Margaret Rome's Blog

 At the end of April, I posted We need a Carroll County Home"I am so looking forward to finding this young couple a new home. They are moving to our Baltimore area from Georgia to be closer to family and are expecting their first child. They would like to move mid-June.''  Yesterday June 18th, we...

 If you are listing, selling, showing, or any of the other tasks that we Realtors® are doing to help clients with their housing, you have to be safe. To stay healthy and follow all the guidelines, we need some specific supplies. Here is an excellent source for all of those needs.  Take a look at ...

 Time To Write A Blog  When do you write yours?      Many members have a pattern or routine. Some write first thing in the morning or write specific posts on certain days. Some write a full week's maximum and post them all at once.Some write a lot of posts and keep them in a draft. Others write v...

   When buying a home "as is" know what you are doing. In our Maryland contract, there are two choices -0ne "as is" without inspections or contingencies regarding condition.     The other is ''as is'' with the right to withdraw after inspections within a period, usually ten days. This timing give...

 Another ActiveRain zoom with 15 members. Pictured above: Will, Margaret, Brian, Kathy, Marie, Hannah, Debe, AJ, Kat, Jeff, George, and our presenter Gene.Present but not pictured: Tammy, Nina, and Eileen. Trying to capture everyone while on the screen is a bit like herding cats. You can see 12 o...

 There have been challenges for those in the real estate industry for the last few months! And yet buyers are buying, sellers are selling, and agents are closing deals. Home inspections, appraisals, termite, well yields, septic inspections, surveys, and the title work is all getting done. Negotia...

Myrl Jeffcoat and I had a lovely conversation on a real telephone. We were discussing ActiveRain and our Tuesday Zoom calls. Both have a time and place. Tough to get 25 AR members on the same phone call but oh so easy on a Zoom. Love how Myrl motivated Baron with gold stars! Hey, it drove all of ...

 With three home inspections in the past ten days and instructions NOT to attend, things were done differently from my usual routine.Today I went early, made sure the house was open, AC running, all doors and lights on, and snacks set up. At nine this morning, met the home inspector, showed him a...

 This home is for a special lucky buyer who is looking for a project to make this large corner townhouse, built-in 1938, beautiful again.   High ceilings, wood floors, a bay window, gas fireplace, and a sunroom are just a few of the features in this stately Baltimore stone home. And it is a garde...

     This Baltimore county townhouse condo is outside the gated community of Annen Woods. So convenient and private, yet close enough to walk to Trader Joe's, Starbucks, Ruth's Chris, Essen Room,7-Eleven, the gym at Lifebridge, Barnes & Noble, and all the shops of Woodholme Village.And within a m...