Wind Turbine





What is necessary to sell tower space on a wind turbine soon to be under construction?
Cell tower for condo roof.





How can we acquire a cell tower on a 10 story condominium that already has one that was sold to Verizon 3 years ago. We would like to generate income and ...
Additional antennas on towers





How can you find out if any of the antennas located on a tower are rented/leased out to other inividuals or companies besides the ones which are owned ...
private property easements





At&T is putting big cell tower on top of hill on timber company property. The power company and engineers have determined that our property is the closest ...
Tristar Investors Letter Agreement





I'm a landlord with an American Tower lease that has approx. 13 years remaining on it. August of 2010 I was ready to accept a partnership with Tristar ...
Lease rates for LeFlore County, in Southeastern Oklahoma





We have been approached about putting a tower on our hill here in LeFlore Co., Oklahoma. Because this is not a heavily populated area I would assume the ...
Will tower companies suffer from T-Mobile purchase by AT&T?





Do stockholders in American Tower need to be concerned with the AT&T purchase of Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile?
AT&T Rooftop lease in San Francisco





AT&T approached me about renting space on my rooftop in San Francisco. The deal seems low from other deals that I have read about. Can you help me to ...
I have been approached to purchase my cell tower lease.





A finance company has approached me about purchasing a cell tower lease that I have and they have offered two types of deals. The first is for a perpetual ...
GTP - Global Tower Lease Buyout offer





I own a property in Florida that Global Tower Partners have placed a tower. I have been approached by a third party firm to purchase my lease for a lump ...
Rooftop Management Company Easement Agreement





We have been approached by Unison to enter an easement agreement for our rooftop. In exchange, we would receive essentially a cash buy-out of our existing ...
AT&T cell site - renegotiating an amendment to the original lease agreement





I own a building in San Francisco, in the Pacific Heights area. In 2004, we signed a cell site lease agreement with AT&T (formally Cingular wireless) to ...
Interested in leasing our land





We own property that would be perfect for a cell/communication tower, wind mill, etc. and want to know who we might contact at a reputable business, to ...
subleases available to primary tenant





I have been approached by a major wireless carrier in Colorado to construct a tower on my land. I'm intrigued but, not only by the income potentially generated ...
Cell Tower in Cary, NC





AT&T is interested in locating a flagpole style cell tower on my property in the Cary, North Carolina area. I can see that your firm has a great deal ...
Rooftop antennas in San Francisco





I have a rooftop in the SoMa section of San Francisco. I have been approached by two carriers to locate antennas on my roof. Are you able to negotiate ...
Tower company leasing question





A cell tower company has offered me a lease price that seems to be fair but after reading some info on the internet it appears that I should also obtain ...
T-Mobile cellular lease agreement





T-Mobile sent me a lease to review for placing a cell site on my roof and in the agreement T-Mobile provides for sub-leasing rights for them. When I questioned ...
Lots of experts out there....





I do not want to sound rude, and I like your site, but why should I choose your firm over all the other experts our there on the internet. I have a cell ...
Power line ground lease agreement





I am the head of a condo board in the Denver, Colorado area. We have been approached by a wireless carrier that wants to locate on an existing power ...
Do you guys also handle solar panel agreements?





I own a farm in western New Jersey and I have been approached by a company wishing to take three acres of my cleared land so they can put up a Solar Farm....
Lease rates for cell tower sites





I have been trying to find statistics on lease rates for cell towers in New York City (specifically lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens).
Question:...
Obsolescence?





I was told that cell phone towers are going to be replaced by a very small product, the size of a rubics cube, that only needs electricity to power it....
Is This The End of Cell Towers?





Hey Steve, I am very concerned. I have a cell tower on my property in New Jersey and I was just reading an article from the Associated Press and several ...
Does a landlord need to advise his tenants before installing a tower?





