A Membership Association

We can help you own Post Office Property

Who are we & why should you send us an annual membership fee of $100.00?

"APO", started operating in 1989 after suggestions that we offer our expertise as help to owners. Also, we thought this would be a good way for members to see some post offices in an open marketplace online. Working with postal facility owners, APO can offer members more value than any other operating membership organization in the U.S.A. American Postal Owners can save you thousands of dollars by helping you negotiate better leases with better terms and better addendums and get better option rents.

Once the $100.00 dues payment is received there are no additional costs and all calls are toll free. APO will search its database of post offices and compare your lease and your income with other facilities in the County, &/or State, or even Nationwide, to see what you get compared to other owners. This will help you negotiate on a more level playing field with the expert real estate specialists who work for the USPS. They are not called SPECIALISTS for nothing. You may own one, a few, or even many post offices, but when dealing with the overwhelming power that the Specialist has with the postal service size and money, you are at their mercy. APO has access to legal advice from Barton Nachamie, partner of Todtman, Nachamie, Spizz, and Johns, P.C. a top of the line law firm in New York City and Paris, France, Italy, etc.; a part of the LAW worldwide network. We get accounting advice from Neil Roth, CPA of WOHL, FRIED, ROTH & KIRCHENBERG, of New York City, and postal service advice from Marvin Bakalar, of Marvo, Inc. and various owners he works with who own hundreds of postal facilities.

The post offices that you see listed for sale may be owned by or may be under contract to be purchased with the right to assign that contract for sale, etc. American Postal Owners, Inc. is not selling, brokering, or in any way other than giving members access to the list, involved in profiting in any way from the purchase or sale of any real estate.

To join, click on MEMBERSHIP and at the bottom of the page click on APPLY HERE.

If you want to advertise a post office for sale and have your own contact information listed on our Property list so that buyers will get in touch with you directly, call Marvo, Inc., at 800.393.1121. Your post office can appear with photos on this website. For now the service is FREE.


 

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House panel votes relief for Postal Service
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted Friday to approve HR 22, which would save the U.S. Postal Service $2.3 billion this year in health care costs. The bill allows the Postal Service to pay health care premiums for its current retirees using a trust fund designated for future retirees.
Without the bill, the Postal Service would have to make a $2.3 billion payment in September for its current retirees; postal officials say they cannot pay that bill.
“The Postal Service is facing a financial emergency,” said Rep. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., the committee chairman. “HR 22 would allow the Postal Service to live to fight another day.”
HR 22 was introduced in January and then spent almost six months before the committee. The bill now heads to the full House for a vote. Passage is almost guaranteed: The bill has 337 co-sponsors.

In Rhinebeck, NY home of APO, the post office is USPS owned. Though it serves well over 10,000 people and has several routes, and is very busy most of the time, they are cutting the hours back. Instead of being open until 7 pm now it will be closing at 5 pm. Instead of opening at 8:30 am it will now open at 9 am. Saturday hours are also being greatly reduced. Many people when considering a purchase often rely on the hours of operation. This is not longer a true indication of how busy the post office is. Think about this.
Do not allow other associations to put a scare into you so that you will be afraid to keep you post office or invest in other new purchases. I say once again, the closings and consolidations have to do with BRANCH offices in large cities or large Processing & distribution Centers.
KEEP THIS IN MIND THE NEXT TIME YOU FEEL CONCERNED ABOUT THE USPS CLOSING SMALL RURAL POST OFFICES.
Under a federal law aimed at ensuring service for rural and remote areas, economizing cannot be the sole factor in closing a post office.
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THE USPS IS CREATING LANGUAGE IN LEASES THAT LOOKS SIMILAR TO FORMER FORM LEASES SO THAT OWNERS WILL NOT PICK UP ON THE SHADY ATTEMPTS TO RUIN THE MARKET VALUE OF YOUR POST OFFICE INVESTMENT.
THERE ARE 2 AREAS YOU NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF AND ONE IS THE PURCHASE OPTION RIDER. SIMPLY, NEVER GIVE THEM THE RIGHT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE OR CONDITION TO PURCHASE YOUR FACILITY. THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM STEALING THE BUILDING AT WAY BELOW THE ACTUAL MARKET VALUE.
THE SECOND THING TO WATCH OUT FOR IS THE “OTHER PROVISIONS” CLAUSE IN YOUR LEASE NORMALLY ON PAGE 2. THE LANGUAGE OF THE SERVICES & EQUIPMENT RIDER REGARDING ELECTRICITY AND THE SEWER PROVISION IS ESPECIALLY TROUBLESOME. IT APPEARS THAT WE CAN NO LONGER TRUST THE USPS TO NEGOTIATE IN AN OPEN AND FAIR MANNER.
WATCH OUT AND SEND US A COPY OF EACH LEASE THEY SEND YOU SO WE CAN POINT OUT THE FAULTS.


"APO"
A Membership Association
20 Brookmeade Drive
Rhinebeck, New York 12572
Call Toll Free (800) 393-APO-1 [2761]
International Calls: 1 (845) 516-4008
Email: AmericanPostalOwners@gmail.com
Anyone with a Common Business Interest is Eligible to Join with Full Membership Privileges.