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Saw your Haystack handle on Instagram. You moved to Denver with two kids and we're thinking about doing the same.
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Happy to help. We did it three years ago. What's the part you're most worried about?
Sam accepted · you earned $0.14
Schools, mostly. And whether we'd regret it.
Free for Sam to send
You asked for3¢ a word was 1¢
Sam accepted, and set his own ceiling: nothing over $1 a reply
Schools were the hardest part and nobody warned us the good ones run on a lottery. Get your application in by December, not spring.
24 words · waiting for Sam
On Sam's phone
Schools were the hardest part and nobody warned us the good ones run on a lottery. Get your application in by December, not spring.
Reply to Sam · he'll pay up to $1

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