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Balloons Kill More Deals Than Rates Ever Will

Balloons Kill More Deals Than Rates Ever Will

Chad Choquette
Published on: 13/01/2026

Why balloon payments—not interest rates—kill real estate deals. Learn how refi assumptions fail and how to engineer exits before you buy.

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