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Your Mortgage Professional

The Disclosure Report

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ServiceMaster at Bakersfield

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Bakersfield Roll-Off Service

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Bakersfield BoxDrop Mattress Clearance Center

Jim Burke Ford

Venue Dash Inc.

Alyson Rodriguez Real Estate

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Farahi Law Firm, APC

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Great Change Brewing

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Always Always Video

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Adam David Welch

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Evermoore Films

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Sidhu Truck Line, Inc.

Victoria Transportation

Asbury Transportation Co. Inc

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Hampton Inn Bakersfield-Central

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Tri-Stone Baptist Church

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Bakersfield Music Hall of Fame

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South Valley Tires

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