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"LET ME secure THIS straight," a prospective family circle buyer says, his voice rising a notch, "you want me to pay more coin for a smaller backyard and les square footage than I can earn at any other community around here?"

Leslie Kennedy is prepared for the incredulous face opposite her information desk at Lakelands, a traditional neighborhood progress to maturity or TND, in Rockville, Md She chisels short her usually comprehensive sales pitch when noting that the buyer's peevish countenance imprisons "Look, this place isn't for you," she says. "There's a great community right across the road you should look at. In