Baltimore Real Estate Investing Blog

It is Tax Sale Season Yes it is tax sale season in Maryland.  Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Baltimore City, Frederick County, Howard County,  Prince Georges County, along with other Maryland counties are all having their tax sales in May and June. How I Learned Tax Sale I have learned from a variety of sources [...]

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Prince Georges county has announced their tax sale for 2011.  Once again it will be held online.  The date is May 9, 2011. Important dates for the sale are at PG Tax Sale Dates. The most important date is coming up this Friday the registration deadline. To register go to the PG county tax sale [...]

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Howard County has made a change for the 2011 tax sale. Traditionally their sale has been a live auction.  This year it will be held online at the Howard County Tax Sale Website. The date is May 4, 2011.  Registration is open now and must be done before 4:30 EDT April 25, 2011.  To register [...]

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One of the great things about running a blog is the people you meet via comments.  One of my readers Brian Porter,  a top agent in Portland Oregon, posted a comment and I went to check out his site.  He had a wonderful post on making lowball offers and has graciously allowed me to post [...]

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Anthony Onwuanibe was in the line at the tax sale office. As he patiently answered questions from others in the line, I listened in. This guy really knows his stuff.  I took the opportunity to pick his brain with every question I could think of about tax sale investing. He told me he was an [...]

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Starting on or about March 16, 2011: The  2011 Tax Sale Properties Listing will be posted on  www.BidBaltimore.com.  The list will be updated regularly to reflect liens that are paid before the sale. Wednesday, March 16, 2011: Bidder registration begins on www.BidBaltimore.com.  You must use an ACH debit from your bank account to register. On [...]

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Are you behind on your Baltimore property tax? To avoid the additional costs and hassles related to tax sale,  Baltimore City Taxes are due Monday Feb. 28. This must be paid by certified check or money order. If you don’t know how much your taxes are or if they have been paid go to the  [...]

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Baltimore Real Estate investors You Just Dodged a Bullet. That’s right, the whistling sound you just hear rushing by was the bullet you just dodged.  This bullet was in the form of a new regulation for fire sprinklers.  In it’s original proposal the city council wanted any house needing renovation affecting more than 30% of [...]

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The Other Foreclosure Menace Mortgage Paid Off, Woman Loses Home — Over a Small Water Bill By Fred Schulte, Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert Huffington Post Investigative Fund A version of this story appeared in The Baltimore Sun. One raw day in early February, Vicki Valentine stood by helplessly as real estate investors snatched her [...]

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Congress offered an $8,000 credit for first time home buyers ($6,500 for repeat buyers).  To receive this credit the home had to be under contract April 30, 2010 and close by June 30. Many buyers have been unable to get their properties closed in time.  Settlements involving short sales for example can take many months [...]

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Anne Arundel County MD tax sale will be held online June 8, 2010.  Their website for the Tax Auction is AAcountyTaxSale.com.  The site  currently lists 2876 properties for their tax sale.  This is about 1/2 the number in the Prince  Georges county tax sale and about 1/10 the number of tax liens is the Baltimore [...]

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Cleveland, Ohio and Baltimore have a lot of similarities.  Both were successful industrial towns after WWII.  Both have been losing population since the 50s as jobs left with the decline of heavy industry. They both now have crime, vacant housing and poor school performance. Baltimore and Cleveland have used some of the same failed approaches [...]

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Prince Georges County MD tax sale will be held online May 10, 2010.  Their website for the Tax Auction is PrinceGeorgesCountyTaxSale.com.  The site  currently lists 5760 properties for their tax sale.  The site also has all the information you need to bid including video tutorial. Tax Sale Registration Deadline If you want to bid you [...]

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The Charles County Md tax sale will be held May 18, 2010.  Currently they list 837 properties.  Their auction for tax lien certificates will be conducted as an online auction.  Bids may be submitted starting Thursday May 13th and the Auction will end on Tuesday May 18. Their website is www.charlescountytaxsale.com.  Their tax lien website [...]

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In my recent post What is Hard Money,  I promised to post a list of Hard money lenders.  So here it is.  Much of this list comes from an e-mail by Baltimore real estate investor John Parker; thanks John. Local Baltimore Hard Money Lenders Cavalier Realty Company, Inc. Hard Money Bankers Jeffrey Shiller from Hard [...]

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