tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85958687399493116082024-02-22T01:08:32.279-08:00Stacey Fiore's BlogsStacey Fiore is a full time licensed professional realtor with Keller Williams Realty Partners SW.
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Stacey Fiorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10469731623873929528noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595868739949311608.post-55193323490273261742019-01-28T14:48:00.001-08:002019-01-28T14:48:06.920-08:00Just Checking In!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vEkAu_7BiF8" width="480"></iframe>Stacey Fiorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10469731623873929528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595868739949311608.post-17016707282262379202018-12-31T13:07:00.000-08:002018-12-31T13:08:37.974-08:00UPSIZING YOUR HOME IN 2019!<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"></span><br />
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Unfortunately, our homes don’t always grow with us. What may have initially worked fine for a single person, a young couple’s starter home, or a family with a newborn can quickly become too small as families expand and multiple generations live under one roof.</div>
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Remodeling and adding to your home is one option for creating more space, but it can be costly, and the size of your property may be prohibitive. That’s when moving to a bigger home becomes the best solution.</div>
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The first thought when upsizing your home is to simply consider square footage, bedrooms, and bathrooms. But it’s important to take a more critical approach to how your space will actually be used. If you have younger children (or possibly more on the way), then focusing on bedrooms and bathrooms makes sense. But if your children are closer to heading off to college or starting their own families, it may be better to prioritize group spaces like the kitchen, dining room, living room, and outdoor space—it’ll pay off during the holidays or summer vacations, when everyone is coming to visit for big gatherings.</div>
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If you need more space, but don’t necessarily want a more expensive home, you can probably get a lot more house for your money if you move a little further from a city center. While the walkability and short commutes of a dense neighborhood or condo are hard to leave beyond, your lifestyle—and preferences for hosting Thanksgiving, barbecues, and birthdays—might mean that a spacious home in the suburbs makes the most sense. It’s your best option for upsizing while avoiding a heftier price tag.</div>
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This is the ideal property for someone looking for a blank canvas to create their perfect home. If you are ready for your next project, Come See Buy. Property will need some attention and care. This 2 bedroom, 1 bath is within walking distance to schools, shopping, parks and more. </div>
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Stacey Fiorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10469731623873929528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595868739949311608.post-13213667590169237732017-06-28T07:30:00.000-07:002018-12-28T23:10:22.147-08:00Priority Tasks For Your Move inMoving into a new home is an exciting time, and you're probably daydreaming about decor and<br />
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<strong>Change the locks</strong><br />
Even if you're promised that new locks have been installed in your home, you can never be too careful. It's worth the money to have the peace of mind that comes with knowing that no one else<br />
has the keys to your home. Changing the locks can be a DIY project, or you can call in a locksmith for a little extra money.<br />
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It's good to get a fresh start with your floors before you start decorating. The previous owners may have had pets, young children, or just some plain old clumsiness. Take the time to steam clean the carpets so that your floors are free of stains and allergens. It's pretty easy and affordable to rent a steam cleaner-your local grocery store may have them available.<br />
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Prior to move-in, you probably haven't spent enough time in the house to get a view of any pests that may be lurking. Call an exterminator to take care of any mice, insects, and other critters that may be hiding in your home.<br />
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<strong>Clean out the kitchen</strong><br />
If the previous occupants wanted to skip on some of their cleaning duties when they moved out, the kitchen is where they probably cut corners. Wipe down the inside of cabinets, clean out the refrigerator, clean the oven, and clean in the nooks and crannies underneath the appliances.<br />
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1. Solar panels: The upfront cost is big, but the long-term savings are huge. Solar panels will cost several thousand dollars to install, but ongoing maintenance costs are very low, and a typical system could save you hundreds of dollars per year. You can even sell your surplus electricity.<br />
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2. Wood furnace: Wood-burning furnaces are relatively inexpensive, and though the yearly savings aren't as dramatic (about 10% on heating bills), it adds up over the long run.</div>
