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    Default Commercial Property Advertised As "Cam Charges Included" but They Aren't

    My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: California

    Ok, so we got swerved in alease. The commercial building was advertised as at a gross rate and it said the Common Area Maintenance (CAM) charges were included. The agent for the property said it was a gross lease and we believed him. Like idiots.

    Turns out that while CAM charges were included there were other sections in the lease that pretty much turned it into a Triple Net lease which meant there were more charges that could be assessed for CAM later on which arrived at the end of the year with an estimate for the next year.

    We recently left that facility and saw it advertised AGAIN with CAM charges included. The other tenants were also upset by the swerve. When asked the agency says that the guys who make the leases don't deal with the guys who advertise so tough.

    Is there any kind of complaint that can be brought up to keep them from posting misleading advertisements? We have moved but it kind if bothers me that a company (who runs tons of property in the area) can just post whatever to get tenants and then swerve them.

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    Default Re: Commercial Property Advertised As "Cam Charges Included" but They Aren't

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    Is there any kind of complaint that can be brought up to keep them from posting misleading advertisements? We have moved but it kind if bothers me that a company (who runs tons of property in the area) can just post whatever to get tenants and then swerve them.
    There was nothing misleading about the advertisement.

    CAM charges were included. You admit that, right.

    You just didn't bother to read and understand the rest of the lease.

    Amateur hour.

    You "swerved" yourself.

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    Default Re: Commercial Property Advertised As "Cam Charges Included" but They Aren't

    Was the "amateur hour" comment necessary? Doesn't seem that productive.

    I forgot to clarify that when the ad said the CAM charges were included it also quoted a price per square foot for the property. This price was said to include the CAM charges.

    Of course we were charged for cam charges on top of that price per square foot. That is a swerve no matter how you put it. Now I've stated pretty clearly that I shouldn't have double checked to make sure this didn't happen so I'm not sure why that's where the response was focused.

    My question is about whether it's ok to advertise that cam charged are included in a price per square foot when they are not. I can't see how that's anything but misleading. Cam included in this price per square foot. Maybe there's some technicality in there but it seems wrong. I can't see any other way to interpret "CAM included."

    And so I wonder if there is a channel of process for confronting things like this with commercial properties.

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