Bethany Erickson

Bethany Erickson lives in a 1961 Fox and Jacobs home with her husband, a second-grader, and Conrad Bain the dog. If she won the lottery, she'd by an E. Faye Jones home.
She's taken home a few awards for her writing, including a Gold award for Best Series at the 2018 National Association of Real Estate Editors journalism awards, a 2018 Hugh Aynesworth Award for Editorial Opinion from the Dallas Press Club, and a 2019 award from NAREE for a piece linking Medicaid expansion with housing insecurity.
She is a member of the Online News Association, the Education Writers Association, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, and the Society of Professional Journalists.
She doesn't like lima beans or the word moist.

On SecondShelters.com: Brenham’s Gorgeous House of Atreus Back on the Market

By Bethany Erickson / August 19, 2018 /

The beautiful 1883 Folk Victorian farmhouse built by Atreus and Katherine Clay went off the market before we could feature it as a historical shelter, and we were bummed. But it’s back on the market now, and it’s even ready to become a business again if the new buyers wish. The farmhouse was home to…

From Facebook: What’s the Deal with Realtor Commissions?

By Bethany Erickson / August 17, 2018 /

There has been a lot of discussion lately about Realtor commissions, and what sellers should expect for the commission they are going to pay. More and more startups are popping up to cut the Realtor out altogether. So for our Aug. 3  Friday Question, we asked real estate professionals — and our readers — to…

Yes, You Can Find Great Homes in Great Dallas ISD Attendance Zones

By Bethany Erickson / August 17, 2018 /

For the past two years, Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate has tasked me with finding great neighborhoods around some schools that might be more unfamiliar to buyers who traditionally look around the Lakewood, Rosemont, Stonewall Jackson (now Mockingbird Elementary), and Withers elementary schools when they want a home in Dallas ISD. The great news is that…

Dallas ISD Board Places 13-cent TRE on November Ballot

By Bethany Erickson / August 17, 2018 /

It took three tries, but a 13-cent Tax Ratification Election (TRE) was passed by the Dallas ISD board of trustees in a special called meeting Thursday night. The vote (which was seven for, one against, and one absent) will place a measure that will increase the district’s maintenance and operating tax rate from $1.04 to…

Your Own Personal (Almost) All Expenses Paid Litter Box Full of Cats

By Bethany Erickson / August 15, 2018 /

Hey guys do you like Greece? Do you like cats? Do you like lots of cats at once? Do you like free rent and Greece and lots of cats? Have we got the Wednesday WTF for you. Now, first off I have to say that I am not team cat. I’m team dog all the…