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3. Insulation: There's a good chance your insulation isn't very efficient, especially in older homes. Look into installing floor, cavity, wall, and loft insulation to reduce your heating bills.</div>
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4. Rain barrels: Rain barrels are extremely inexpensive, and provide gallons of free water to use when you wash your car or water your garden.</div>
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5. Geothermal system: OK, so the price tag is scary at first. A geothermal system uses the earth's temperature to heat and cool your home, but can cost $30,000 to install. But tax credits allow you to get a lot of that money back, and the energy savings average about $1,900 per year. If you plan to be in your home for a decade or two, it's a great investment.</div>
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Some of the features that increase property values are obvious-like a remodeled bathroom, a modern kitchen, or a sought-after neighborhood. But here are a few features and circumstances you have not have realized can affect property values.<br />
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3. Mature trees: A big beautiful tree in the front yard is enviable, and it's not something that can be easily added to any home. Homes with mature trees tend to get a little boost in value.</div>
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4. Parking: This isn't too much of an issue if you live in the suburbs or in a rural area, but residents in dense cities can have real problems with parking, and homeowners might need to rent a spot just to guarantee a place to park each night. That's why having guaranteed parking in urban areas will raise property values.<br />
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Thanks to websites like Houzz and Pinterest and TV networks like HGTV and DIY, it’s easier than ever to keep up with home decorating trends and find inspiration for improving your own home. Here are five of the top current interior design trends.</div>
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1. Screen-free rooms: After a long day of using your smartphone and computer, it can feel amazing to come home and take a technology break. More and more, homeowners are creating specific screen-free rooms—perhaps a library, craft room, or listening room—where you can escape from technology for a while.</div>
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2. Upholstered headboards: What if you could feel like you were sleeping in a luxury hotel bed every night? The bedding and mattress are an important part of that experience, but so is the aesthetic and comfort of an upholstered headboard.</div>
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3. Earth tones: Natural colors have become increasingly popular, especially deep greens. It’s a great way to bring some of nature’s colors indoors, whether as an accent wall, in blankets and pillows, or for furniture.</div>
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4. Black stainless steel: If you want a sleek, contemporary kitchen, black stainless steel is even more of a statement than traditional stainless steel.</div>
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5. Patterned fabrics: While solid upholstery will never go out of style, patterns have become trendy of late. It’s an easy way to make a bold, eye-catching statement in your living space.</div>
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There’s no more important time to work on your credit score than when you’re about to apply for a mortgage. Improving your credit can save you a ton of money—we’re talking about thousands of dollars over the life of the loan. Here are the actions you can take that will have a notable impact on your score.<br />
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<strong>Pay down your credit card balances</strong> Credit utilization is one of the biggest factors in determining your credit score. Your credit utilization should at least be less than 30 percent of your limit, and it’s even better if you can get it below 15 percent. This rule applies to both individual cards and your overall credit limit.<br />
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It may even be worthwhile to use some of the cash funds you were planning to use for a down payment to pay off credit card balances.<br />
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<strong>Do no harm</strong> While you certainly want to improve your score if possible, at the very least you’ll want to keep it steady. Avoid opening new lines of credit if you’re applying for a mortgage in the very near future. This will cause a hard inquiry to show up on your credit report.<br />
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<strong>Take care of negative items</strong> It’s good practice to check your credit report for negative items a few times a year—you can get one free report from each of the three major bureaus (Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion) per year.<br />
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If you find any negative items (collections, late payments, etc.), write a letter to the original creditor. Explain the circumstances that led to the negative item, and request that it be removed from your report. It can be surprisingly effective, and removing a negative item will improve your credit score in a hurry. You can find some good templates for a request letter online.<br />
