How To Check a House For Water Problems Earlier this summer, I was with my client on a home inspection. The home was a Baltimore rowhouse on Federal Hill, built in 1900. After discovering that three of the four walls of the house were wet and there was mold in the crawlspace under the kitchen, my
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08/30/2018
Hearing a baby in distress is upsetting. I was standing in line at the grocery store and I heard a baby's muffled cry. I did a quick scan of the area and didn't see the baby. Then she cried again and I saw her. She was scrunched onto one side of the baby seat of the grocery cart. Her head was han
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08/28/2018
Buying a brand new home?Consider having a pre-drywall home inspection At this stage of the home building process, the Builder or Site Manager walks through the home with the homeowners. The framing, heating and air ducts, electrical wiring, plumbing and possibly tubs and shower pans will be in p
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08/23/2018
On our way home from Montreal, we stopped in New Haven Connecticut for the night.My family and I arrived at our hotel in New Haven late in the evening. We were tired and hungry so I did a quick online search for a good pizza place. There were excellent reviews for Frank Pepe's Pizza so we ordered
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08/21/2018
In the movie, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Baudelaire children's Aunt Josephine has an irrational fear of Realtors. But is it so irrational?Fear of RealtorsI met a young lady today who started our conversation with, "Don't take this the wrong way but I don't like real est
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08/02/2018
Photo by 添根 林 on Unsplash Smith Island is an island on the Chesapeake Bay. For the past 150 years, the island has been shrinking due to erosion and low elevation. It's now just 9.2 square miles and has a population of 267 people. Smith Island has no airport and no bridges. You can only access the
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06/28/2018
Are you looking for a slamming deal on a condo? If that's your focus, you could be making the biggest financial mistake of your life.Buying a condo is an excellent way to move from renting to owning your own home. In the Greater Washington D.C. area, there are thousands of condos for sale but not
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06/26/2018