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Real Estate Pro of the Week: Linda Kermanshahchi

by Shannon O'Brien on July 30, 2012

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A Scarsdale native, this week’s Real Estate Pro of the Week, Linda Kermanshahchi, grew up surrounded by family members who were knee-deep in the real estate business. “My first job, while I was still in school, was working for my uncle, a real estate developer in New York City. I was in the thick of it. I watched him buy distressed properties and build them up to become . . .

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