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This article is what I built my system by. Take a look and it should go a long way to answer a lot of your questions.

I decided to stay in Lawton because I had already purchased a house. Plus, it cost a lot less to start a business here than in a big city. Actually, Lawton's not such a bad place to live.

Ken