• If It’s Not in the Contract, It Doesn’t Exist,Kathryn Schenk

    If It’s Not in the Contract, It Doesn’t Exist

    There is a particular kind of sentence that circulates in real estate conversations like a bad rumour: “Don’t worry, we agreed on it.” It sounds reassuring. Collaborative, even. The sort of thing that suggests two reasonable adults have reached a mutual understanding and can now proceed like civiliz

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  • Inspection Responses Make or Break Real Estate Deals,Kathryn Schenk

    Inspection Responses Make or Break Real Estate Deals

    There is a moment in nearly every transaction where the tone quietly shifts. The listing is no longer fresh, the offer has already been negotiated, and both sides have mentally started rearranging furniture in a house they do not yet own. Then the inspection report arrives, and suddenly everyone rem

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  • Why Uncertainty Is the Real Negotiation Killer,Kathryn Schenk

    Why Uncertainty Is the Real Negotiation Killer

    Negotiation in real estate is often framed as a contest of will: who holds firm, who concedes, who “wins.” It is a satisfying narrative, but a misleading one. In practice, leverage has far less to do with personality and far more to do with certainty. Uncertainty is the quiet saboteur of negotiation

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