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Jaime Dunaway-Seale is a content writer for Real Estate Witch, the leading real estate education platform for home buyers, sellers, and investors. She also contributes to other sites in the Clever Real Estate brand family.
Prior to contributing to Real Estate Witch, Jaime worked full time as a journalist. Her writings about education, government, business, and sports have appeared in Slate, The Associated Press, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and Advocate Media.
Jaime graduated with a Master of Arts in journalism from the University of Missouri and a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and international relations from the University of Arkansas.

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