Meet David Mitchell: The down-on-his-luck real estate guy Jeffrey Epstein kept close
Mitchell pitched the sex offender on obscure deals for the better part of a decade. Most of them didn’t work out for Epstein.
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Huffines family buys Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico
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Meet David Mitchell: The down-on-his-luck real estate guy Jeffrey Epstein kept close
Mitchell pitched the sex offender on obscure deals for the better part of a decade. Most of them didn’t work out for Epstein.
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Development would accommodate city’s state-mandated housing needs several times over
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker calls for denser housing in development push
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Sentinel Capital picks up Houston apartments from German company
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Boston
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