CellTowerLeases.com was built by people who spent years on the inside of the telecom industry — learning exactly how carriers structure lease offers, where the leverage is, and how to get property owners paid what their land and buildings are truly worth.
"We sat across the table from property owners for years. We knew the offers were low. Eventually we decided to switch sides."
CellTowerLeases.com was founded in Long Beach, California by a team with direct experience inside the telecommunications industry — working with tower companies, carriers, and the legal teams that draft the very lease agreements you're being asked to sign.
That experience gave us something no general real estate consultant has: we know the internal rate tables, the market benchmarks by city and carrier, the exact clauses that protect — or expose — property owners, and the negotiating tactics carriers use to keep rents low and terms favorable to themselves.
When we decided to put that knowledge to work for property owners instead, the results were immediate. Our first clients — landowners, building owners, and churches who had been underpaid for years — saw their lease income double, triple, and in some cases increase by 400% or more.
Today we operate nationwide, representing property owners in every state against America's largest carriers and tower companies — always on a success-fee basis, never charging a dollar unless we improve your situation.
Cell tower lease consulting is a highly specialized field. The carriers and tower companies that lease your land or rooftop space have teams of attorneys, market analysts, and professional negotiators who do this full-time. Most property owners — and most general real estate attorneys — are at a significant disadvantage when sitting across the table from them.
Our team's background gives us a different starting point. We know how carriers calculate the value of a site, what they're willing to pay versus what they first offer, how their internal approval process works, and exactly which lease terms can be negotiated versus which ones are genuinely fixed.
We also maintain a proprietary database of current lease rates across every major US market — updated continuously from real transaction data — so our benchmarks are always current, always specific, and always backed by real comparables rather than published estimates.
The result is that when we negotiate on your behalf, we're not guessing. We know what your location is worth to that carrier, and we know how to get it.
Real transaction data across every major US market — not published averages. We know what comparable sites in your zip code are actually earning right now.
We know the scripts and strategies carriers use to minimize lease costs — including rent reduction campaigns, renewal lowballs, and buyout offer timing. We counter each of them.
We know which clauses in a standard carrier lease agreement expose you to future risk — and how to negotiate language that protects your property rights for the full lease term.
Years of working inside the industry means we have professional relationships at multiple levels within carrier and tower company organizations — which accelerates negotiations and gets decisions made faster.
Six principles that guide every consultation, negotiation, and client relationship we take on.
We have never represented a carrier, tower company, or lease buyout firm — and we never will. Every recommendation we make is filtered through a single question: is this in the property owner's best interest? There are no conflicts. Ever.
We work on a pure success-fee basis. Your free consultation is genuinely free. Our lease review costs you nothing. You only pay us when we successfully improve your lease terms — and then only from the improvement we created, not from your existing income.
If your lease is already at market rate and there's nothing meaningful we can improve, we'll tell you that plainly in your free review. We don't take on clients we can't help. Our reputation is built on honest assessments, not on selling everyone a consulting engagement.
Every lease rate we propose and every demand we make in negotiations is anchored to real comparable transactions in your specific market. We don't use national averages or estimates. We use verified data for your city, property type, and carrier — which gives us credibility at the negotiating table.
A cell tower lease runs 20–30 years. A small improvement in escalation rate or a key protective clause can be worth more than a large immediate rent increase over the full term. We optimize for the lifetime value of your lease, not just the number that looks biggest today.
We handle the communications and negotiations — but every major decision is yours. We will never commit you to any agreement, sign anything on your behalf, or take an action you haven't approved. You're informed at every stage, and you have the final word on every decision.
Former telecom professionals, lease analysts, and property rights advocates — all working on your behalf.
Founder & Lead Consultant
Michael spent 14 years in telecommunications site acquisition — first as a lease negotiator for a national tower company, then as a regional real estate director overseeing thousands of ground and rooftop leases across the western US. After years of watching property owners leave money on the table, he founded CellTowerLeases.com to put that insider knowledge to work for the other side of the table.
Senior Lease Analyst
Jennifer brings eight years of experience as a lease administrator at a major tower company, where she managed a portfolio of over 3,200 active ground and rooftop leases across California, Nevada, and Arizona. She now leads our rate benchmarking and lease valuation work, maintaining our proprietary database of current market comparables across every major US metro.
Contract & Legal Specialist
Marcus is a former telecommunications real estate attorney with a decade of experience drafting and reviewing cell tower lease agreements for carriers and tower companies. He now reviews every lease agreement we negotiate for clients, identifying risky clauses, missing protections, and terms that could cost property owners money over a 25-year lease term.
Our team has direct experience working inside the cell tower lease industry — not adjacent to it. We understand how carriers and tower companies think, budget, and make decisions about lease terms.
We maintain current, verified lease rate data across all 50 states and 100+ metro markets — updated from real transactions, not published surveys or carrier-provided estimates.
We've structured our business around a simple guarantee: we only get paid when you get paid more. This alignment means we take only cases we're confident we can win — and we fight hardest on every single one.
Headquartered in Long Beach, CA. We operate under California business law with full transparency and accountability — and we're reachable by phone during business hours, always.
We have direct experience negotiating cell tower leases involving AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, DISH, Crown Castle, American Tower, SBA Communications, and Vertical Bridge, among others.
Carriers & companies we've negotiated against
Our Location
1043 Newport Ave
Long Beach, CA 90804
(562) 234-2832
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We built CellTowerLeases.com on a simple belief: property owners deserve the same quality of professional representation that carriers and tower companies have always had — and they shouldn't have to pay for it out of pocket to get it.
Whether you're evaluating a new lease offer, fighting a rent reduction, or trying to decide whether to accept a buyout, you will always receive an honest, data-backed answer from us — even when that answer is "your lease is already fair" or "we don't think you should sell."
We represent only property owners. We have no financial relationship with any carrier, tower company, or lease buyout firm.
Every recommendation we make comes with a clear explanation of our reasoning, our data, and the trade-offs involved.
We only get paid when you get paid more. Your success is our success — literally. That's the only incentive structure we operate under.
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