<div dir="ltr">Hi Chris, I've always wondered if this practice could be challenged as a "tying" violation of antitrust law.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ftc.gov/advice-guidance/competition-guidance/guide-antitrust-laws/single-firm-conduct/tying-sale-two-products">Tying the Sale of Two Products | Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov)</a></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt"><table width="500" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(97,97,97);font-family:Lato,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><tbody><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="104" style="padding:0px 8px 0px 0px;vertical-align:top"><img alt="" width="104" src="https://img.mysignature.io/p/b/4/8/b4819345-7842-5e2d-9cc5-b98ecd6375bb.png?time=1556574346" style="width:104px;border-radius:0%"></td><td valign="top" style="font-size:1em;padding:0px 15px 0px 8px;vertical-align:top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:1.4;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:10.92px;color:rgb(0,0,1)"><tbody><tr><td><div style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:1.2em;line-height:normal;font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:1.2em">Paul S. Drayna</span><br></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:4px 0px"><div style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">Attorney at Law</div></td></tr><tr><td><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(41,70,183)">phone: </span> <span><a href="tel:425-844-2575" style="color:rgb(0,0,1);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif" target="_blank">425-844-2575</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(41,70,183)">site: </span> <span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.draynalaw.com/" style="color:rgb(0,0,1)" target="_blank">www.draynalaw.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;color:rgb(41,70,183)">email: </span> <span><a href="mailto:paul@draynalaw.com" style="color:rgb(0,0,1);font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif" target="_blank">paul@draynalaw.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign="middle" style="border-left:3px solid rgb(41,70,183);vertical-align:middle;padding:0px 0px 3px 6px;font-family:Arial;border-top-color:rgb(41,70,183);border-right-color:rgb(41,70,183);border-bottom-color:rgb(41,70,183)"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;line-height:1"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:4px 0px 0px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/paul.drayna.jd" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="20" src="https://img.mysignature.io/s/v3/6/7/c/67cb47bf-cc98-5b2d-a0df-f7dc95ba3c38.png" style="width:20px"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:4px 0px 0px"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulstephendrayna/" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" target="_blank"><img alt="" width="20" src="https://img.mysignature.io/s/v3/b/3/d/b3de2115-ea6e-5bcc-b4c6-3c538cde1252.png" style="width:20px"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:1em;color:gray;font-family:Arial;line-height:1.3;width:566.667px"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:11.05px;padding-top:15px">The contents of this message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you have received this in error please delete the original message and notify the sender immediately. Thank you.</td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 1:54 PM Chris B <<a href="mailto:chrisb@firstavenuelaw.com">chrisb@firstavenuelaw.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg6565420264956228411">
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<p class="MsoNormal">One of my property management clients wants a clause in its management agreement whereby the client agrees to also list the property with them if they choose to sell during the term of the contract. I would never agree to such a clause
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The same client also has an agreement where he loans money to its clients if they can’t afford to pay for needed repairs. This seems sketchy to me too, but I am curious what everyone else thinks.
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