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On top of being downtown and also perfect for our needs, the apartment was a steal. There was only one problem: we found a middle-aged couple on the balcony. They didn’t appear to be clients.
'Who are those people outside?' I asked the bank officer in charge of the real estate sector.
'Ah, those two... Don’t you worry, they come with the apartment. They’re the former owners. We had to seize the house from them on an outstanding mortgage payment. They sleep on the balcony and live on scraps. They know how everything works, even better than the multitasking robot we give out with certain loans.'
'And they don’t cause problems?' my girlfriend asked.
'Rarely,' the agent said, with a self-important gesture. 'They know that if they do, we’ll increase the interest rate on the loan still binding them to our bank.'
We breathe easy and seal the deal.