Sell my home over the winter you say? What tomfoolery is this? It turns out, selling your home during the coming winter months might be a fantastic idea.
We have been gabbing about selling strategies for the past couple months because the buyers are "out there" and there seems to be a lack of inventory to satisfy them.
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