Cleveland Real Estate News

Take it with a grain of salt, like everything else we read, but still worth reading. It’s been 11 years since Allegheny County in Pittsburgh switched to a Co. Executive/Council form of government. If nothing else, Jim Nichols’ PD article  interviews a cross section of people who were in the trenches in Pittsburgh when the [...]

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This means you would sign your title over to your lender and you would become their tenant.  The catch is Fair Market Value (FMV) for the rent. If it’s determined to be $850/month, and your mortgage is more than that, it won’t work. If  the FMV is less than what you are now paying per [...]

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Hats off to David Lay of David Lay Photo and one of my social media buds. He found a wonderful article on Pop City written by Elaine LaBalme. She is a Pittsburgh-er but loves Cleveland.
In her opinion, we have more ‘great’ food going on here and she lists a few of the places she likes.  [...]

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Participated in a live chat tonight on WKYC’s website which was allegedly set up to discuss Issues 5 and 6.  The discussion was mostly of the talking heads nature (tangents on things like corruption and the Med Mart were annoying). But I was able to glean some written info on sites that everyone might find [...]

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Most of us love supporting local restaurants, and get excited when new ones open in our neighborhoods. We also like to know when special events (like Cleveland Beer Week?) are happening around town.  Now Dining Deals has a new website designed to do just that.  I just checked it out and it features places all [...]

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So you saved up money, have decent credit scores, and are now ready to buy your first home.  We are reaching the end (unless they extend it) of the Federal Tax Credit perks, but Ohio has a new program that just might fit the bill. It’s called the Grant For Grads program. Bob Wilson, of [...]

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Social Media is the bomb. Sometimes it’s just fun, other times it can lead me to great sites or good causes.  Today, hats off to David Lay (who either used to live here and moved to Iowa or is now back…not sure lol)  He pointed me to Cleveland Caper blog.  (you can follow David, a [...]

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It’s been a few weeks of meetings with people who are and have been involved in green collar and sustainability development and products.  It’s been fascinating and exciting at the same time.
Did you know that the City of Cleveland Sewer District plans to begin changing how they charge commercial structures (maybe residential too, I don’t [...]

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He Still Needs A Home

I’ve had my dog for three weeks and every day gets better and better. Still pinching myself that he loves people (even babies) doesn’t hate all dogs (some yes!) and is a quite but fun loving pup.  I say pup, but they estimated him to be about 6 yrs old. 
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 Trying to figure out what career path to take to try to affect some sort of good job availability?  Need a full time job while you go to school?  CareerBoard is local and successful and lists tons of jobs every day. I usually focus on Engineering jobs, because that is such a good path to [...]

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