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Many local buyers’ agents still get paid by seller By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com It was supposed to be the great cataclysm in the real estate world. On March 15, […]

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Susan W. Murray

Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008, returning to the paper as a writer in 2018. A 26-year resident of Woodstock, she taught English, American history, and religion to junior high students at St. Mary School for nine years.

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