• 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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  • 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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  • The Risk You Don’t See Is the One That Costs You,Kathryn Schenk

    The Risk You Don’t See Is the One That Costs You

    Real estate risk rarely announces itself with flashing lights and bold headlines. It doesn’t stride into the room and declare, “This decision will cost you.” Instead, it operates quietly, politely even, tucked inside assumptions that feel reasonable at the time. And that is precisely why it is so ex

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