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.

Bachelorette’s Highland Park Home From Episode 9 Could Be Yours

By Bethany Erickson / July 26, 2017 /

Confession: I have never watched The Bachelor, nor The Bachelorette. In fact, the closest I’ve ever come to watching either show was the dearly departed clip show The Soup on E!. I may be unfairly judging the shows based on this exposure, but I am pretty sure I’d rather be locked in a listed hoarder…

So Your School Needs a New Principal: The Worried Parent’s Guide

By Bethany Erickson / July 24, 2017 /

Have you ever wondered how a new principal is chosen in Dallas? Chances are, it’s a thing you never really thought about — until you had to. Last week, Lakewood Elementary parents found out that their principal was not returning for the coming school year, and Lipscomb Elementary found out that Woodrow’s gain in Roxanne…

DVR Alert: Dallas Duo Behind The Masters Dallas Gets Shot at HGTV

By Bethany Erickson / July 21, 2017 /

Paige Poupart was already busy — between owning the building and design firm The Masters Dallas with her father, Doug Broadbent, and motherhood, her plate was pretty full. But her days just might get a little fuller now that HGTV has come calling. Poupart and Broadbent will get a chance to make a case to…

On SecondShelters.com: South Padre Doesn’t Have to Be Pricey

By Bethany Erickson / July 11, 2017 /

Although they’re native Texans, Gary and Lynne Tate spent eight cold years in Alaska before finally coming back to the state. Before they left, they had a ceremony to destroy their snow shovel. Then they moved to South Padre Island. Nowadays, the two Realtors with Keller Williams Lynne Tate South Padre Island spend their time helping people…

Will Avocado Toast Be The Millenial Homebuying Waterloo?

By Bethany Erickson / June 26, 2017 /

It was the sternly worded lecture heard ‘round the Millennial world — give up avocado toast if you want to buy a house. And almost as soon as Australian real estate developer Tim Gurner’s words trilled over the airwaves, the debate began: Was it really a matter of just not being frugal and smart, or…