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Negotiating HARD but Docs AGREE to EVERYTHING? MAJOR FAIL! #shorts

24 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this short monologue addressed to Pete, the speaker criticizes the current deal documents for being overly seller‑friendly and for assuming that all terms have already been agreed, despite the negotiation approach being that of a value investor, land strategist, and dealmaker. The speaker points out that the baseline templates lack flexibility and fail to reflect the negotiation stance. He urges the inclusion of explicit renegotiation rights tied to due‑diligence findings, valuation adjustments based on rights, and the ability to modify the deal structure. The speaker references colleagues Tommy and Katya to underscore the need for alignment between negotiation tactics and contractual language.

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Are you doing land shock deals? This is to Pete. You are negotiating like a value investor, a land strategist, and a dealmaker, but your documents are written like a high leverage buyer accepting seller terms. Okay, so this is what Tommy would say, Katya. Oh my. You are negotiating like we don't need the deal, but these docs say we already agreed to everything. So it's kind of true because they, you know, they did what we said we wanted. So the priority list to fix. These are baseline templates, not aligned with negotiation. Flexibility. So go back up, it says right there, renegotiation based on due diligence, valuation adjustment based on rights, and structure modification. You need to put that in there.