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Fresh paint, new cabinets and trendy fixtures can make a flipped house look like a turnkey bargain, but inspectors know that cosmetic upgrades sometimes hide rushed or unpermitted work. When you hire ...

Plumbers Don’t Want You to Know This Pipe Repair Trick!

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DAVE LIEBER is “The Watchdog” investigative columnist for The Dallas Morning News who fights for his readers and exposes bad practices in business and government. A judge in a national columnists ...