March 2020 is when the pandemic started. So you moved out sometime before then, and hired this property manager. Maybe they used the pandemic as their reason for being behind on rent initially? I am curious, how long were your original tenants in the house and how long was their lease, since March 2020? Maybe this was the plan all along for the property manager, maybe the original tenants left because they weren't doing their job...

Good luck. That's crazy.

You could try public relations/affairs and communications offices. Baltimore and DC both are within commuting distance of many nonprofits, government offices and contractors, professional organizations and associations. Most have a comms office.

Yes. The hate you give little infants fucks everybody, truly.

It was more rant than productive, your summary was much better!

I have lived in the city 8 years now as a middle class 20, 30, and now 40 something black woman. Even with stints in Baltimore County and Howard County suburbs, I still choose the city.

My first apt here was in a nice area, but I had mice near the end. My rent was affordable... But I decided I valued not having mice more than the lowest possible rent. Bumped my housing budget by 200 a month, and no more mice. Since then, I have bumped my budget many times, and I am paying at least twice as much for housing as I was back in 2011, and I have not had to deal with mice since.

Similarly, If you don't want to see homeless people or poverty or want to be insulated from violent crime, bump your budget enough and you will be able to afford to live in a neighborhood where you will not. If you want dedicated off-street parking: money. If you want to be able to walk to an ice cream shop and not be visually reminded of the weight of the world, that too is just a matter of having enough money to live in a walkable neighborhood where you will not.

But first, you have to be honest with yourself. And, you have to have the money to have a high enough budget in the first place.

This is accurate, and also kinder than what I wrote.

I wouldn't do a neighborhood east of 83 unless you want to pay tolls or don't mind adding 10 or 15 minutes to the commute. Maybe longer in the evenings.

I used to live west of 83, and my commute was better/more predictable (although I was going to Rockville). Now I live east and it is easily 15 or 20 minutes longer in the evenings since I drive through the city to get home.

Maple Lawn is really, really expensive though? Probably very top or exceeding the proposed budget. I have a friend that lives there and I go to her townhouse often enough... It's at least 600k.

With a large budget, you have your pick of the prime neighborhoods in Baltimore imo. Probably Roland Park, Evergreen, north-centrally located neighborhoods like that with yards, lots of greenery, and the good elementary schools people always talk about on here. Mount Washington may be an option, too.

Of those, I would choose Mount Washington personally.

I do not think this is accurate.

It wasn't covid bail out money: she allegedly made illegal withdrawals from her retirement account because she allegedly lied about being financially needy in order to make the withdrawals.

Sigh. You lazy and messy as hell for this:

She is a former civil servant who caught a federal case: Allegedly she committed mortgage fraud and/or perjury about some property she bought in Florida during the early covid years, when the rules to withdraw funds from certain retirement accounts were relaxed for people who could swear they were experiencing financial hardship. This happened during her tenure as Baltimore City SA.

She is married to a person who was a city council person, then a state legislative rep for Baltimore, and then became the head of that council, which could be perceived as a conflict of interest, since his heading the city council overlapped with her service as Baltimore City SA.

She ran against her old boss and won. Kept getting re-elected until she didn't last year. Now she is a private citizen in federal court.

That's pretty much it.

I know this is the Baltimore City sudbreddit, but do you want to live in the city or not? If not, there are many, many suburbs within hour's drive of Baltimore to choose from. An hour is a very wide net to cast. You may have better responses on the Maryland subreddit.

Based on family friendly and schools and suburbs, just buy in Howard County and call it a day.

It would help to know what more you value than family friendly and schools and suburban. Do you want a shorter commute, for example.

You summed it up perfectly for me. Not at all a Woodberry Kitchen fan.

No, but, I had them come out for an estimate on installing an outlet in an area that had never had an outlet. That visit cost 75 or 80 dollars, and the estimate was 2k, the highest of the estimates I received.

They did not get the job.

For those who cannot view the article, in summary, it's a favorable review.

I had about 225 for December for about 1600 sq ft. It was that deep freeze before and during Christmas that did it. I haven't paid a gas and electric bill like that in 11 years. It sucked... But I paid it.😔

Thermostat at 66 and 67.

Editing to say, the electricity portion was like 40 dollars, which I was extremely proud of. It's my gas furnace and appliances killing my budget.

I agree. Smh it's nice for the Baltimore restaurant scene I guess, but something is off. I don't understand the appeal of Ekiben, either. Maybe I am not eating the right things. Neighborhood bird. Like, it was OK, but I'm not breaking my neck to go back.

But congrats to folks who were recognized.

I remember living in Pikesville when this happened. I was excited to put on my ski bibs and boots out of context. My dog was only 4 years old, and jumped through the drifts like a bunny or kid. Did I mention I had a Subaru Forester, snow tires, and a garage? Kinda the best? 😂

Ngl, I miss snow. Should probably just move.

I still get mail for Hopkins students that rented from the previous owner and weird Libertarian mailings for the owner before that. It's so annoying, and I just write return to sender.

This is an upgrade from where I used to live. There I kept receiving parking and speeding tickets for the previous resident.

I think it means people really like drinking and what society says are valued skills, knowledge, and abilities and what someone is actually compensated for those skills, knowledge, and abilities don't always line up perfectly or the way we would initially think.

For example, someone just repaired my leaky roof. I paid a shit ton: they literally made more in the 2 hours making the repairs than I make for two hours of work with two degrees (bachelor and master) by at least a factor of 25 (I did the math). We both have lots of experience. Their trade being more lucrative than my office job is not so uncommon. But I'd be lying if "I am in the wrong job," didn't pass my lips at least a half dozen times since the work was completed.

I also know I couldn't get up on my roof and do what they did... So I feel OK with what I paid them for the job and I won't be running out to learn how to fix roofs any time soon.

My fave is in Columbia. They are having a good sale right now, too.

I didn't know Wes Moore likes it too, wow. /s

Updated body of initial post.

I updated the body of the initial post.

Yeah article is brief, but says they're working on restoring service but no estimated time, maybe progress has been made. I wonder if Camden is also affected.

I'm usually a 6 am rider on some Fridays so... Thankful my meeting was last week because I would not have been a happy camper this morning.