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Con Artists Posing as IRS Agents I just received a call for a person claiming that he was calling in regard to a U.S. Treasury Enforcement Action. I hung up on the caller because I recognized it as a scam. A representative of the Treasury Inspector General recently advised tax professionals th...
08/19/2014
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Asphalt Repaving in Kentlands Kentlands residents need to pay very close attention to the following announcement from the Kentlands Citizens Assembly. This is the schedule for the next phase of the asphalt repaving of the community owned mews (alleys). These activities will impact access to gar...
08/19/2014
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Real Estate Industry Ice Cream Social This Wednesday, August 20, 2014 is the date of the next summertime Ice Cream Social sponsored by Confidence Title & Escrow. I always enjoy these monthly events. It is a good time to network with Montgomery County, Maryland real estate professionals and loan...
08/18/2014
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Gazania in our Kentlands home garden This is one of the many gazanias in the planter at the front of our home in the Kentlands community in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Gazanias are small flowers that add a lot of summertime color and are great for photographs. To obtain a background like this, simp...
08/18/2014
Book Recommendation: A Foreign Country by Charles Cumming I just finished the second book this week by the same author. This spy thriller, A Foreign County (2012) by Charles Cumming was the best novel of the two. This is another good book for your reading list. The Sunday Book Review in The New...
08/18/2014
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Kentlands Annual Dog Swim The pool season in Kentlands will end on Labor Day, Monday September 1, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. The Social (Main) Pool will close at 4 pm for the season and the annual Dog Swim will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Lap and Baby Pools will remain open until 9 p.m. Dog owne...
08/18/2014
Federal Court Action: Wake Up Call for Real Estate Brokers Receiving Kickbacks The Nation’s Housing column by Kenneth R. Harney provides some details on a legal action in the U.S. District Court in Baltimore that alleges that a top real estate team has received over a million dollars in paymen...
08/18/2014
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Have you seen any white squirrels? We have grey squirrels and black squirrels in our neighbor but I have not yet seen a white squirrel. A friend shared this photograph of an albino squirrel in her yard. Use this link for more information on white squirrels. Major places that have white squirre...
08/18/2014
Comparing Baltimore Metro Area Home Prices with the DC Metro Area Home Prices When you compare the home prices in the Baltimore Metro Area with the home prices in the Washington, DC Metro area, it is obvious that the median prices are much lower in the Baltimore area. This explains why some you...
08/18/2014
Housing Trends, Washington, DC Metro Area, July, 2014 Families on the move to the Washington, DC Metro area will find that home median home prices are up slightly from last year and the inventory of available homes up. However, when you look at the historical figures, the inventory is still bel...
08/18/2014
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