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.

Blue House Making Move to Browder and Beaumont

By Bethany Erickson / April 25, 2018 /

It took a bit, but the Blue House is almost completely safe now. Almost, because windy weather has held up the removal process, so it sits on two lots — its original on Griffin, and the new lot at Beaumont and Browder. It may take a while for the entire house to make the trek…

Wednesday WTF: Southlake Police Bring It With a BOLO

By Bethany Erickson / April 25, 2018 /

If you’ve been following along with the Wednesday WTF for any length of time at all, you know that we adore smart alecks. We employ almost exclusively smart alecks. If we had an application for employment, I’m 92.34 percent sure that there would be a question about whether or not you’re a smart aleck that…

On SecondShelters.com: Pre-Revolution Concord Home on Market for First Time in 69 Years

By Bethany Erickson / April 22, 2018 /

A Concord, Massachusetts, home that was built before the Revolutionary War is on the market for the first time since 1949 — making it a perfect choice for this week’s historical shelter. We have all the details on this lovingly updated home on SecondShelters.com.

TONIGHT: District 9 Candidate Forum Led by Dallas ISD Students

By Bethany Erickson / April 18, 2018 /

This just came across our desk today, but if you live in Dallas ISD District 9 (the only contested school board race this year), or if you just want to see what the four candidates say and where they stand on the issues, the students of three high schools — Skyline, Lincoln and Irma Rangel — are…

Wednesday WTF: It’s All Mice and Rainbows Over Here

By Bethany Erickson / April 18, 2018 /

Listen, sometimes the Wednesday WTF is one of those things where you’re recoiling and scared. Sometimes induces incredulity. But sometimes, it’s just so damned magical you just have to embrace it, because anything else is just incomprehensible. This is one of those weeks. I mean, how can you not love a house whose exterior shot…