I would tweet a photo of avocado toast to celebrate, except that Tokyo proves the rule that millennials are only allowed to live in cities with exactly one of avocado toast or affordable housing.
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I’ll spare you the whole back and forth, but it ended up with the most polite version of I-will-cut-you-if-you-blow-up-my-deal, including a very memorable line on “If you had an issue with this deal, the right time to raise it would have been before we put an executed contract
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which provides for a flat 20% of purchase price liquidated damages in event of breach in front of a sophisticated counterparty who I can guarantee you you could open Conderence Room 2 right now and ask to calculate that number to the yen.”
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Incidentally if you want some ambitious startup goals “Get pointedly not mentioned by name during a Tokyo real estate closing” is perhaps one to shoot for.
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“Oh, in addition to the Condominim Association rules, an addendum was adopted during the most recent meeting. It, ah, with the disclaimer that of course this was adopted months ago and applies to everyone, naturally, well, privately owned accommodation businesses are...”
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“... something of a thing in Tokyo recently.” “Ahh yes, even though that is a thing-that-is-just-not-done (非常識).” “Exactly! And since it is thing-that-is-just-not-done that some have accidentally wandered into doing the Condo Association decided to prohibit it explicitly.”
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I hate that guy.
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