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2012 

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Targeting Real Estate Investors Many of us count on the repeat business from our active real estate investors.  Long term relationships with real estate investors can add much to the core business of real estate professionals. All of us will want to attend the ActiveRain webinar on March 21st. Ch...
03/06/2012

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Flowers are blooming in Kentlands - Roy and Dolores Kelley Photographs Spring does not officially begin until March 20, but the mild winter has made us even more anxious to see spring flowers.  I take regular walks through Kentlands for the benefits of the exercise and, with my camera in hand, al...
03/06/2012

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Federal Copyright Laws and Pinterest Many of us are using Pinterest as we pin our own photographs and images as well as images we find on the internet.  If you are a Pinterest user and are pinning the original works that belong to others, you should consider the possible copyright violations.  Fe...
03/06/2012

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Montgomery County, Maryland  Board Vacancies Currently, there is a valuable opportunity to serve on the following Montgomery County Boards:  Agricultural Preservation Advisory Board Cable and Communications Advisory Committee Cable Compliance Commission Western Montgomery County Citizens Advisory...
03/05/2012

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Conventional Mortgage Alternatives For Low Down Payments In Maryland HUD has announced increases in the cost of mortgage insurance for FHA financing.  Many real estate professionals are seeking alternative financing that will meet the needs of clients that have less than the usual 10% or 20% down...
03/05/2012

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Gaithersburg Citizen Participation Encouraged in Public Safety Initiatives Two-way communication between the Gaithersburg Police Department and the public is critical to the success of public safety initiatives in our community.  Citizens sometimes fail to call the police because they feel the in...
03/05/2012

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"Images in Black and White" on Display at Gaithersburg Activity Center Bonta by Henry Friedman The City of Gaithersburg presents "Images in Black and White" by The Photographers Collective. The exhibit runs from March 9 to May 6, 2012, at the Activity Center at Bohrer Park, 506 South Frederick Av...
03/03/2012

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Little Quarry Park Cleanup in Kentlands  In the coming weeks, a landscape contractor will be cleaning up a front portion of Little Quarry Park along Chestertown Street.  This work will involve flush cutting and removing invasive plant materials, removing vines growing on trees, and removing dead ...
03/03/2012

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FHA Repair Guidelines Some real estate professionals are concerned with the repair requirements that might come back with a FHA appraisal report. Appraiser Michael Bolton recommends a review of the list of items that should no longer generate automatic repair requirements. Please to to the origin...
03/02/2012

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Be Alert For Mortgage Fraud Northern Virginia real estate professional and ActiveRain blogger provides a good reminder that many real estate investors have fraud on their minds when they contact local real estate agents. All of us need to be very careful to avoid fraud in all real estate transact...
03/02/2012
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