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.

Dallas ISD School Board to Discuss — Again — Charter Partnerships

By Bethany Erickson / February 10, 2019 /

A month after a proposed policy to partner with nonprofits to run certain Dallas ISD schools was taken off the agenda for the Dallas ISD board of trustees regular meeting in January, the matter will once again be brought before the board at its briefing Thursday. Board briefings are held once a month, prior to…

Second Chance for Dallas and Amazon? You’re Forgainst It

By Bethany Erickson / February 10, 2019 /

As word got out that Amazon may pull out of its’ planned halfquarters in New York, every single city that had a shot is discussing the potential that the virtual big box store will eventually turn its sights to one of the jilted — Dallas included. Let’s review: In November, after nearly a year of…

Rocky Mountain High: John Denver’s Aspen Estate On the Market

By Bethany Erickson / February 10, 2019 /

While the house itself may look a bit different from when John Denver and his wife Annie bought it in the 1970s, the Colorado estate still has the views that inspired him to write “Starwood in Aspen.” The local couple that bought the home in 2016 put the home on the market last month, after…

Budget-Friendly Home Prices, Amenities, Make Charleston Popular Retirement Pick

By Bethany Erickson / February 9, 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…

Traditional Lake Highlands Home Gets Modern Farmhouse Redo

By Bethany Erickson / February 7, 2019 /

We pride ourselves on finding the cutest remodels, the hottest new construction, the sexiest staging in North Texas. But we apparently missed this transformed Modern Farmhouse in Lake Highlands recently. Compass Realtor Svetlana Grujic threw down the gauntlet in our Realtor-friendly Facebook group, Getting the Dirt. “Cannot believe that CandysDirt.com did not “get the dirt”…