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Deal-making

With the counter-offer things suddenly got very interesting. The deal-maker in Marcus came out when counter-countered with accepting the 20% if he could get 10% of his principal paid back first every year. The 10% would have top priority. On top of that any remaining profits wold be split 20/80 with Miranda and Layne.

This is just another way for the investor, in this case Marcus, to extract his principal investment over a fixed period. The rationale for doing this is