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Due Diligence Speedrun (Any%): Phase I vs My Sanity

Expectation: 30-day close 🧪 Reality: Phase I finds 'mystery drums' and the ALTA maps an easement to Narnia Lender: Need one more doc—47 estoppels, an SNDA from a tenant who went remote in 2018, and your BOI at sunrise 😵 Me re-underwriting at 2 a.m.: DSCR pencils if the roof cash-flows and the parking lot becomes value-add

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Turnkey, They Said: A Due Diligence Horror-Comedy

Broker: 'Turnkey, clean estoppels' — me opening the data room: 87 PDFs named FINAL_FINAL_v9 🧾 Lender: 'Just need DSCR > 1.25, updated T12, Phase I, roof report' — Phase I: 'possible vapor intrusion';

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