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In Jamaican Real Estate, Not Every Handshake Is Real

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Jamaica Now
Mar 18, 2026
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In Jamaica, business is still, in many ways, personal.

A handshake still carries weight. Eye contact still means something. A drink shared still signals trust. And when a man looks you in the eye, grips your hand firmly, and agrees to move forward—you expect that to stand for something.

But every now and then, you meet someone who rewrites that rule.

This is one of those cases.

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