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Congressional Democrats and Republicans haven’t agreed on much lately, but they’re together on one issue that affects condominium buyers and sellers across the country: The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has bungled its condo finance program.<br />
In a rare moment of bipartisanship before heading home for the summer, the Senate unanimously passed legislation that will require the FHA to lighten up on its condo financing regulations and make low down payment FHA loans more available to the people they are supposed to serve — moderate-income buyers, many of them minorities and first-time purchasers, who turn to condominiums as their most affordable option. The vote in the Senate followed a 427-0 vote in the House earlier this session.<span id="more-210988"></span><br />
Passage of the legislation came after several years of complaints by housing, community association and other groups about FHA’s overly strict requirements. Critics pointed out that FHA once was the go-to source of condo financing for first-time buyers, but since 2010 its role has shrunk drastically. FHA helped finance 80,000 to 90,000 condo mortgages a year during the previous decade and a half, but more recently production has dwindled to barely a quarter of that volume. FHA condo lending in the first three months of this year plunged by 8.6 percent from the previous quarter, according to Inside Mortgage Finance, a trade publication. In the final quarter of last year, volume declined by 20.3 percent from the third quarter.<br />
The agency’s restrictions on condo community eligibility for financing became so onerous — requiring complicated re-certifications of entire developments every two years — that thousands of condo associations abandoned the program. According to the Community Associations Institute, fewer than 14,000 of the 152,000 condo associations in the U.S. are now eligible for FHA loans. Individual units are not eligible for FHA financing unless the entire association’s finances, reserves, insurance, budget and other items have been approved by the government.<br />
The bill (H.R. 3700) aims at correcting a number of key problems by:<br />
— Ordering the FHA to streamline the entire re-certification process for condo associations and make compliance “substantially less burdensome.” Condo experts predict this alone could convince significant numbers of associations to return to the FHA fold, thereby opening up sales and purchases to thousands more condo units.<br />
— Reducing the minimum owner-occupancy ratio from the current 50 percent to 35 percent, unless FHA can provide justification for a higher percentage. Seth Task, a realty agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Professional Realty in Solon, Ohio, says the 35 percent ratio will allow “substantial” numbers of developments that can’t quite meet the 50 percent test to get back into the FHA program. In an interview, he cited the case of an elderly condo owner who listed her unit for sale with him recently, but the owner occupancy ratio in her development was 49 percent. Ineligible for buyers using low down payment FHA loans, she tried unsuccessfully to sell and ultimately had to accept an offer $10,000 below what she could have obtained if her building qualified for FHA financing.<br />
— Allowing transfer fees. The legislation directs the FHA to stop rejecting condo communities because they collect small transfer fees when units are sold. The funds collected are used to support association activities — they benefit all residents. FHA will now have to follow the lead of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both of whom consider community-benefit transfer fees acceptable.<br />
— Providing more flexibility on the amount of commercial space permitted in condo developments. Some urban condos are designed for mixed-use — residential and commercial combined — because that’s what makes economic sense in their locations. Under current rules, some of these developments are ineligible because FHA considers their commercial component excessive. The legislation directs the agency to be more flexible and to take the local market context into account.<br />
Will these changes be sufficient to revive FHA’s sagging condo program? “We are cautiously optimistic,” said Dawn Bauman, senior vice president at the Community Associations Institute, which represents nearly 34,000 condo communities and management organizations. Rita Tayenaka, past president of the Orange County (Calif.) Association of Realtors, told me the bill “is a good thing but will not be the end-all” in resolving FHA’s condo woes.<br />
Most analysts agree that the actual effects will depend on two things: how quickly FHA puts its revised procedures into the field, and whether thousands of condo associations who’ve fled the program conclude, “OK they’ve cut the red tape, maybe it’s time to jump back in.”<br />
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When mortgage interest rates slide close to all-time lows — as they have since the Brexit vote — do you sit on the fence? Or do you ask yourself: Are there financial opportunities today that didn’t exist for me when rates were higher by half a percentage point or more?<br />
