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20 January 2019 | 8 replies
I grew up in Baltimore , wife works in Baltimore , the houses are cheaper in Baltimore .
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23 February 2023 | 12 replies
I was born Mexican and grew up down there to 16 years old in the 80s.
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28 August 2023 | 7 replies
I grew up in Fairfax :)Congratulations to you and your family!!
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16 November 2023 | 6 replies
I grew up exposed to real estate (from my grandfather who owned laundry mats & apartment buildings and my dad who owned a car wash and his own rental units) and I’ve been interested ever since.
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29 October 2023 | 20 replies
I grew up in Black Mountain, NC, went to HS here.
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21 November 2023 | 5 replies
I am based out of Charlotte, but also have ties to the Alamance County area as that's where I grew up.
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11 October 2023 | 11 replies
I feel lots of people think this way though, I grew up poor and so living ten years the same way to have 60 years of an easier life doesn't seem like a bad deal to me.
19 July 2022 | 6 replies
More importantly, your balance sheet or net worth just grew by that amount by finding a good deal, which is not the case when you pay retail with a downpayment.
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18 March 2015 | 4 replies
I grew up in Belize in the '80s and hold dual citizenship BZE/US.
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22 February 2020 | 13 replies
If I may jump in here really quickly, as I grew up in the AV.