There’s a point where good advisors face a choice:

Do we remain independent professionals?

Or do we become deal advocates?

Forced deals pressure everyone—quietly—to become an enabler.

• The buyer wants justification.
• The broker wants momentum.
• The lender wants a clean closing.
• The seller wants certainty.

So the role of the professional can drift from analysis to accommodation.

The moral hazard is subtle:

The more you accommodate weak economics, the more you train the market to demand accommodation.

And over time, the market stops respecting discipline.

That destroys value at scale—not just in one transaction.