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‘She’s living the dream’: My stepmother said I can buy my childhood home for $850,000. Is she taking advantage of me?

Katherine Langford

Editor-in-Chief · Friday, October 23, 2026 at 10:15 AM · 1 min read

‘She’s living the dream’: My stepmother said I can buy my childhood home for $850,000. Is she taking advantage of me? — MarketWatch, Austin Business news — Image: MarketWatch

“My late father bought our house for $250,000 in the 1990s.”

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