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.

Flip or Flop Fort Worth Tackles Little Edie-Worthy Mess Near Downtown

By Bethany Erickson / December 8, 2017 /

Ready for another recap of Flip or Flop Fort Worth? After more than a month of episodes, I can honestly say that of all the Flip or Flop shows, Ashley and Andy Williams are probably my favorites — and not just because they’re in the DFW area. Their backstory is so appealing, their commitment to…

A Bunch of WTF To Tide You Over Between Wednesdays

By Bethany Erickson / December 6, 2017 /

If you really love crazy real estate things, you might not feel that our weekly Wednesday WTF is enough. Today, I will give you Christmas early and provide you with something to look at in the interim. However, I must warn you that it is not for the faint of heart or weak of stomach.

Light It Up: The Must-See Neighborhoods for Christmas Lights

By Bethany Erickson / December 4, 2017 /

If you’ve lived in Dallas-Fort Worth for any length of time, you know that shortly after Thanksgiving Day — whether it’s 80 degrees or 20 — it’s a time-honored tradition to check out the Christmas light displays in nearby neighborhoods. But do you ever have FOMO on your expeditions? Perhaps you worry that as much…

On SecondShelters.com: New York Home Once Housed Family of Early U.S. Settlers

By Bethany Erickson / December 1, 2017 /

A home that has its foundation — literally — with one of the first settlers in what would become the United States is now up for grabs in New York. Known as the Teunis Slingerland house, the original homestead was built after Teunis Slingerland purchased almost 10,000 acres of land near the Hudson River from a…

Dallas ISD Early Learning Program Report Addresses Summer Slide, Teacher Mobility

By Bethany Erickson / December 1, 2017 /

The news didn’t sound totally great, but there were some bright spots in a report provided to Dallas ISD trustees on early learning program, and enough to show that the trajectory afforded by a robust focus on early learning was continuing to pay off. Trustees were walked through the report by Ivonne Durant, the district’s…