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‘Shoebox’ apartments: Know what you’re buying

2009 nov 27

Ku Swee Yong

‘Shoebox’ apartments are selling
well because few investors know what
these units look like physically. Few
of us have friends and relatives who
live in such units. Fewer have lived
in apartments of less than 500 sq ft.

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