OUCH! That's "Billion" with a "B!"

Can anyone out there looking a real estate investing in the greater Baltimore area spell "O P P O R T U N I T Y" ?!
Baltimore-area 'distressed’ properties hit $1.8B - Baltimore Business Journal:

Cool new site if you've got a property to sell at a discount.

If you have a property you need to sell, consider offering it up on a new site that promises to feature a great deal each week:
    Property Deal of the Week

Property Deal of the Week is a real estate site dedicated to highlighting one really fantastic property deal each and every week.

Check it out.

Padmapper maps pads - MUST SEE TV

Now this is a very cool tool. Wish I'd thought of it.

http://www.padmapper.com/

Just type in an address, or your neighborhood, or a city name -- and instantly see a Google map with a push-pin showing every "pad" for rent in the surrounding area. Click on a pin, see the actual ad from Craigslist or Apartments.com... play around with the filters to narrow your search.

Way cool.

Landlords might like this because it shows at a glance what you're competing with trying to rent your place out. Be competitive from the git-go by surveying your area first, then setting the rent. Etc. Many uses, I'm sure.

Great time to be a cash-holding auction goer

I see articles like this and am reminded of the song "If I Had $1,000,000" by Barenaked Ladies. It starts out, "If I had a million dollars, if I had a million dollars, well, I'd buy you a house. I would buy you a house." Catchy tune...

Yeah. Well, on Aug 17, at an auction in Howard County, a million dollars won't buy you a house. They haven't been built. But it might get you a couple of  million dollar home sites. Read and weep.

31 properties of Dale Thompson Builders set for auction

Investigative Inspector

I just stumbled across this site and found it useful after a quick reading. Might be one to bookmark and check back from time to time. Enjoy!

House Detective: Barry Stone

Known today as "America's House Detective," Barry advises readers from coast to coast about home inspection and real estate disclosure, providing honest clarity, fresh wit, consumer protection, and even-handed fairness in his responses to real estate questions.

Whoa Nelly! Could Barclay be the next "Canton" (sans waterfront!)?

Barclay redevelopment project could start next year - baltimoresun.com

The overall plan calls for $85 million in redevelopment of vacant lots and vacant and rundown rowhouses, including some public housing, in the Barclay/Midway/Old Goucher neighborhoods. It would be built in four phases over a decade and include rentals and homes for sale among an estimated 322 units. The area is bounded by North Avenue, 25th Street, North Calvert Street and Greenmount Avenue.

Foreclosure...good news...?

Maryland Daily Record

Maryland as the 15th-worst state in the nation for foreclosures, with 18,112 homes, or 0.78 percent of the state’s total housing stock, in some stage of the process