National Night Out 2014 took place in Owings Mills New Town on 8/5/14 from 6 to 8pm in Central Park at the corner of New Town Boulevard and Fitch Hill Drive. It is sponsored by the Owings Mills New Town Community Association. Both Chesapeake Property Management and Yaffe Real Estate were in attendance for the fourth annual celebratio...

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In 3 Reasons Why Yaffe Real Estate Got Started In The Baltimore Market, I mentioned that the same strong desire to provide professional, consistent, competent and high quality business guidance and service to clients inspired the launch of Chesapeake Property Management, Inc. in 1997. That's also what makes Chesapeake Property Managem...

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If you've read the Yaffe Team 'About Us' page, you know that Yaffe Real Estate focuses on the Baltimore area real estate market. That's where we are based and that's what we know really well. That knowledge allows us to serve the real estate needs of clients like you. What you may not know is why we got started in the real estate business...

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Are you thinking about renting out your home? Perhaps you're moving overseas for two years and don't want to sell your home. Perhaps you're ready to move to a bigger or smaller home and aren't willing to sell what you know is a fabulous location and desirable home. Or, perhaps you aren't sure whether to sell or rent out your property. If...

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Are you struggling to decide if you should continue to rent or if you’re ready to buy your first home? In other words, are you wondering "should I rent or should I buy?" Many times, the decision is simply about education. With the amount of inventory Chesapeake Property Management, Inc. manages, we process many tenant applications t...

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People often ask me what they can do when their house isn’t selling.  The photos look great, people are seeing it online but the homeowner has not received any offers or the house is just not getting many showings.  So how do we increase the traffic so that the homeowner can move on? Look at Price We look closely at price....

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Recently, we had a prospective tenant contact us who is relocating from South Carolina. Once he got over the initial sticker shock of rental properties here, I told him about the state of our rental market. Some of our properties move very fast and he needs to be prepared mentally to do so as well.  Many of our tenants rent our...

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Landlords often think that buying a home warranty (like AHS) is a great investment.  Most think that for just a few hundred dollar that any and all repairs on their rental property will be covered by the warranty. Long term, they think that they will save money and therefore this is a great deal. We disagree with this thinking. Here ...

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Here is an observation about the real estate business: long ago they taught us as Realtors not to give our personal opinions. They taught us to give only the facts and to always let the client make decisions on their own for liability purposes. But the times have changed. These days, we are all buried in information. We don't lack informa...

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Why are you finding real estate listings on Zillow, Trulia & Realtor.com that are already sold or rented? Many potential clients - both renters and buyers -  call us based on information that they find on third party websites such as Zillow, Trulia, Realtor.com, Homes.com, or Rentalpads.com.  Most of the time, the home that...

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