Richard Iarossi asks a question that many others have, but didn't ask out loud, and I hope you'll click through to his post and add your comment. Maybe someone among us has a good answer to why a credit card is needed for a "free trial". This is something we all want to know. Maybe you saw
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06/30/2009
You can count on me to play "Devil's Advocate" whenever someone posts on Activerain about how irresponsible it is to provide only one photo with a listing. I'm always quick to comment that sometimes no photos could be the right choice if the listed home shows poorly. But... No, make that "BUT..
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06/28/2009
FORECLOSURE TURNS LIVES UPSIDE DOWN FOR TENANTS Hopefully we won't be reading or writing any more posts like the one I wrote in March 2008 titled Tenants Faced with Foreclosure - Lives Turned Upside Down - at least not for Maryland properties. This is an update inspired by that post. In additio
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06/27/2009
You'll find more than one way to "cut and paste" or "copy and paste" on ActiveRain - and one will save you time. Of course, this may depend on your browser, but here is my experience in Firefox: In a Word document and many online editors, you have these two options (and maybe others)... C
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06/25/2009
This post is included in Your Online Relocation Package for Anne Arundel County, Maryland - Home of Fort George G. Meade, NSA, Northrop Grumman, BWI, and the U.S. Naval Academy. With GPS and Mapquest, who needs a map to get around in the Greater Crofton area? If your answer is “I do!”, you’re
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06/23/2009
The rules changed on June 1 for condominium unit owners and associations in the Greater Crofton area and throughout Maryland. Until then, condo associations were responsible for upkeep and structural repairs to both the common elements and units, while unit owners were responsible only for person
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06/21/2009
Earlier this week, I had a conversation with someone about the safety of real estate agents. He asked whether this is a concern for agents, and what agents do to protect ourselves. (Hopefully he was simply interested, and not a bad guy trying to figure out how to get around our safety precautio
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06/20/2009
Whether you're a "Terps Parent" or a savvy real estate investor, this home will catch your eye for many reasons. LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION - 2 blocks from campus, near "The View", where students can catch the campus shuttle or take the walking path directly to campus. Just blocks from Gree
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06/20/2009
This is a lousy real estate market, right? That's what the statistics say... what the media says... what many consumers and agents say. If that's the case, how come there were four contracts on one home that my clients wanted to buy on Tuesday? It was a beautiful townhome located in Piney Orcha
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06/18/2009
Real Estate statistics for Odenton, in May, were "not too bad" - which is another way of saying they were "almost good" by comparison with almost everywhere else in the area last month! I'm fairly sure this is a reflection of the community's proximity to Fort Meade, BWI, and major defense contra
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06/15/2009