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Tarak and Christina Are Right in My Book!

Christina and Tarak El Mousea
You've surely watched Tarak and Christina El Mousea's HGTV program, "Flip or Flop;" perhaps, like me, you are so addicted that you watch the reruns.
When I first entered the real estate business it was by accident.  I was a banker who was just out of graduate school.  The problem was that in those days bankers didn't do well when it came to salaries, no matter the advanced education.
So I needed to make extra money if I was going to live the American Dream the way I wanted to.  That was, I thought, an undeniable fact.
Galveston, where I lived, was at least half full of homes built just at the turn of the century.  They were skeletons of the beauty they once were, as owners had moved on to new one-story ranch-styles with wall to wall carpet and Formica counters and olive green appliances.
The historical homes were turned over to the less fortunate.  About half bought, the remainder rented.  And the houses deteriorated in a hurry.
It seemed to me that there was an opportunity there.  Within walking distance of the largest collection of historical homes was the massive University of Texas Medical Branch.
Those students, employees, professors, and physicians needed ... more

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