by Bob Nieman | Jan 23, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Originally posted – Mar 11, 2013 As a self-service laundry owner, you’re no doubt always looking for new ways to bring in more business, to grow your market and to increase your profits. Of course, a great way to boost profits is by cutting expenses. After...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Your coin laundry’s lease states, under a paragraph called “rent,” that you are to pay a sum of money to the lessor once a month, on the first day of each month during the term of the lease. Is that all it costs you to “rent” your store...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Withhold rent and you can count on a visit by a process server with an unlawful detainer complaint identifying you as the defendant. Like night follows day… like the sun rises in the east. But, you argue, the landlord, in breach of his obligation under the lease, has...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
Picture this scenario: A woman slips and falls on the floor of your self-service laundry and suffers substantial injury to her back. An ambulance is called to transport the customer to a nearby hospital. The wailing sound of the siren grows fainter and fainter as the...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
What should be said about a former employee when you receive a call from a prospective new employer requesting information about the employee’s performance? In one California case, the plaintiff voluntarily left her employment with the defendant and then sought...
by Bob Nieman | Jan 22, 2015 | Featured Articles, Feature 1, Feature 2, Feature 3
In an action arising out of San Francisco, a tenant entered into a written lease with a landlord for a term of five years. The lease contained an option provision, which provided as follows: “Providing the Lessee has faithfully performed all of the terms,...