Happy Buy Nothing Day!
My mailbox is flooded with good deals for Black Friday. How about you? I could certainly use another thing or two, and like the idea of saving a few bucks. Perhaps I’ll manage to save a few more by celebrating Buy Nothing Day! Of course Cyber Monday is just around he corner, so we’ll see what happens then. In the meantime, Happy Buy Nothing

Happy Thanksgiving! How Many Feathers Does A Wild Turkey Have?
According to the National Wild Turkey Federation, wild turkeys are native to North America, and around Annapolis, Maryland, we have a species called “Eastern Wild Turkeys”. For more fun facts, including how many feathers an adult wild turkey has, visit their web site… Hav

Free iPhone Application for Home Listings – Find Annapolis Maryland Homes for Sale
Download Free iPhone Application for Finding Homes in Maryland and Enter Code 4517 Househunting for the rest of us! Announcing a free service that you and your friends just may not be able to househunt without – an iPhone application for finding and viewing home listings! If you’re looking for a home in or around An

Disputing Unfair Tax Assessments on Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Homes
The Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation reviews and updates real property assessments on a three year cycle, covering a third of the homes in the state in each year.  Anne Arundel County is split into three sections, and most recently, “Assessment Area One” properties were reassessed including the Historic District of Annapolis and surrounding areas, such as Annapolis Neck, Edgewater, Riva, and the Broadneck peninsula. Many friends and clients we

Free Property Management, Especially Valuable for People Stuck with Double Mortgage Payments
In today’s real estate market, more and more “accidental landlords” are emerging, as people end up with vacant homes that they can’t sell for the prices they want. Sometimes people try for months and months to get the homes sold, leaving them vacant and often with insurance lapsing, and other times they choose to rent them out. Always looking to learn more about property management, and also looking for books to recommend to friends and clients, I just picked up a copy of The ABC’s of Property Management, by Ken McElroy.