The building was in Chinatown, five stories, with a commercial property on the ground floor and apartments above. The new owners, a group of young real estate flippers based in Connecticut, wanted him to make the top four floors into high-end condos and redo the commercial space so they could charge four times the rent. But they were hagglers, new to Paladino & Sons, and Tony’s big decision was whether the money was worth the annoyance he and his crews would have to put up with. They left the building and stood on the street, five young hotshots ready to become the next “real estate moguls,” and him with his touch-pad spreadsheet and enough impatience to walk away if they called themselves that one more time. “Look, I’ll send you a bid. If you like it, fine. If not, that’s fine, too.” “You do know this could be the first of many jobs for your family operation,” said the shortest one with the four-hundred-dollar haircut and enough attitude to fill Madison Square Garden.
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