Amanda Abrams
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3 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Zak Jason |Amanda Abrams |Henry Blodget
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Byron Sellers had wanted to get into real estate investing for years, but the deals he came across were always prohibitively expensive. One day in 2017, he was listening to a real estate podcast while driving for Lyft when he heard about something different: flipping mobile homes.
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2 months ago |
fastcompany.com | Amanda Abrams
While the rest of the nation watched in horror, bad weather turned deadly and quickly wreaked havoc. Houses were ravaged, and tens of thousands of residents were displaced. That’s Los Angeles since the historic wildfires struck in January, destroying more than 16,000 structures and leaving thousands of people homeless. It was also western North Carolina in late September after Hurricane Helene created raging rivers that flooded some houses and swept others away.
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2 months ago |
theassemblync.com | Amanda Abrams
“Here,” says Kelly Davis, handing me a set of binoculars. Without them, it’s clear we’re among a throng of murmuring, honking waterfowl. But they don’t look like much more than distant bumps on the water. The view through the binoculars is a revelation. Thousands of birds are floating and dabbling among vegetation, taking off for short flights, socializing in a way that’s wholly absorbing to watch.
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Feb 4, 2025 |
seattletimes.com | Amanda Abrams
Diamond Pearson needed a new place to live and was looking for something with an industrial feel. When Liberty Crest Apartments in Fairfax County, Va., came up in her online search, she was intrigued. “I checked it out and fell in love — the brick, the concrete floors — it was so beautiful,” said Pearson, 32, who works at Fairfax County Schools. Every unit in the complex is unique, and she liked that, too.
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Feb 2, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Amanda Abrams
Diamond Pearson needed a new place to live and was looking for something with an industrial feel. When Liberty Crest Apartments in Fairfax County, Va., came up in her online search, she was intrigued. "I checked it out and fell in love - the brick, the concrete floors - it was so beautiful," said Ms. Pearson, 32, who works at Fairfax County Schools. Every unit in the complex is unique, and she liked that, too.
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