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.

College Park Home Offers More Square Footage for Less Than $100K

By Bethany Erickson / February 9, 2018 /

As we’ve begun to look at homes priced $100,000 and under, one thing has remained constant — move-in ready homes in this price range tend to be on the smallish side. This week, we look at a College Park home with more square footage, but the price tag does reflect that.

Dallas Area Tops Nation in New Apartment Completions in 2017

By Bethany Erickson / February 8, 2018 /

Dallas-Fort Worth topped the nation in new apartment completions last year — finishing almost 28,000 new rental units in 2017. According to RealPage, the metro area’s 27,974 completions were part of the 395,777 completions for the 150 largest metro markets nationwide for the year. New York City’s 23,207 came in second, and Houston was third…

Wednesday WTF, the Vacation Edition: Be Our Guest, We Guess?

By Bethany Erickson / February 7, 2018 /

As most everyone knows, we are all about The Vacation over here. In fact, we have a whole other sister site devoted to second homes and vacations. But today, we’re not talking about the charming abodes of SecondShelters.com. No, we’re talking about uh, something else. These three hotels we’ve chosen for today’s WTF are um,…

On SecondShelters.com: Nothing Basic About This Pacific Coast Stunner

By Bethany Erickson / February 6, 2018 /

One of the stars of Basic Instinct is for sale. The California home where parts of the 1990s thriller were filmed got a lot of attention as one of the more stunning sets in movie history. It is on the market – and the buyer will have not only a piece of cinematic history but a home…

On SecondShelters.com: Historical Shelter in the Prettiest Village in Maine Up for Grabs

By Bethany Erickson / February 4, 2018 /

Wiscasset, Maine, has been dubbed the “prettiest village in Maine,” and for a little more than $200,000, someone will get to live in a cozy, historic Cape Cod nestled within walking distance of downtown. Built in 1818, this week’s historical shelter is a  three-bedroom, two-bath home that has been updated and renovated with an eye for the history…