Real Estate Biz

Giuseppe ‘JP’ Piccinini Talks Life After JPAR: La Stella, Vesuvius Holdings, And Living it Up

By Brenda Masse / July 3, 2023 /

When Giuseppe ‘JP’ Piccinini sold his eponymous real estate brokerage and franchising brand two years ago, many wondered what the man behind the successful companies would put his hand on next. We heard something about great Italian food. So we sat down with JP at La Stella Cucina Verace, just one of his exciting new…

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Mortgage Expert Jan McFarlane Celebrates 84 With Her Dearest Clients And Elvis

By Mimi Perez / November 5, 2022 /
(Photo: Mimi Perez for CandyDirt.com)

People have always told me that I need to have a life goal. After meeting her this past September, I have discovered that when I grow up I want to be like Jan McFarlane.  When Jan celebrated her birthday in September she threw herself a birthday bash that has to go down in the record…

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Show Business: What It’s Like To Be In Real Estate Right Now

By Nikki Barringer / April 23, 2020 /

That’s a musical instrument announcing something you didn’t necessarily ask for, but also didn’t NOT ask for, so we’ll take it! It’s called A Day in the Life of a Realtor When The World Is Basically Bananas and here’s how it goes: 1. Wake up, check roots. I’ve been bleaching my hair since high school…

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Home Snappers’ Lance Hames on Trading College for the School of Hard Knocks

By Heather Hunter / October 17, 2017 /

At 19 years old, Lance Hames knew two things: college was not for him, and he was going to do something with a camera. In a Steve Jobs-ian tale of self-taught success, Hames is now the owner of Home Snappers and a rising star in Dallas real estate photography. Driven and admittedly, just plain lucky,…

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Zillow Threatens to Sue ‘McMansion Hell’ Blog Over Photo Copyright Infringement

By Candy Evans / June 28, 2017 /

Update, 6/29: I know what it feels like to be legally bullied, and it is scary as hell. I have just heard that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EEF) is now helping Ms. Wagner!  If you have wondered what has happened to the hilarious and often irreverent blog, “McMansion Hell,” that we have linked to on…

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