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.

Cedar Crest Cottage Is Big on Charm, Small on Price

By Bethany Erickson / April 6, 2019 /

Days on market for move-in ready homes in the $100,000 to $200,000 range around North Texas are tiny little pockets of time, blink-and-you’ll-miss-them openings. So when this Cedar Crest cutie landed in our inbox this week, we knew it was our next Weekend One Hundred. And we also know you should probably shake a leg…

Viva Las Vegas: Turns Out, It’s Not Such a Gamble for Budget-Minded Retirees

By Bethany Erickson / April 6, 2019 /

Editor’s Note: Recently, MoneyWise revealed its list of the 40 most frugal and friendly places to retire. In a bid to provide an idea of what housing inventory is available in these cities and towns, we’re taking a look at listings in each of the cities on the list. Not everyone can spend $1 million…

This House Might Help You Live Forever (But Probably Not)

By Bethany Erickson / April 3, 2019 /

This week’s Wednesday WTF is a house in the Hamptons that the designers claimed would help you live forever. Artist couple Madeline Gins and Arakawa created the home with the idea that it would put the practices of their belief of “reversible destiny” into practice. The Life-Span Extending Villa, also known as the Bioscleave House,…

No Foolin’: Cowboys Make Mark on Luxury Residential with Twelve

By Bethany Erickson / April 2, 2019 /

Twelve Cowboys Way is no joke, but legendary Dallas Cowboys quarterback Staubach did admit he had pulled an April Fools prank already Monday morning — on his unsuspecting wife. “I was getting ready to come here today, and I woke up my wife and said, ‘Honey, honey! There’s a bunch of squirrels in the house,’”…

Alger Park Midcentury Cottage Near White Rock With Terrific Price Point

By Bethany Erickson / April 2, 2019 /

It’s not always easy to find a move-in ready home near White Rock Lake for a sensible price point, but this week’s Tuesday Two Hundred is a charming Midcentury Cottage in Alger Park that has been thoroughly updated, and comes with bonus square footage. The two-bedroom, one bath home has 1,020 square feet of living space,…