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tomswife

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We rented a building to open an auto repair shop, lease began on September 1, 2000. The landlord would not put a "competition clause" into the lease. He said he "owned 90 acres or so and could not make that type of commitment but don't worry, I won't put the same type of business on top of you". I have a witness to this statement. We just found out the same type of business is moving in next door, less that 10 feet from out building. How can we protect ourselves??
 


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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tomswife:
We rented a building to open an auto repair shop, lease began on September 1, 2000. The landlord would not put a "competition clause" into the lease. He said he "owned 90 acres or so and could not make that type of commitment but don't worry, I won't put the same type of business on top of you". I have a witness to this statement. We just found out the same type of business is moving in next door, less that 10 feet from out building. How can we protect ourselves??<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The provisions in the written lease prevail. Beware of red flag verbal statements: trust me, don't worry, would I lie to you, you got my word, we'll work it out later, you'll get it soon, I'll just do an addendum........
Response to verbal statements: put in writing now.
 

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