Ron Trzcinski's Blog

It Was My First Trail Run of the Year It's winter so we have had low temperatures and wind, snow and cold rain, and short dreary days and long chilly nights. But, yesterday it was a clear and calm mid-February day with temperatures in the mid 60s.  It was a perfect day for a run.  I chose to run ...

Home Buyers Are Being Sold for Over $3,000 An unsuspecting person decides to buy a house and starts the search for that house on the internet. Starting the search on the internet makes sense because there is a ton of information on the internet, including almost every house that is for sale. Not ...

The Deal Falls Through. Do You Take a Cut of the EMD? The documentation that I use when I list a property has a statement about the earnest money deposit (EMD). Basically it states what percentage of the EMD will go to my brokerage if a deal falls through and if it is agreed that the EMD will be ...

HOA Resale Package; $175 for a Web Site Link Homes with a home owners' association (HOA) require that a HOA Resale Package be provided by the seller to the buyer in a sales transaction. HOAs are not for profit entities, but the firms that manage them are for profit entities. To get the HOA Resale...

Parkville, MD: Hot and Affordable The neighborhood of Parkville Maryland is one of the Hottest Affordable neighborhoods in the nation. You don't have to take my word for it.  An analysis was done by Redfin where they determined that three Baltimore area neighborhoods were ranked among the top ten...

Work Monday for Free & I'll Pay You for Working Tuesday and Wednesday How many people would work for someone who gave this as the payment terms? Apparently some real estate agents will work for these terms. How many times has someone asked if you would give them a discount for listing their house...

Got a Match; Got a Match; Got a Match . . . .  I was in Baltimore City driving up the street to one of my listings.  When I got to the block where my listing was, there was a guy on the sidewalk who was waving as if he had something for me.  I am certain that he did not have anything that I wante...

He says: "I'm a Wholesaler; I've got a Buyer for your listing". If he had said: "I'm a Real Estate Agent; I've got a buyer for your listing", then I would have said good, send me an offer. If he had said: "I'm a buyer; I'm interested in buying your listing", then  I would have asked if he had a r...

Your Light is Flickering.  What Could It Be? Aluminum? A flickering light could be any one of a number of things.  The light bulb is burning out, the light fixture is worn out, the light switch or socket has a problem, or there is something wrong with the wiring. Let's stick with the idea of wiri...

A Great View, Very Private, and It could Be Yours   Well Built Brick Front Rancher Style Home sits high on a hill with dense woodlands to the back and a great view of the countryside to the front.   This unique home with over 2,200 square feet of above grade living area boasts 4 bedrooms and 2 fu...