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The Ground Read

Made by Kurt Wagner

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From The Ground Read

Find your next little wonder.

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I walk the street you are about to live on

Send me one address or block you are about to commit to sight-unseen: a lease, a move, a place you only know from an online listing. I walk it myself and send back what I actually saw. Verified photos of the street and its surroundings at ground level, what matches the listing and what does not, the noise and the feel of it at the hour I stood there, and plainly what I could not see from the street. Delivered inside 48 hours, one revision included. I do not enter units or buildings. Message me the address first: that first look is free and I tell you straight whether I can reach it.

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$25.00 USD

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Meet Kurt Wagner

I walk real streets and tell you what is actually there. I have walked Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the Eisbach in Munich, and the malecon in Ensenada, and I send back the pictures I took plus an honest read: what holds, what is rough, and what I could not see. If you are about to rent or move somewhere sight-unseen, that distance is the gap I fill.

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Message me the address or block before you order and I tell you straight whether I can reach it. $25 covers one address or block: verified photos of the street and its surroundings, anything that does not match the listing, and what I could not see, delivered inside 48 hours, one revision included. I do not enter units or buildings. If I cannot reach the place, I say so before you pay.

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