The State of Maryland has a tax credit that’s available to homeowners, to offset the high property taxes — this credit is for owner-occupied dwellings only, and not to be used for rental properties where the homeowner does not reside. If you move away, and wish to rent out your property instead of selling it, Read more about Homestead Tax Credit: Not for Rentals[…]
Unfortunately, Google has discontinued their enterprise-level Maps Engine, so our mapping project has hit a bit of a snafu. Luckily, I was able to download all of the data before everything went away, so the mapping project will resume as soon as we’ve established an account with another map provider. I chose BatchGeo as the Read more about Mapping is on Hiatus[…]
Baltimore Heritage, a group I love and support, is holding their call for nominations again, for the 2015 Historic Preservation Awards. Historic preservation, particularly in a city like Baltimore that is experiencing a slight…identity crisis, shall we say…is incredibly important. When we fail to preserve our past, we lose what made us great — we Read more about 2015 Historic Preservation Awards Nominations[…]
Don’t let your home go to auction — there is legal help available! The Pro-Bono Resource Center of Maryland, along with MVLS, is holding three community workshops where lawyers will discuss both foreclosure and tax sales. If you’re behind on your water bill or property tax, don’t wait until it’s too late — find out Read more about Are You Past Due on Your Property Taxes or Water Bill?[…]
This is a new feature I’ve decided to add, in order to keep donors and other interested folks in the loop, with regard to what I’ve been working on. I hope you find it useful! Keep in mind, these lists are highlights, and won’t include everything I’ve worked on during the month. January 2015 Highlights Read more about Monthly Update[…]
Bill Information: Requiring a limited liability company to have a company representative; requiring the articles of organization, articles of cancellation, and articles of reinstatement of a limited liability company to include the name and street address of the company representative; applying to a company representative specified provisions of law relating to a change of a Read more about Action Needed: Urge Your State Elected Officials to Support HB0351[…]
Bill Information: Establishing the Maryland Uniform Real Property Transfer-on-Death (TOD) Act; authorizing an individual to transfer specified property to one or more beneficiaries effective at the transferor’s death by a transfer-on-death deed; establishing that a transfer-on-death deed is revocable and nontestamentary; providing that the capacity required to make or revoke a transfer-on-death deed is the Read more about Action Needed: Urge Your Legislators to Support HB0186, Maryland Uniform Real Property Transfer-on-Death (TOD) Act[…]
Bill Information: This bill would authorize a municipality to establish a Vacant and Blighted Buildings Registry and to require an owner of a vacant building to register it within 30 days after the building becomes vacant under specified circumstances. It would also require a municipality to consider specified factors in determining whether a building is Read more about Action Needed: Urge Your State Legislators to Support SB0197[…]