And if the other side breaks them — write it down, with dates, and give it to your lawyer, and do not expect anything to happen quickly.

Julian violated four of them inside sixteen days.

It took nine months to do anything about it, and the money it recovered was the smallest part of what it was worth.

Three. If you ever put money into somebody else’s business, write one sentence down.

One sentence.

An email is enough. Sending you $317,412.08 today from the sale of my parents’ house in Dorchester — my contribution to the business.

Not a contract.