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The Hidden Debt In Every Investment Can Make It Impossible To Get Out | Ep 144
Season 3
Episode 144
Published 1 week ago
Description
Most investment analysis asks what happens if a deal goes badly. Far fewer people ask whether they can get out at all. This conversation uses the opening months of World War I, where no major power actually wanted the war they ended up fighting, as a lens on commitment risk in real estate. The centerpiece is a manufactured home bought for one dollar that eventually lost $14,000, largely because no exit was ever available.
Chapters
- (00:00) Introduction
- (01:11) The War Nobody Actually Wanted
- (04:55) Every Deal Has a Second Balance Sheet
- (07:02) The Constraints You Inherit With the Plan
- (10:23) Why Tanks Are Called Tanks
- (15:09) The $1 House That Lost $14,000
- (19:31) The Rule That Was There Before You Signed
- (22:46) Is There an Off Switch?
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