Comments on: Protecting Your Business Name and Reputation via Google Alerts http://crosslandteam.com/blog/2009/03/18/protecting-your-business-name-and-reputation-via-google-alerts/ Austin Real Estate Blog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:52:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nebby http://crosslandteam.com/blog/2009/03/18/protecting-your-business-name-and-reputation-via-google-alerts/#comment-92341 nebby Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:24:07 +0000 http://crosslandteam.com/?p=559#comment-92341 Saying "the tenant just has to follow the lease" is a nice way of ducking the issue of the inequal information and bargaining power that go into those coercive contracts. The leases are dense, technical, and written by experienced attorneys for the TAA. To think that Joe Blow has entered into an equal position with the landlord is laughable. Rent to own contracts are readily agreed to as well. Most people realize those contracts are abusive though. Saying “the tenant just has to follow the lease” is a nice way of ducking the issue of the inequal information and bargaining power that go into those coercive contracts. The leases are dense, technical, and written by experienced attorneys for the TAA. To think that Joe Blow has entered into an equal position with the landlord is laughable.

Rent to own contracts are readily agreed to as well. Most people realize those contracts are abusive though.

]]> By: Steve Crossland http://crosslandteam.com/blog/2009/03/18/protecting-your-business-name-and-reputation-via-google-alerts/#comment-70524 Steve Crossland Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:29:28 +0000 http://crosslandteam.com/?p=559#comment-70524 Hi Stan, > in the case of truly bad landlords it is right that the tenant warn others... the problem is, if most were honest, they want to warn others that "this landlord held me accountable to the lease and made me do what I agreed to do". Of course they don't phrase it that way and instead go off on unrelated rants. The landlord/Tenant relationship is pretty simple. If the tenant pays rent on time, takes care of the property and follows the lease, and the landlord make repairs as required and treats the tenant in a professional manner, there would be no problem. Steve Hi Stan,
> in the case of truly bad landlords it is right that the tenant warn others…

the problem is, if most were honest, they want to warn others that “this landlord held me accountable to the lease and made me do what I agreed to do”. Of course they don’t phrase it that way and instead go off on unrelated rants.

The landlord/Tenant relationship is pretty simple. If the tenant pays rent on time, takes care of the property and follows the lease, and the landlord make repairs as required and treats the tenant in a professional manner, there would be no problem.

Steve

]]> By: Stan http://crosslandteam.com/blog/2009/03/18/protecting-your-business-name-and-reputation-via-google-alerts/#comment-70377 Stan Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:49:38 +0000 http://crosslandteam.com/?p=559#comment-70377 You make good points, but in the case of truly bad landlords it is right that the tenant warn others before some other trusting tenant signs a lease. TAA leases lean heavily in protecting the landlord and not the tenant,. Often the tenant is helpless because they cannot afford to pay the thousands in legal fees it would take to address landlord abuses. You make good points, but in the case of truly bad landlords it is right that the tenant warn others before some other trusting tenant signs a lease. TAA leases lean heavily in protecting the landlord and not the tenant,. Often the tenant is helpless because they cannot afford to pay the thousands in legal fees it would take to address landlord abuses.

]]> By: Steve Crossland http://crosslandteam.com/blog/2009/03/18/protecting-your-business-name-and-reputation-via-google-alerts/#comment-70356 Steve Crossland Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:34:57 +0000 http://crosslandteam.com/?p=559#comment-70356 I would think the Streisand effect doesn't apply to us regular Joe's. I could see public figures, celebrities, politicians, etc. getting widespread exposure from something like that, but I doubt a skirmish between a an unknown individual and a service provider would gain any news interest. Thanks for the correction on slander vs. libel. Steve I would think the Streisand effect doesn’t apply to us regular Joe’s. I could see public figures, celebrities, politicians, etc. getting widespread exposure from something like that, but I doubt a skirmish between a an unknown individual and a service provider would gain any news interest.

Thanks for the correction on slander vs. libel.

Steve

]]> By: Aaron http://crosslandteam.com/blog/2009/03/18/protecting-your-business-name-and-reputation-via-google-alerts/#comment-70350 Aaron Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:39:52 +0000 http://crosslandteam.com/?p=559#comment-70350 I'd be careful of approach #2, dealing with libel. You, and your readers, should read about the Streisand effect. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect" rel="nofollow">Streisand effect on wikipedia</a> Basically, if you try to fight censor negative speech (true or not), many more people will hear about it and the negative connotation with your name will stick in their mind. Approach #1 is almost always successful, i.e. to overwhelm the negative noise with positive, coherent facts supporting your position. P.S. Not to be a pedantic ass, but it is technically libel and not slander if it is written. I’d be careful of approach #2, dealing with libel. You, and your readers, should read about the Streisand effect.

Streisand effect on wikipedia

Basically, if you try to fight censor negative speech (true or not), many more people will hear about it and the negative connotation with your name will stick in their mind.

Approach #1 is almost always successful, i.e. to overwhelm the negative noise with positive, coherent facts supporting your position.

P.S. Not to be a pedantic ass, but it is technically libel and not slander if it is written.

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