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You’ll Never Have to Leave Your Favorite National Park With This Government Program

By Candy's Dirt / March 27, 2023 /

The Recreation Residence Program was launched in 1915 and is intended to give people unfettered access to the pristine wilderness at national forests. This program allows you to buy a cabin in a national forest while leasing the land it sits upon. The way the program works is the cabin and its improvements are the property of…

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Lance Blann Has 7 Reasons Why Puerto Vallarta Should Be Your Next Second Home

By Nikki Barringer / February 28, 2023 /

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate’s Lance Blann is a man about town. If he’s not in his Park Cities office, he’s out there in Uptown, Downtown, Oak Lawn, Lakewood, Lake Highlands, East Dallas, or North Dallas getting it done for his clients. And if that’s not enough territory to cover, he specializes in one more area…

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This Stellar Gun Barrel City Home Has Lake Views And Lots of Updates

By Nikki Barringer / February 11, 2023 /

Gun Barrel City, pew pew. It’s the only city in the country with that name. You can double-check. This according to local Realtor and local expert, Keller Williams’ Jamye Montgomery. She’s lived there since 2003 and when it comes to Texas lakes and lake houses, lake fronts, and cities that surround them, she knows her…

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Get Palm Springs Vibes on Lake Granbury in This Too Cute Two-Bedroom Midcentury

By Nikki Barringer / January 31, 2023 /

As a Realtor and a real estate writer, I obviously love every house that was built ever. Obviously. But sometimes there’s one that comes along that I cannot freaking wait to write up. This is one of those. Lovely Day Real Estate’s Shannon Bubel is just as excited about it, too. Located in Granbury, this…

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Betty White, Living For Free in Alaska, And The Biggest Second And Vacation Home Stories of 2022

By Joanna England / December 30, 2022 /

As interest rates rose in 2022, so did the cost of purchasing a second home. Naturally, this led to a slow market for second and vacation homes, one that left some ambitious disrupters cutting staff and budgets in the third quarter. However, second homes and vacation homes — especially those in desirable locations — are…

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