Does a landlord need to advise his tenants before installing a tower?
AT&T assigned my lease to Tower Assets Newco and they terminated





I have had a lease with ATT for 13 years, and in sept.2010 ATT assigned the lease to Tower Assets Newco who immediately terminated. The only way to protect ...
square footage measurement





In a rooftop lease that includes, in the description of the Premises, that "comprises of approximately 300 square feet of rooftop space", what should be ...
Upfront payment vs. lease





How should we evaluate an offer to continue a lease under various scenarios:
*upfront payment with 25-year agreement
*25-year lease with 7 year rent ...
Future Growth and Contact Lists





I was wondering what new technologies or trends will need cell tower space. I am looking to expand my tower and was wondering how I should go about soliciting ...
Cell tower near existing home





How far from other homes does a tower need to be? Also how close can I build homes near tower if it is on my property? There must be some kind of code ...
Black Dot lease reduction





Has anyone else out there recently received a phone call or a letter from Black Dot about their lease optimization program? They are offering to OPTIMIZE ...
SBA cell tower lease





SBA wants to build a cell tower on my property but they only offered $750 per month and 10% escalations every 5 years without any revenue sharing. Can ...
Verizon Lease





Verizon wireless had contacted us regarding a cell tower that they wish to put their antennas on. They only offered us $500 to lease ground space, when ...
Cell tower attorney





Is Airwaves a law firm? I figured that hiring a cell tower attorney would be the best way to understand what my Verizon Wireless rental contract says....
TowerCo took over Sprint Cell Tower





Hi I had a friend that has a Sprint tower on his lot, but then Sprint went and sold the tower to a TowerCo. They offered to buyout the lease for $120,000....
Can I lease a portable tower?





Can I lease a portable tower? Could I charge a fee in a dead zone "toll" to transfer calls to an active permanent tower? Could you charge a toll fee in ...
Selling your cell phone tower leases.





We are a municipality in the NYC area. We need someone to discreetly guide us about selling our cell phone tower leases as we already have someone working ...
I'm Tired of these Bullies





I have a cell tower on my property for the past 6 years at $1,500 per month with an increase of 3% per year from T-Mobile. It has been working out well,...
AT&T Cell Tower Lease Rates near Albuquerque, New Mexico





What is AT&T PAYING FOR A CELL TOWER in New Mexico? I was offered $1,000 and 10% increases every 5 year term. Can I get more or should I take it? I don'...
Cellular Site Lease Rates On Towers VS Rooftops





Do cell phone carriers pay more for cell towers on top of buildings or do they pay more for cell tower leases that are on towers or is there no difference?...
Buyout Offer from Unison





Unison has offered us a buyout of our current cell tower lease from TowerCo with Sprint antennas on it. We also have our county emergency system using ...
Tower lines are running through my property with no easement





We have a cell tower next to our property. But the actual lines run through the center of our property. Do we have any rights to have these lines moved ...
Re-lease negotiations





I've been offered $417 a month on a cell tower re-lease, and that's for 50 years, with monthly increases every 5 years @ 15%.
Is this a fair rate? If ...
Brokers license for leasing cellular communication towers





Is a broker's license or real estate license required to lease cell towers or rooftop cell sites in the United States?
Roof lease rates for cell tower antennas in New York City





Approached by a wireless phone company for internet 4g cellular antennas, possibly Sprint. We are in lower Manhattan and they offered us $1300 per month ...
Who to contact in regards to adding roof top cell antenna sites to existing buildings?





We have 54 hotels across the US and I feel we are drastically under-utilizing our roof top space. How would I go about soliciting for additional antenna ...
Selling Rooftop Cell Tower Lease and Billboard Lease





I am a real estate investor buying foreclosed apartment buildings (residential) and commercial properties mostly in Texas. I have partners and associates ...
How do I know if T-Mobile is subleasing our tower?





I have a concern that T-Mobile may be subleasing our tower to other carriers. It is in our contract that 50% of proceeds from subleasing must come to ...
Cell Site Lease Extension





What is going rate for an extension and other add ons?
MD7 T-Mobile Cell Tower Letter





Dear Airwave Consultants,
My mom and dad own a property with a cell tower built by Omnipoint / T-mobile a few years ago. They are quite upset since ...
Unison cell site lease buyout offer





I was offered a perpetual buyout of my cell site lease. They called me and I am not sure how they got my phone number, and the offer seems OK but I'd ...
Clear Wire lease for antennas on roof





We were contacted by a company called Clear Wire interested in renting some space on top of our building for cell tower antennas. They seemed very interested ...
Tower lease rates in Virginia.





