Peter & Alex Sell Their Baltimore Home with Jerry Kline!

Peter & Alex do Couto recently sold their home located at 618 Aldershot Road in Baltimore with the help of Jerry Kline, realtor, Keller Williams Flagship of Maryland.

Peter do Couto’s home state of Kentucky was calling him home, and he needed to sell his charming 1930s colonial tucked just inside the Baltimore Beltway. So, he reached out to Jerry Kline, realtor with Keller Williams Flagship of Maryland to help guide him through the process.

This home, located at 618 Aldershot Road in Baltimore, Maryland, was recently sold by Jerry Kline, realtor, Keller Williams Flagship of Maryland.

Jerry had helped Peter & his wife, Alex, purchase the property several years before. With Peter finishing up his career in the Coast Guard and moving back to Lexington, the couple wanted to get the very best price for their property. Jerry sold the home in five days for $364,000, nearly $50,000 more than the couple paid for the home three years before.

The living room of 618 Aldershot Road in Baltimore, Maryland. The home was recently sold by Jerry Kline, realtor, Keller Williams Flagship of Maryland.

The home features: an updated kitchen and baths; a spacious, 2-car, detached garage; a large, maintenance-free deck; and a finished, lower-level family room/rec space. Oozing with character, the home boasts original hardwood flooring, a covered front porch with porch swing, neutral interior paint colors and period architectural details.

The dining room of 618 Aldershot Road in Baltimore, Maryland. The home was recently sold by Jerry Kline, realtor, Keller Williams Flagship of Maryland.

The updated kitchen offers stainless steel appliances, a large, stainless steel sink, engineered hardwood flooring and two butcher-block countertops. The upper-level full bath has newer lighting and plumbing fixtures, ceramic tile flooring and a tub/shower combo with a ceramic-tile tub surround.

The kitchen of 618 Aldershot Road in Baltimore, Maryland. The home was recently sold by Jerry Kline, realtor, Keller Williams Flagship of Maryland.

On the exterior of the home, there’s a fully fenced rear yard and ample parking, with a long, private driveway. All this is located on a quiet street just 5 minutes’ drive from a host of dining, shopping & entertainment options. 

"One of our favorite things to do in this home was sit on the back porch and enjoy the spring and summer blooms around the yard,” owner Alex said. “It was the perfect spot for grilling out and spending time with our family and friends. Even more so, we were incredibly grateful to find a home with a large garage that fits 2 cars and has ample work space. The house is very customizable to your design preferences, and we enjoyed creating a fun space that melds old-house character with modern twists. We’ve enjoyed loving this house, and it has a lot to provide to its next owners."

With 13 years of experience helping clients buy, sell and rent residential real estate in central Maryland, Jerry Kline is the expert you need to seamlessly complete your real estate transaction. Contact him today at (443) 924-7418.

Baltimore’s Patterson Park: A Great Real Estate Investment Opportunity

Buy low. Sell high. It’s the mantra of any investor.

But how does one accomplish this? Where are the opportunities?

In terms of real estate, you have to watch the trends. Where are property values rising? What are the emerging areas? Where do people really want to live?

This weekend, I spent the better part of a 60-degree(!) January afternoon in Baltimore showing property in the city’s Patterson Park neighborhood. Things are happening there.

It’s a trend I’ve witnessed first-hand in nearby Washington D.C. in recent years.  In 2001, my nephew bought a run-down rowhouse on the edge of D.C’s Georgia Ave.-Petworth neighborhood. Still ravaged from the late-1960s riots that burned large swaths of the city, Petworth a decade ago epitomized urban blight: scores of boarded-up buildings, rampant crime and poverty.

But my nephew had his fingers on the pulse of the city and he saw that D.C.’s Metro subway system would turn Petworth into a coveted neighborhood. He bought his rowhouse there for $135,000 and 10 years later sold it for $580,000 – and this was AFTER the big real estate market crash of 2007. He spent nearly $250,000 improving the property, but still walked away with a profit of $200,000.

Patterson Park in Baltimore now appears ripe for such home value appreciation. Depending on condition and proximity to the park, two-bedroom, two-bathroom rowhouses, for example, can be purchased for as little as $50,000. Some interior remodeling work and an exterior facelift later, the same basic homes are currently fetching $250,000 and more.

When you tour the neighborhood, you see the transformation, house by house, block by block. Young working professionals and small families can be seen chatting on street corners, jogging and playing the in the park and tackling all sorts of handyman projects on their homes.

The historic Patterson Park area is tucked between Baltimore’s Canton neighborhood and John's Hopkins Medical Center, just east of Fells Point and Little Italy. The emerging enclave is within walking distance of a variety of the city's best restaurants, nightlife and cultural activities.

http://www.livebaltimore.com/neighborhoods/list/pattersonpark/

But the real gem of the area is the park itself, a 137-acre oasis with a boat lake (where people can fish, if they have a license), sports fields, tennis courts, playgrounds, a swimming pool and an ice skating rink. There also are several monuments and a well-known Pagoda.

During the summer and early autumn, several festivals are hosted in the park. But most important from a real estate investment perspective, the park and its surrounding environs are the center of an innovative urban renewal campaign by city and neighborhood leaders.

It’s a great place to consider investing in. If you’d like more information on current real estate investment opportunities in the Patterson Park community, please contact me at (443) 924-7418 or JerryKline@kw.com. I’d be happy to provide you with a list of available properties, including foreclosures, as well as any other financing and market data you might need.