Checkbook Chronicles: A Miami steakhouse server's secret to making ends meet in one of America's least affordable markets

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Stefany Serna is not without worries: a slowing local economy, saving up for the future, and a cost of living that seems to be endlessly increasing.

But a major concern for many other Miami-area residents — paying for housing — does not keep Serna, who works at a high-end steakhouse in Coral Gables, up at night.

Thanks to an informal connection to her landlord, the costs for the home she shares with her partner are below market prices.

“We lucked out with the rent,” Serna said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/checkbook-chronicles-miami-steakhouse-servers-secret-making-ends-meet-rcna172045

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