My father was offered a cell phone tower lease that has an option to build a 130-200 foot cell tower monopole or tree cell tower monopole on a commercial ...
Cash for my cell tower lease. I was offered a lease buyout.





Hello. Does Airwave Cell Tower Consultants help wireless landlords like myself who are thinking about cashing out of our cell tower leases? I own a property ...
Cellular Carrier Lease Rates?





Two tower companies are interested in constructing a tower on my property in the Catskills in Greene County, New York. Is there somewhere where I can find ...
NEGOTIATION OF AN EXISTING CELL TOWER LEASE





I currently have a cell tower with 3 carriers on the tower. I believe they are T Mobil, ATT, and Sprint. My lease is coming up and the company has offered ...
Received intimidating letter from cell phone company renting antenna space on my roof.





I found your website while Googling about a letter which I recently received from a wireless carrier currently rooftop space on one of my buildings. I'...
Adding tenant to cell tower





We have 1 cell company using our tower. They have been with us 7 yrs. We have been approached by someone wanting to broadcast a new radio station from ...
Revenue Sharing





What is a common rent for the spaces on a tower in a medium sized community? Also, what are some of the common arrangements for revenue sharing? I've seen ...
Cricket Lease rates





I am wondering what the going rate is for allowing a company (Cricket) to install an antenna on our church's steeple. How much should we ask for. They ...
How Do I Get A Cell Provider To Build A Tower on My Property?





We have a warehouse located on the north side of Chicago less than a mile away from Wrigley Field. Very heavy populated area. It is also one AT&T's many ...
Should i sell my cell tower





I have been contacted multiple times by a company who wants to purchase the lease from me. Since falling into the wireless rental business when they selected ...
Will cell towers become obsolete?





Do you ever see cell towers becoming obsolete? We are blessed to have significant monthly income from a cell tower and the 3 ground leases that have. What ...
Question about Unison cell tower lease management.




I have a cell site lease that Unison has been trying to purchase for several years. I was on google searching for a cell tower management company and they ...
Building and owning a cell tower




Is it possible for a person to build a cell tower on their personal property?
If so how would a person go about doing this. What permits would need ...
Cell tower lease rates Portland OR




What is a current fair price to lease roof top space for a cell tower? We are located in the Portland, OR area and have the tallest building in the area ...
What is the typical lease for a Cell Site?




What would be an appropiate amount for a lease in Charleston SC in an urban area near downtown?
They are asking to install a 150 feet tower for $1000 ...
Looking to lease 6 acres of land in Lenoir County




Where or who do I need to contact here in North Carolina to look at leasing this property for cell towers?
Churches tax implications




What are the tax implications for churches that allow a cell tower to be put on its property?
American Tower Corporation cell towers contacted us




American Towers wants to put a cell tower on our property in North Carolina. They are offering $500 a month. That's it, no extra rent if they get another ...
Easement




A neighbor of mine has signed a lease with T-Mobile to install a monopole tower on his property.
He has an easement through my property for access to ...
Rates




What are the cell tower rates in upstate New York? Also what is the percentage for co carriers?
Crown Castle lease




We are 12 years into a 25 year lease on a cell tower which is on our farm and Crown Castle who now owns the cell tower approached us about a lease extension....
Negotiating a cell tower lease need help




We are about to start negotiating a cell tower lease on a rooftop for AT&T wireless and I have tons of questions that I don't want to post here.
How ...
Lease buyout offer from Unison




We were contacted by a company called Unison Site Management to sell a perpetual easement on our site for the rights to the cell tower income on the tower....
What do you charge for negotiating a cell tower lease?




I would like to find out what you charge for negotiating a cell site lease. My attorney is going to charge me a three thousand dollar retainer just to ...
Who Covers Cost of New Antenna?




Hi - My municipality is selling tower lease revenue. One of the bids provides for a little more money upfront, but in exchange, bidder retains 50% of any ...
Rooftop cell site leases and cell tower lease rates




Is there a difference in the rental rates of cell site leases for rooftops versus the cell tower leases on towers that Verizon Wireless and other company'...
How much does each cellular antenna lease pay in New Jersey?




