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In Kansas, trailers rent for $2,000 a month

In the oil boomtowns of southern Kansas, enterprising residents are turning into real estate moguls, renting out everything from double-wide trailers to rooms in an old bank for as much as $2,000 a month to cover their need for housing.  More

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