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2 Apr, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Fell into the Spring Branch (in Houston) townhouse hole. Every one of these townhouses is a 3BR/2.5BA+, built in the mid-2010s at the earliest, selling in the $300k's. Every broker is an immigrant. This could be the New York suburbs, but for zoning har.com/mapsearch/?map…
I found one listed over $400k, but it's huge (almost 3,000 sq. ft.) and barely over and it's been on the market for two months, so I bet you could get it for the high $300k's har.com/homedetail/220…
Here we go, I found mine. Casement windows and modern fixtures, asking $299,990 har.com/mapsearch/?map…
BuT wE'rE aLl BuIlT oUt!!! We can't be living on top each other here on Long Island like they do in HOUSTON google.com/maps/place/Lon…

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