Business jet shipments up 11%. Billings up 16%. Record year. That's great news — and it's exactly when buyers start making expensive mistakes. Hot markets compress timelines, degrade advice quality, and push buyers into accepting pre-buy conditions they'd normally reject. I break down why the buyers who navigate bull markets well aren't smarter — they just built the right advisory relationship before they needed one.

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In most aviation transactions, your broker is paid by the seller. That's not representation — it's a conflict of interest with a business card. I explain why fee-based buyer advisory changes everything: from pre-buy findings that actually get flagged, to the ability to tell you to walk away when the aircraft isn't right. If you're spending $10M+ on an aircraft, the person advising you shouldn't be paid by the other side.

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Every year, aircraft change hands for tens of millions with inspections that barely scratch the surface. The seller picks the facility. Logbooks get skimmed, not audited. Fresh paint distracts from corrosion. Engine programs create false confidence. In this episode, I walk through the five ways pre-purchase inspections keep going wrong — and what a real PPI actually looks like.

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