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Last week, according to Freddie Mac, 30-year fixed rates dropped to an average 3.41 percent, just above the historic low of 3.31 percent set in November 2012. Fifteen-year fixed rates, popular with homeowners seeking to become mortgage-free faster, dropped to a stunning 2.74 percent. Five-year Treasury-indexed “5-1” hybrid adjustables, which carry a fixed rate for the first 60 months then morph into one-year adjustables, hit 2.68 percent.<br />
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If you’re a potential first-time buyer or a homeowner considering whether to refinance, or if you’re thinking about trading up or downsizing, rates this low could be worth your attention.<br />
Consider these illustrations of what a half-percentage-point cut in rate can mean. They were provided to me by Mike Fratantoni, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association.<br />
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Say you’re buying a home costing $239,700 with a 5 percent down payment. A drop in rate from 4 percent to 3.5 percent would save you nearly $100 a month in principal and interest. If you’re buying a house with the current median-size purchase loan amount of $299,900, a half-percentage-point rate drop would save you about $1,500 a year in principal and interest, or $125 a month.<br />
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If you live in a metropolitan area such as Washington, New York, Boston, San Diego, Chicago or Miami, where median prices are much higher, the savings on a refinanced mortgage that flow from a decrease in rate of just a half a percentage point would run substantially higher.<br />
There’s another impact of falling rates: They lower the amount of qualifying income you need to get a loan.<br />
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Say you sought to purchase your first home for $241,000 this spring at a rate of 4 percent with a 20 percent down payment. Your application was declined because your income came close to what the lender required but didn’t quite hit the mark. However, at a 3.5 percent rate, you don’t need as much income to qualify. According to Danielle Hale, managing director of housing research for the National Association of Realtors, a half-percentage-point drop in rate reduces the minimum qualifying income to buy a house by roughly $1,000 per $100,000 in home price with a 20 percent down payment. On a $241,000 house, a rate cut from 4 percent to 3.5 percent would lower the qualifying income you need by $2,626.<br />
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Savings like that matter not only to first-time buyers with modest incomes but also to the owners of moderate-priced houses and condos who are seeking to sell to those previously locked-out purchasers. A successful sale may then allow the sellers to buy another house — a nice win-win.<br />
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Not surprisingly, the rate declines are triggering boomlets in new mortgage applications, which rose by 14.2 percent last week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. The association’s refinancing index jumped even more — 21 percent — and the purchase loan index was 23 percent higher than the same week in 2015.<br />
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Mike Eastman, vice president and senior loan officer at Washington First Mortgage in Fairfax, Va., told me “the phones are ringing” both for home-purchase loans and refinancings. He described what an applicant with a high credit score in a $600,000 house in Virginia could save by opting for a “5-1” hybrid: $171 a month, or $10,260 less in principal and interest during the first 60 months. That’s real money, he said, and “people should look at these [hybrids]” because they carry low rates and can be useful in a variety of financial planning situations.<br />
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How long are mortgage rates likely to remain at or near these levels? Nobody knows. But Sean Becketti, chief economist for Freddie Mac, says post-Brexit capital markets are “skittish,” and “we don’t expect any meaningful, sustained increases in the near term.”<br />
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So take a hard look. Describe your situation and goals to one or more competent loan officers. They’ve got computer software that can quickly give you the answers you’re after: How much of a rate decrease do I need to justify doing a refi? How long will it take me to recoup the transaction costs via the monthly savings? Does my income finally qualify me to buy the house I want?<br />
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Well, I am not a blogger…yet, but I want to share my growth, ideas and various information as I excel in my new business of real estate! My goal is to document my journey in becoming a World Renowned Home Marketing Specialist. I love challenges and I love making a difference in the lives of others so lets get started!<br />
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<strong>Here is a little about me:</strong><br />
As a Native South Floridian, I bring years of paralegal experience to the real estate industry which has translated to an unparalleled buying or selling experience for my clients & colleagues.<br />
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I began my career by providing outstanding customer service more than 26 years ago in a local retail company where I gained valuable knowledge of how to interact with various personalities. I later transitioned from retail to law where I spent the last 15 years working for a prestigious law firm.<br />
