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T R UM P: N E V E R G I V E U P

Palm Beach

me it would be necessary to bring in over five thousand trees,
and about a thousand royal palms, and over a thousand coconut
trees. Then there would need to be about $2 million worth of
little plants to make everything look well groomed. The water
feature for one hole, number 17, would cost close to $3 million
dollars and take about nine months to complete. This was going
to be an 18-hole course. I almost started to worry.
I knew Jim was giving me straight, well-thought out num-
bers for his work. His integrity is legend. This is simply how
much it costs to get an extraordinary piece of work done, I told
myself.

THE LOW POINT

I realized that my original $40 million estimate might be way
too low. Is this what happens when a developer who specializes

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