Joe Stratford is the kind of realtor everybody trusts, and for good reason. But it's 1982 and even in Joe's small New England town values are in upheaval. And not just house values. Marcus Burns is an IRS dropout master-of-the universe in training, a man who knows all the rules - including which ones are meant to be broken. He and Joe are best friends practically overnight: the property they bought together is primed to earn them billions and Joe is in over his head with the irresistible, and married, Felicity.