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.

Downtown Business Owners, Community Leaders Provide Christmas Boost for Homeless Students

By Bethany Erickson / December 14, 2017 /

As the holiday season approaches, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of providing Christmas cheer for family and friends — and it’s equally easy to forget that not everyone will have a home to go to for the holidays. Such is the case for the thousands of Dallas ISD students…

Completely Remodeled Midway Hollow Home Doesn’t Skimp on Upgrades

By Bethany Erickson / December 14, 2017 /

One of the great things about Midway Hollow is that there is a price point for nearly everyone — for now. Today’s Thursday Three Hundred is an example of that — a fully renovated post-war traditional with a wide open floor plan, but a reasonable price tag for a two-bedroom, one-bath home. Although it’s getting…

Wednesday WTF: Don’t Be Fooled By the Rocks That I Got

By Bethany Erickson / December 13, 2017 /

Sometimes, the Wednesday WTF is innocuous on the outside — it seems fairly pedestrian from the outside, and then you get about three photos in to the listing and then you’re like, “Oh, yeah, that’s definitely WTF.” Such is the case with our WTF today. This unassuming three-bedroom, two-bath home in Newark, Delaware, seems pretty…

With State Guidelines Late, Dallas ISD Makes Plans for IR Schools

By Bethany Erickson / December 13, 2017 /

Dallas ISD has a bit of a quandary — they need to formulate a plan for what to do with the four long-term “improvement required” schools on its books, but guidelines that go with a new law regarding the other options haven’t been provided by the state yet. The new law, which was passed in…

Ho-Ho-Hold This Map: Check Out Some Holiday Lights This Weekend

By Bethany Erickson / December 9, 2017 /

As Christmas approaches, so do the holiday parties — and chances are, there are some great neighborhood light displays to check out on your way to that ugly sweater party or that company dinner. But how do you know for sure? Thanks to  Christine McKenny of Allie Beth Allman & Associates, and CandysDirt.com, you can check out…