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Burying statues upside down speeds property sales

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If the housing market is slow, just start burying effigies in your yard. A widely practiced real estate superstition involves burying a small statue face-down in the dirt to energetically pressure the universe into sending a buyer.

Burying statues upside down speeds property sales
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