Byron Harris

With Airbnbs Unchecked, The City of Dallas Stands to Lose Millions in Tax Revenue From Short-Term Rentals

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / January 4, 2022 /

“We’ve called the police at least two dozen times,” said Dave Norman. “I have a file as thick as my forehead.” Norman lived across the alley from a short-term rental (STR)  “party house” off Meadow Road, and his 12-year-old daughter was continually subjected to loud (and lewd) rap music through her bedroom walls, which bordered…

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An Airbnb Nightmare: Loud Parties, Drugs, And Absent Hosts Make a Perfect Storm in Oak Lawn

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 17, 2021 /

It’s 4 p.m. — do you know who your neighbors are? Four in the afternoon can be an anxiety-ridden time of day for Ken Ray.  That is when he finds out who the latest crop of “guests” will be moving into the condos next door. Next door is supposed to be an Airbnb, but, with…

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Dentist Who Built a Strait Lane Waterpark Held Liable For $16.5M in Medicaid Violations

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2020 /

This came in on Tuesday, and longtime readers of this site will recognize the name, Dr. Richard Malouf. He built what may well be the only backyard waterpark in Dallas one estate south of Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki, complete with a lazy river. I was the first reporter in town to cover the waterpark…

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Former Realtor & Mayor of Melissa, Texas Slammed, Sentenced in Bribery Scheme

By Candy Evans / June 29, 2013 /

Former Melissa, Texas mayor David Dorman has been sentenced to prison for taking part in a bribery scheme with a real estate broker. The Texas real estate license of the Realtor he “worked” with will also be suspended. This is another Byron Harris story: last January, Byron told us that Dorman agreed to plead guilty if the…

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Protecting Free Speech is Hard Work: Expect More Real Estate Dish From Candy Now That a Trial Date Has Been Set

By Joanna England / December 24, 2012 /

Our embattled Candy has been on blog-lite these past few days, thanks to the Maloufs’ attempts to chill her free speech down at Dallas County Court at Law No. 3 in Malouf vs. Mary Candace Evans, Byron Harris and WFAA-TV and Laura Wilson.

Now that Candy and WFAA agreed to a temporary injunction wherein they cannot step foot on the Maloufs’ property, the parties are not scheduled back in court until September, when the trial is set to begin.

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