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: A Private, Wooded Retreat Minutes from Manhattan

By Bethany Erickson / January 6, 2018 /

If you want the best of both worlds — a private, wooded retreat on a lake and the ability to be minutes from everything Manhattan has to offer — we found the property for you in New Rochelle, New York. Situated on Sheldrake Lake and a 60-acre nature preserve, the home has gorgeous views in almost every…

Flip or Flop Fort Worth: River Oaks Ranch Goes From Foreclosure to Flawless

By Bethany Erickson / January 5, 2018 /

In the next-to-last first-run episode of Flip or Flop Fort Worth, we get a peek at the bustling community of River Oaks, where Andy and Ashley Williams find a foreclosure with great bones and plenty of room. But first, as usual, we have some reader mail to answer.

Do You Really Want to Deduct Your 2018 Property Taxes?

By Bethany Erickson / January 4, 2018 /

Over the  Christmas-to-New-Years week, a steady question was being asked all over Texas, thanks to the new tax bill signed by President Donald Trump last month — “Can I pay my 2018 property taxes early to take advantage of one last deduction?” The answer is well, yes and no. The Internal Revenue Service released an…

Wednesday WTF: Welcome Back, Here’s a Witchy One

By Bethany Erickson / January 3, 2018 /

Did you ever wake up one morning and think, “WTF, I want to live in a house with direct ties to the Salem Witch Trials, but I don’t want to be in Salem and I don’t want it to be old?” HAVE I GOT THE HOUSE FOR YOU! And bonus, it’s black.

From the Archive: TRE or No TRE, the Community Supported Dallas ISD Teachers

By Bethany Erickson / December 27, 2017 /

    [Editor’s note: Merry Christmas! This week, we’re taking time off to focus on our loved ones, so we are sharing some of our favorite stories from this year. Keep an eye out for our top features from the archives as we rest and get ready for a brilliant 2018! Cheers, from Candy and…