Avoiding Maintenance Cost Surprises in Purchases

A problem sometimes faced by purchasers of leased post offices involves unexpected liability for maintenance costs that arise out of events occurring before the closing of the purchases.  As one of its remedies when a postal lessor fails to perform maintenance required under a lease, the USPS can perform the maintenance itself and recover the cost of the maintenance by withholding future rent. . . To read the full article, go to AUSPL Member/Members Tools and Resources, click on Educational Articles.

USPS Addenda for Use With 2017 Lease Forms

By AUSPL Director of Operations, Mark Karolczyk

August 2019 –  Through persistence and as a result of the cooperative relationship it maintains with the USPS Facilities Department, AUSPL has been able to persuade the USPS to change the 2017 lease forms in ways that will benefit lessors. . . . To read the full article, go to AUSPL Members/MembersTools and Resources, click on Educational Articles

Joint Ownership and Its Challenges:  Using Entities to Limit Liability

By, AUSPL Director of Operations, Mark Karolczyk

Common types of Joint Title.  When multiple owners hold title to real property, they normally hold title as tenants-in-common, as joint tenants with the right of survivorship or (for married couples living in community property states) as community property with the right of survivorship. . .  To read the full article, go to AUSPL Members / Members Tools and Resources, click on Educational Articles.  

Unraveling the Mysteries of the US Postal Service Lease Agreement 

by AUSPL Board Member Keith LaShier

During the annual AUSPL Conference in Reno, NV,  Dennis Pottenger and  I gave a presentation entitled “Unraveling the Mysteries of the USPS Lease Agreement.” As members of AUSPL’s Board of Directors with many years of experience dealing with postal leases, we share with attendees our experiences and…  To read the full article, go to AUSPL Members / Members Tools and Resources, click on Educational Articles.  

 

What Happens When Lessors Have A Dispute with the Postal Service Regarding Their USPS Lease? 

by Steve Hurlbut of Ackerman LLP

Unlike other commercial leases with private tenants, a lease with the Postal Service is most likely not governed by a particular state’s laws. All USPS leases entered into after March 1, 1979 are automatically subject to…   To read the full article, go to AUSPL Members / Members Tools and Resources, click on Educational Articles.  

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