Archive for the ‘Homeowners’ Category

As someone who has spent more time with drywall than I actually have desired (yet not nearly so much as a professional), I can say that I’m not overly fond of the stuff. It’s a great invention, mind you, and certainly more effective and easy to use than plaster and lathe. But hanging it is [...]

While we’re all waiting to see what kind of change, if any, President Barack Obama and his administration will bring to the economy in general, those of us that are closely tied to real estate and the housing market are especially curious about what is in our immediate future. Without going too far out on [...]

I’ve been screaming this at a brick wall of late, it seems. Fear is one hell of a motivator or, in this case, a “de-motivator.” And, even though the brick wall hasn’t yet responded to me, let me say it again - if you’re in the right financial situation, now is a GREAT time to [...]

Don’t tell certain green building enthusiasts and companies that home sales fell 17% last quarter. They’re choosing not to listen. According to a recent Wall Street Journal blog post, the seventh annual GreenBuild Expo finished up in Boston last week and saw almost 30,000 people looking through green home building wares, ranging from the photovoltaic [...]

Baltimore City, in an attempt to garner more revenue to feed the black hole that is the city’s budget, has recently contacted over 200 property owners whom city officials feel have improperly benefited from tax breaks to which they were not entitled. According to the Baltimore Sun:
Owners are being targeted because city and state officials [...]

This is just more than a little bit funny…in an ironic sort of way of course. I read in the Baltimore Sun yesterday (an article from last month - better late than never) about some developers who live in Roland Park and are opposing the development of a senior citizens complex on some of Roland [...]

Three days before I bought my first house (in Canton), I received a Christmas present from my Dad that, at first, seemed a bit unusual. The gift was a toolbox full of assorted items, including a small power drill, drill bits, a claw hammer and other sundries. At the time, I was a young lad [...]