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Martial Arts today has evolved into a vast industry. What are you looking for when you search Martial arts? Are you looking for tradition? Could it be you like the competitiveness the industry brings thru MMA? Do you seek the application and the science behind it all? Maybe a combination? Can you train effectively when you seek all three? </div>
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I would like to touch on all three topics-Art, Sport and Science. Theses areas of the martial arts can be very controversial and each area certainly can deem it's own conversation. My goal is simple. I just want to educate people of their options. I am going to specifically focus on karate during this blog. </div>
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The Art of a karate allows for someone to learn from tradition. When you train in a traditional karate setting you may expect to follow a certain set of rules, requirements and guidelines. You will be taught the respect and discipline that has been implemented in dojo's for hundreds of years. </div>
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Then you have karate the sport. What exactly does that mean? Sport karate is about competition. Who can score first. How do you take a kata or form and turn it into the prettiest, flashiest, smoothest routine? As a sport, there are rules to follow as far as time, what strike to use, or not to use. Don't miss understand me, sport karate is certainly a popular choice today. Are you aware that you may be training for the purpose of a sport and not necessarily combat? There is a big difference between sport and combat karate and it could make a tremendous difference in a real life situation, should you need to use your skill.</div>
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There truly is a science to karate. There seems to be a dieing breed of people who still take an interest in the science of karate. What exactly is the science behind karate? Karate as a science has to do with biomechanics (how the body moves). Moving your body in ways to perform things that are not necessarily natural. It takes a lot of discipline to produce the principles of physics it takes to have an effective technique, especially in a combative manner. The physics of karate just to name a few are: velocities, masses, momentum, torque and timing. Body mechanics are understanding the anatomy and muscles and how to use them. </div>
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Learning the difference of the Art, Sport and Science of Karate is very important in my opinion. There are similarities in all three categories. The Art being traditional, the Sport being competitive and the Science having a purpose to the actual technique are all important and relative to the world of "Karate". The mind directs the body dynamics, therefore the mind is the strongest force. All Karateka must study and do their research and find what is best for them. Discover the things about body movement and more importantly about yourself, to develop emotional control, character, stability both mentally and physically. We are responsible for our own development and growth. What's your choice?</div>
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Stacey Fiorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10469731623873929528noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595868739949311608.post-71816642071464844182015-02-14T18:56:00.000-08:002015-02-14T18:56:31.522-08:00Domestic Violence - DON'T BACK DOWNHello Martial Arts World!<br />
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I’ve been doing some research on domestic violence recently and I have to tell you, the stats really anger me. I mean I understand that anyone can potentially become a victim of some sort of violent act. My question is, what are you doing to prevent it? What measures are you taking in your life to protect yourself? Nothing is guaranteed, but there are various options out there that can give you an advantage to NOT become a victim.</div>
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As a female martial artists I often find myself seeking ways to assist other women to protect themselves with little to no training. In reality I would love to see women join and study some form of protection. If martial arts isn’t for them, fine. However, seek a program or classes through out the year where you can get some sort of education on a somewhat consistent basis.</div>
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Women spend so much time and money doing various things for themselves. Manicures, pedicures, tanning, Zumba class, shopping…. these things are all great, but will any of these luxuries help us in that time of need? NO. Oh and to say, that won’t happen to me, or I am always careful, I trust the people I hang around – NO. Statistic say that most violent acts comes from someone close to you. Yep – look it up.</div>
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All I am saying is find something to educate yourself. Find a place or a person where you can continuously educate yourself. A place you can go to practice at least once a month. Don’t be a victim!</div>
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Stacey Fiore, Senpai<br />
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