“MY CLIENTS FROM MEXICO ARE VERY SOPHISTICATED,” said realtor Connie Ramirez as she wheeled her four-door gray Mercedes to the front gate of Sonterra, a plush gated community thirteen miles north of downtown San Antonio that is known as Monterrey North because so many rich citizens from Mexico own homes there. “They like new, large houses with verandas for entertaining that remind them of Cancún. In Mexico these people live like royalty. They want a country club lifestyle in San Antonio. That’s why they like Sonterra.” The security guard smiled and waved Ramirez through the gate. That day the pretty, auburn-haired Ramirez had six families from Mexico in town shopping for houses. The console of her car was crowded with maps, pens, and notepads, tools…
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