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The competition next door

When you are trying to sell and the neighbor is too, keep it friendly

The aroma of chicken and rice floats through the air. Ramon Tavarez, who speaks Spanish, says through his real estate agent that the Melito kids next door often come over to eat, and, judging from the smell, who can blame them? But it's not just the food that draws them: It's the company.

There is a good relationship between the neighboring families on Davison Street in Oceanside. Tavarez,...

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