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Real Estate Round-Up – Live Near Your Work Edition

July 14th, 2009 No Comments

Two fun facts:
1.    Johns Hopkins is the largest private employer in the state of Maryland.
2.    If you work for Johns Hopkins you may be eligible to apply for their “Live Near Your Work” grant and receive up to $17,000 toward the purchase of a new home.  Yep, not a loan but a grant — that’s [...]

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Frugal Tuesday: Charm School Edition

June 16th, 2009 1 Comment

I heard somewhere that around half of adult Americans fail to complete even a single book each year. I was going to look it up, but… I don’t know. I’m just not much of a reader. Anyway, this seemed as good a week as any to check out ways that Baltimore, erstwhile City that Reads, [...]

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Real Estate Round-Up — Housebound

May 25th, 2009 No Comments

Baltimore has its fair share of charming rowhouses and cosmopolitan condos… and, let’s face it, they’re eye-catching. So it makes sense that when we take a look at real estate options around town, we tend to think compact/urban/close to downtown. But one of the nice things about Baltimore is that you can also live in [...]

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What Can You Get for Under 200k?

May 11th, 2009 No Comments

We’ve said this before, but we’ll just put this out there on the table anyway—we think you should live in Baltimore, the city not the county. Get in on it, the greatest city in America and all that.But one of the wonderful things about our city is that its got so many different facets. So [...]

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Frugal Tuesday: In like a Lion Edition

March 3rd, 2009 No Comments

Well, now it’s March and the economy is as bad as ever and the weather’s just mediocre enough to remind us of how nice we’d like it to be. So, let’s get a little cheaper this week, and by cheap I mean free. Grow your beard out, put on your best fuzzy, old-man sweater, and [...]

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