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Grant would generally narrow the trip to about five or six serious apartments—perhaps one Downtown, two Uptown, one in The Village, and one in Victory Park or Bishop Arts—then schedule them in geographic order. He also likes eating lunch or dinner in target neighborhoods so the renter experiences more than leasing offices. The exact mix changes by budget and preference. The point is to compare representative lifestyles efficiently and finish the day with enough information to choose a finalist rather than seeing a dozen random properties.
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