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Anyone ever tried to buy land from a railroad before?

Working on a real estate deal. Building sits on land owned ...
Cerise crawly set
  04/29/25
What the fuck?
lemon pervert
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It's definitely a crazy situation but apparently it's common...
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Cerise crawly set
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Does the RR use the tracks currently? Good luck getting them...
violent hateful double fault
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Good luck, brother. Railroads aren’t in the business o...
canary public bath indirect expression
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irradiated market alpha
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Just do Coase theorem
aphrodisiac reading party
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Railroads will never sell their land.
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CR.
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Date: April 29th, 2025 8:06 PM
Author: Cerise crawly set

Working on a real estate deal. Building sits on land owned by a railroad company, building owner pays yearly rent to the railroad.

It seems crazy to buy the building and hope the railroad just keeps renting the land to me. It's on a freaking one year lease. So I would propose to the railroad that I buy the land, or at least rent it for a very long period. Dollar amount of the lease is trivial, maybe a couple thousand dollars a year.

Has anyone ever dealt with this before? I've heard doing anything with a railroad is super bureaucratic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48891596)



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Date: April 29th, 2025 8:14 PM
Author: lemon pervert

What the fuck?

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Date: April 30th, 2025 12:06 PM
Author: Cerise crawly set

It's definitely a crazy situation but apparently it's common.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48893491)



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: Laughsome iridescent police squad



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Date: April 29th, 2025 8:18 PM
Author: Heady private investor goal in life

Just consider yourself lucky that whoever owns that railroad doesn’t own all four railroads.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48891633)



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:14 PM
Author: canary public bath indirect expression



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:17 PM
Author: Wine garrison



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:31 PM
Author: Laughsome iridescent police squad



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:34 PM
Author: misunderstood jade famous landscape painting property



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Date: May 7th, 2025 6:42 PM
Author: exciting primrose lodge voyeur



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Date: May 7th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: lascivious charcoal faggotry senate



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Date: May 9th, 2025 12:07 AM
Author: beady-eyed water buffalo institution



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Date: April 29th, 2025 8:20 PM
Author: sepia zippy state persian

(race car)

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Date: April 29th, 2025 10:25 PM
Author: Heady private investor goal in life



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Date: April 30th, 2025 12:08 PM
Author: Red Motley Stag Film



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Cerise crawly set



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: violent hateful double fault

Does the RR use the tracks currently? Good luck getting them to agree to anything.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48909784)



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:14 PM
Author: canary public bath indirect expression

Good luck, brother. Railroads aren’t in the business of selling land from what I gather. Maybe they’ll make an exception for you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48909788)



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:15 PM
Author: talented at-the-ready piazza hissy fit

(guy who just watched once upon a time in the west)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48909789)



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:16 PM
Author: Cracking sound barrier dilemma

Merely asking the railroad to do this could cause them to decide not to renew the lease or ask for a crazy higher amount for rent.

Railroad’s don’t like to sell property and they have very aggressive lawyers who are part of an old money clique that’s very hard to break into.

I’d recommend leaving this one alone.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48909791)



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:19 PM
Author: talented at-the-ready piazza hissy fit

(henry fonda)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48909797)



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Date: May 8th, 2025 10:55 PM
Author: irradiated market alpha

If there's one place alpha males congregate it's railroad law

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48915866)



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:26 PM
Author: aphrodisiac reading party

Just do Coase theorem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48909806)



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Date: May 6th, 2025 10:38 PM
Author: cowardly light international law enforcement agency

Railroads will never sell their land.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48909826)



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Date: May 7th, 2025 4:36 PM
Author: Cracking sound barrier dilemma

CR.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48911630)



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Date: May 7th, 2025 5:49 PM
Author: vibrant pit

A building sitting on year to year leased land is unsellable (except to you or your client apparently) and unleverageable. If the current owner wants to sell the building he ought to help you with the negotiation with the RR. You should only want to buy it contingent on satisfactory ground lease terms from the RR. Is it Short Line by any chance? What are the politics or special relationships in this situation?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48911816)



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Date: May 7th, 2025 6:41 PM
Author: cowardly light international law enforcement agency

(Guy whose done some railroad work in his day)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48911963)



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Date: May 7th, 2025 9:56 PM
Author: vibrant pit

Dinah, blow your horn. HLS friend is a specialist in railroad law. "From Harv. Law Rev. to I've Been Working on the Railroad via a SCOTUS clerkship: What a Long Strange Trip it's Been."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48912372)



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Date: May 7th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Charismatic navy laser beams masturbator

lol any dumbass knows not to buy a building on land someone else owns. makes no sense

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48912374)



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Date: May 7th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: vibrant pit

Hope it's flame, but there are plenty of situations in which a building sits on leased land.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48912377)



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Date: May 7th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: violent hateful double fault



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48912433)



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Date: May 8th, 2025 10:49 PM
Author: cowardly light international law enforcement agency

It’s a bundle of sticks

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48915854)



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Date: May 8th, 2025 10:56 PM
Author: cowardly light international law enforcement agency

Jesus, the Dawes Act

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718296&forum_id=2#48915868)