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By Craig Johnson

What's the Deal With Those "We Buy Ugly Houses" Signs?

Predatory flippers have expanded their hunting grounds, but ugliness is in the eye of the beholder.

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Home selling has rapidly expanded to new technologies, from mobile apps to virtual video walkthroughs, but one niche of the industry is decidedly old-school: a sign on a utility pole, offering to buy your home quickly as if it were an old bicycle. You've probably seen them around town, most likely when waiting at a stop sign. Sometimes they are pro...
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