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The CRE Humor Jokes

When the Property Manager Opens the Mechanical Room Mid-LOI

ricklahkar
Apr 27
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Broker: LOI signed, victory lap time Property Manager: Cool, but the 1982 chiller is sentient and unionized Lender: Need estoppels from every tenant, including the vending machine Me at 1:47am: Rebuilding the model because CAMs were 'ballparked' 🤡🧯

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