I was approached to put antennas on top of our building in Hudson County, NJ for a cell site. A friend of mine has an industrial property in Passaic County,...
Rooftop cell antenna sublease question




I own a building in New York City. A cell phone carrier offered me $1,250 per month to lease about 100 square feet of space on my roof. I'd like to get ...
Sprint cell tower antenna lease rate in Wake County, NC?




I own a commercial property outside of Raleigh NC that I was approached about by Sprint a few years ago but they never built a cell tower on. It also seems ...
what is a fair fee for a site agent




WHAT IS A FAIR FEE FOR A SITE AGENT?
at&t lease in NY




I have already signed the first lease for 1 year. Then AT&T put it on hold in the last step. Is this the end of the deal or If they cancel the lease can ...
Should I sell my cell tower lease to unison




I'm contemplating selling my Verizon Wireless cell tower lease to a company called Unison. There are a couple things in their offer that scare me a little ...
New Cell tower on my property




A cell company, called us and ask for leasing to install cell tower, At this point, I do not want to provide details of my property. If you provide few ...
How can I find out who is looking or needing cell tower locations?



I have inherited some land in Columbia Louisiana. It has some high ground on it. My brother-in-law said he had been asked about putting a cell tower on ...
New tower question for Dickson co. TN.



I am looking to get a tower set up for my parents, in TN. They are West of Nashville and the development trend over the last couple of years is in that ...
leasing my land to cell phone company



I have 3 acres (zoned agriculture) behind my house in which I'm considering reaching out to cell phone provider in efforts to get a lease in place for ...
additional insurance



This is for a church property. The cell tower could be a ground or a steeple one. The church currently has property and liability insurance. What are the ...
whats the rate you would pay me to put a tower on my property



How much will you pay to put a cell tower on my property?
American Tower offered to purchase cell tower on my land



We currently have a cell tower on our land and get lease payments, but recently American Tower offered to purchase the cell tower. What are the pros and ...
Price of lease per month?



Does the tower have to be on commercial property?
Location



How do we go about finding out if a location is a possible site for a tower?
I've been offered a lump sum to buy me out



I have been looking for information on my particular tower, as I'm sure everyone is once they find out the reasons you could be offered more money. Is ...
WiFi on Cell Tower



Does anyone install a WiFi network using a cell tower? We have a cell tower overlooking our neighborhood of about 1000 homes. It is:
http://www.cellreception....
Lease Rate for Tower Space



I was just wondering what the going rate for tower space is in California. Someone would like to lease tower space on one of our existing towers to install ...
Expert witness



I am member of a group that opposes a Cell tower in a residential area in Bernardsville, NJ. Verizon is trying to put a 150ft tower in a residential area....
new antennas on existing tower



What is the going rate or where do i find out the going rate for add on antennas in new york?
Value of cell tower lease near Jacksonville, FL



What is a good monthly rental fee for cell tower near Jacksonville, FL?
We have been approached tentatively and offered $800 per month, after a three ...
American Tower Lease



American Tower wants to extend our cell tower lease and expand the cell tower equipment compound -- I assume to bring in more cellular tenants. There are ...
Lease contract


What would be an appropriate fee that a commercial real estate agent would ask, percentage wise, for them to try to gain me a lease on my tower site. ...
Cell tower lease pricing


How do they come up with tower lease pricing?
Antenna Sled placement


How far from a rooftop edge should the placement of a sled mounted cellular antenna panels be placed?
Billboard Leases


Are you interested in adding a billboard lease for an additional revenue stream onto your cell tower leases? Please call to discuss John G. in southern ...
Company Called GTP Wants to build a cell tower on my property.


We were approached by a company called Global Tower Partners GTP to put a cell tower on our land. Their lease looks pretty complicated and their offer ...
Lease Rates in Chattanooga, TN Area


What is an average monthly lease rate for the Chattanooga area? Our site is within a coupe of miles of the mall in a fairly high traffic area.
Cell tower development - Starting from scratch


My husband and I own land that may be well suited for cell tower development 45 miles outside Indianapolis. We have not been approached by anyone yet are ...
i own the cell tower on my property

what now?
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