I know I just get a bill for $60 every 6 months from a company I've never heard of. If you fall behind on paying, it can cost you a lot more than the $60 though. Over a recent 6 year period, city judges awarded houses to ground rent holders over 500 times! If you don't want to risk it, you usually can request to buy out your ground rent.
All three parts of our Ground Rent series plus continuing coverage, pictures, a sample deed, etc can be read here.
The SC Johnson Clean Team will visit one of the three neighborhoods (Highlandtown, Penn Ave, or Pigtown) and give it a “Clean-Up Makeover” just in time for the summer. I posted about this yesterday and got at least 30 people from the office to vote. They all said Pigtown had at least 50% of the vote. This morning, I check and we are down to 14% of the vote, even behind Penn Avenue! There is no way 6,000 people voted for Highlandtown last night. Vote for Pigtown and right this wrong!
Click here for more info and to cast your vote.
I went to "Pigout in the Park" over the weekend and had a blast! The band was great and had an actual washboard player, which I hadn't seen in a long time. The pulled pork was amazing and the beer flowed like wine.
I'm back in positive spirits about the neighborhood, so here's a quick plug for this year's Pigtown Festival. It's a great family friendly event with lots of vendors, music, and of course, the running of the pigs. If you like summer festivals, you'll love this one. So come on out on 9/6/2008 and enjoy my neighborhood at its best!
Check out http://www.pigtownfestival.com for more info
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Baltimoresun.com is the only local site that offers listings from real estate agents, new home builders, and owners themselves. If you are looking for your first home or your next home, please check us out. In addition to the variety of listings, you'll also enjoy multiple photos, virtual tours, floor plans, maps, and neighborhood information for almost every property. And if you find a property you like, it's easy to send the listing agent a quick email without leaving the listing.
Don't let our name fool you! We do have properties all over Baltimore in Federall Hill, Canton, Pigtown, Mount Vernon, Fells Point, Hampden, etc. But, we cover all of central MD as well including Baltimore County, Howard County, Carroll County, Harford County, & Anne Arundel. Plus, if you are looking to move out of the region or buy a second home, we also have listings in York, Deleware, Deep Creek, and the Eastern Shore.
To get started, just visit www.baltimoresun.com/realestate and do a quick search. You can even set up email alerts so that new properties are sent directly to your inbox every morning. Search on your terms!
You've probably pieced it together by now, but I am in sales for Baltimoresun.com. I focus solely on real estate and solely on resale. That's a small niche for a sales rep, but I guess it's a good thing I'm a real estate junkie.
I bought my first (and only...so far) house in December of '04. I would have jumped in earlier, but I had just graduated college in May and it took me a few months to find a job, build up some credit, find a home I could afford, and have settlement. I ended up in an ummmm, "interesting" neighborhood in Baltimore that we lovingly call Pigtown. I got to work on fixing it up and that spring I ripped out the first floor and replaced everything down to the floor joists. I even added a brand new kitchen from Ikea, which at the time was quite lavish. Now everybody in the neighborhood has stainless steel and granite, but I still like my quaint little kitchen!
In the winter of '06 I took my real estate classes through L&F in Columbia. Aced the tests and was all ready to quit my job and become a real estate agent when I found out I couldn't afford to. With the market tanking, no good prospects, and all my friends too broke to buy a sofa yet alone a house, I decided that the timing was not right.
I ended up with Baltimoresun.com and now have the best of both worlds. I still am involved in real estate, still making commission, but still have a small base salary just in case.
I still live in Pigtown and have worked my way up to renovating the third floor. In a few weeks, I should have a brand new master suite with a full bath overlooking Oriole Park. That's my story, anything you want to know, just ask!
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