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Sale-leasebacks artificially inject quick corporate liquidity

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If you are running out of capital, just liquidate your own office block to a landlord and immediately rent it back. Corporations use the sale-leaseback maneuver to empty their massive real estate holdings for an immediate capital injection, temporarily making their balance sheets look amazing while quietly committing themselves to decades of inescapable lease payments.

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