Effective July 1, 2012, the Housing Authority of Baltimore City will again accept requests from landlords for rental increases. If you rented a property and/or received a rent increase prior to July 2011, you must submit your request on the Rent Adjustment Request form by May 12, 2012. If you rented a property after July 1, 2011, you may submit a rent adjustment request at least sixty days prior to the anniversary date of the first year of the HAP contract.

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     In May 1994, the Maryland Lead Poisoning Prevention Program statute was signed into law and became fully effective on February 24, 1996. The law was intended to make all privately owned pre-1950 rental housing units safer for children, while also helping rental property owners and managers avoid costly lead poisoning litigation by complying with specific lead hazard reduction measures or a dust testing procedure set forth in the statute. This statutory provision applies to all such…

This week Al Aiello will have a webinar presented by your Baltimore Reia. He will be giving away a 30 page overview of his program on asset protection.  I just read it and I recommend everyone attending to print it off and study it. I have asked David Page, our coordinator of our now famous Strategy meeting, to also review it  and one  important part of this give away ( equity stripping ) is a very different view that the mortgage to secure option  we discussed last meeting presented. For…

     There is an old adage that says to sell the sizzle , not the steak. Don't spend all your time telling a buyer what you've done to the house or how great you think it is; tell them how and why they'll enjoy the new home more than their current house . Always call their current dwelling a house and the one your selling them as their new home.

      Emphasize how much better the buyers' lives will be if they buy your property.More room for the kids to play safely in their own yard.…