Monday, September 13, 2010

Net Net Net Commercial Property Assessments

Lately, I have been working with a lot of Attorneys. Not because of something that I did, but because something I have been doing. Ok. It doesn't make a lot of sense yet, but just wait. The latest Court dealing was with a property owner and his tenant. The property in question is a gas station in Atlanta. I was retained by the owner over three years ago to perform periodic inspections or assessments of the property to determine if the tenant had been performing required maintenance as per the Lease Agreement. The property owner lives out of state and cannot properly monitor the structure. As you may have already guessed, the tenant was not performing what was required. The reports submitted by my firm were enough evidence to sway the decision against the Tenant. Do you know anyone who wants to lease a gas station?

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With the decline of the economy came the decline of several small local businesses. Many of the property owners that I have spoken with are left with buildings that have not been properly maintained. Unfortunately, they did not discover this until the tenant moved out. If they had looked at the building more often, they may have been able to determine what maintenance should have been performed and may have had the opportunity to ask the tenant to perform what was needed - or to face the court system. The property owner in this case, for the modest cost of the assessments, walked away with much more – A winning case.



Richard Morse

Morlin Property Inspections

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