Baltimore Homeowner Blasts City, Courts As Investment Property Turns Into ‘Nightmare’ After Fire, Murder, Squatters

Baltimore has almost 15,000 vacant homes, and many believe the disinvestment contributes to the city’s soaring violence.  One homeowner, Darryl Brown, told WJZ he regrets ever buying a rowhouse as an investment property in the troubled Carrollton Ridge neighborhood in Southwest Baltimore.  He said his purchase at auction last year turned into a nightmare with multiple unsuccessful legal battles to evict squatters.