All Forum Posts by: John Clark

"If you say so John. Silly us for giving tenants the option to make ends meet by allowing them to pay with a credit card and absorbing the processing fees. "

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And if they refuse, Heather, you call them thieves. Now stop singing and dancing and evading the question. Are you going to boycott Cheesecake Factory for being a den of thieves? If not, why not? Its CEO made a deliberate decision to not pay rent.

"you should beware what you wish for. Those are commercial leases and like most commercial leases... when the business makes more they pay more in rent in ADDITION to that the landlord in most commercial leases can take possession of all the businesses assets --"

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Wrong. Most commercial leases are for flat, fixed amounts and the only time you'll see a participation rent is when the business is new and the tenant needs to get established in his cash flow. If the landlord likes the tenant's business, he might agree to a participation rent. You and I both know that Cheesecake Factory and other established businesses aren't doing participation leases.

As for assets, landlords in commercial leases often provide that fixtures become landlord property at the conclusion of the lease. That is common. Other assets? rarely. Usually a judgment levy. Perchance you are thinking of possessory liens?

You called non-paying tenants thieves, @Heather Frusco , and if Cheesecake Factory DELIBERATELY isn't paying rent, then it is, per you, a den of thieves. Are you going to boycott it?

Cheesecake Factory has reportedly decided to not pay rent for April at any of the chain’s locations because of business lost to the coronavirus pandemic.

“The severe decrease in restaurant traffic has severely decreased our cash flow and inflicted a tremendous financial blow to our business,” CEO David Overton wrote to landlords in a letter obtained by the Eater website.

I look forward to Heather Frusco denouncing Cheesecake Factory as being run by thieves.

Are there cleaning protocols/check lists/new practices and methods for cleaning an apartment before renting it out now that we have a covid-19 pandemic? Somehow I think that the old scrub and dust isn't going to cut it any more?

Are there any sources for best practices for cleaning in this type of situation?