There’s a sentence that can save buyers, lenders, and entire portfolios:

“We’re not doing this until it’s fully vetted.”

That sentence is leadership.
That sentence is ethics.
That sentence is risk management.

Because forcing a deal through may feel like competence in the moment.

But if the deal was overpriced relative to fair market value, and the buyer inherits fragility after close, you haven’t created value.

You’ve transferred it—and diluted it.

Closing is not success.
Closing is a checkpoint.

The goal is ownership that survives reality.

And reality doesn’t care how badly everyone wanted it to work.