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Expectation: Clear to Close. Reality: Phase I Boss Level

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Broker: Clear to close Friday Lender: Need updated ALTA, 12 estoppels, SNDAs, and a Phase I addendum from 1987 📎 Seller: 'Never had issues' — Phase I: dry cleaner plume doing cartwheels under the parking lot ☠️ Me (underwriting 1:02 AM): Save Final_FINAL_v27.xlsx and re-trade 15 bps for vapor barriers

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