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Union Bustednew
Ex-cons, and some current ones, find a home in troubled Local 333 of the International Longshoremen's Association.
Baltimore City Paper |
Van Smith |
11-23-2010 |
Business & Labor
Tags: Local 333
Flipping Out on Real Estatenew
The housing boom in Baltimore and other hot spots is creating millionaires and drawing would-be investors into a complex and often murky business.
Baltimore City Paper |
Edward Ericson Jr. |
08-05-2005 |
Business & Labor
In the Eviction Business, the Company Loves Miserynew
"Mortgage field service contracting" is a billion-dollar industry that, in Baltimore, sends white punks into inner-city neighborhoods to deal with ruined lives, foreclosed properties, heroin-addicted day laborers, toilets full of feces, and the occasional bag full of moldy pork chops.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gadi Dechter |
03-16-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
'Buffalo's Biggest Slumlord' Comes to Baltimorenew
Houston-based real estate speculator Scott Wizig is quietly buying up decrepit properties in Baltimore. Considering he was effectively run out of Buffalo with indictments for predatory lending and other violations, that could be bad news for Baltimore's housing authorities and his local tenants.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gadi Dechter |
10-06-2004 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
