Baltimore Real Estate Investing Blog

Tweet I found a very good article about what affects property values. Joe Manausa of the Tallahassee Real Estate Blog wrote a great post called How Home Values Are Determined. While this is aimed at sellers it has value for investors too. In today’s market you are likely to run into sellers that are just unrealistic about what […]

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Tweet Well more information is in and the new waiver of seasoning regulations (see previous post)only applies to homes that were foreclosed by the lender. Here is the ruling from HUD.  The key language is: This waiver is limited to a sale within the 90-day period if the property is acquired through foreclosure, and is […]

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Tweet Inman news is reporting that FHA has temporarily removed the 90 day seasoning requirement for properties that they finance. I agree with the article, this won’t really help the backlog of foreclosed homes. Of course I didn’t think the original rule did much to address the real issue with “Flipping”. Seasoning requirements are a […]

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Tweet The Baltimore Sun is reporting that Steven Berman has pleaded guilty on charges he conspired to fix bids at a number of Tax lien auctions in Maryland over a several year period. Mr Berman is the husband of Heidi Kenny, the attorney that I had reported won so many bids at the recent Baltimore […]

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Tweet You’ve heard that saying before. Sadly many small business people don’t know much about the laws they are expected to obey. If you want to learn more about the laws that apply to Real Estate Investing, I will be teaching a class at the Mid Atlantic Real Estate Investors Association. Local Regulations and Ethics, […]

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