Ken Schmidt

Wall Street Is Discounting Build-to-Relocate Towers. Landowners Should Pay Attention.

Are Investors Getting Spooked by Build-to-Relocate Tower Strategies? Last month, two major private cell tower companies went to Wall Street…

1 week ago

SITA: Behind the Cards

What a Team Icebreaker Revealed About Who We Really Are At our April 27th virtual retreat, I gave the Steel…

2 weeks ago

T-Mobile Wants to Triple the Size of Your Rooftop Cell Site — Should You Let Them?

Case Study: T-Mobile Wants to Triple Your Rooftop Cell Site — Should You Let Them? A client of ours recently…

1 month ago

Are Top Cell Tower Lease Consultant Awards Real?

Short answer: almost never. Longer answer below, because if you're a landowner trying to figure out whether the consultant you're…

2 months ago

SITA’s Good and Bad for 2025

Good and Bad for 2025Rather than the usual brag-fest, here's what actually happened in 2025—the good, the bad, and the…

3 months ago

Between a DAS and a Hard Place: Chilmark’s Difficult Legal Reality

The current situation on Martha’s Vineyard is a textbook example of what happens when an ODAS (Outdoor Distributed Antenna System)…

6 months ago

DISH Wireless Lease Excuse Letter

In October 2025, Steel in the Air obtained a letter sent by DISH Wireless LLC to a rooftop landlord’s attorney,…

7 months ago

Edge Data Centers at Tower Sites: The High Bar and the Real Opportunity

Over the last decade, we’ve heard plenty of talk about how cell tower sites would be perfect locations for edge…

10 months ago

Dish Network’s Wireless Exit Strategy and Its Impact on Lease Valuation

For the past several years, Dish Network’s entry into the wireless carrier business has been a perplexing saga of big…

10 months ago

Why Lease Buyout Companies Buy Cell Tower Leases

Notice: This article breaks down the financial strategy of lease aggregators. If you are looking for current buyout rates, values,…

1 year ago