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.

New Pinkston, And a New (To You) House? Check It Out

By Bethany Erickson / July 13, 2019 /

If you know you have high schoolers in the future, and you’ve been wanting to get into North Oak Cliff, we have news: You could have a new (to you) house and a brand-spankin’ new L.G. Pinkston High by 2021, with the former coming much sooner than that. But you’ll need to get a move…

Oak Lawn Condo Has a First-Time Buyer Friendly Price Tag

By Bethany Erickson / July 13, 2019 /

You may take a look, on paper, at the square footage of this Oak Lawn condo on Cedar Springs Road and think it sounds diminutive. But one look at the smart design and you’ll see that smaller footprint doesn’t have to mean shoebox living. The one-bedroom, one bath contemporary unit found in the Tribeca Condos…

Lakewood Sparkler Offers Easy Access to Best of Neighborhood

By Bethany Erickson / July 13, 2019 /

Yes, yes, it’s been a minute since the Fourth of July, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out this Lakewood beauty with perfect views of the Lakewood Country Club — and its annual Independence Day fireworks display. Sitting on a large treed lot at 6519 Gaston Avenue, the Colonial Revival is an easy walk…

Bring on the Baby Chasers: More Grandparents Making Big Moves

By Bethany Erickson / July 12, 2019 /

It may not be a new phenomenon exactly, but grandparents making big moves to be closer to grandchildren have a relatively new term — “baby chasers.” In fact, real estate research firm Meyers Research recently released its Meyers Baby Chaser Index, which indicates that 25 percent of Baby Boomers will likely retire to be near their…

Let’s Open Up the Weird Wednesday WTF Mailbag, Shall We?

By Bethany Erickson / July 10, 2019 /

When you’ve spent almost two years writing about the weird (and sometimes wonderful) things in the world, you get a bit of a reputation. And then because of that reputation, people send you emails with suggestions of things to write about. And suddenly, you’ve become a hoarder of WTF. Your virtual mailbox becomes this thing…