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Carson Porter

Baltimore Sun's award winning series on Ground Rent

If you are considering buying a home here, you should read about how the Ground Rent system works. It used to be widely viewed as a harmless vestige of colonial law, but is increasingly being used by some investors to seize homes or extract large fees from people who often are ignorant of the loosely regulated process.

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.

BaltimoreDiningDeals.com 7/18 - Candle Light Inn, Three, & Owl Bar

A new round of restuarant gift certificates are available every Friday morning at 9 with new restaurants added every week. Check it out and save some money this summer!

www.baltimorediningdeals.com/

SC Johnson Clean Team contest hacked?

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.

Come out for the 7th Annual Pigtown Festival! Sept 6, 2008

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

Insider's Guide to Parkville

Read about what makes Parkville such a great place to live and then search to see what's available