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.

The One Where You Get Caught Drinking from a Pringles Can

By Bethany Erickson / January 16, 2019 /

They say that necessity is the mother of invention, and they must be right, because one Wichita Falls hero found a new use for a Pringles can that has the entire Internet abuzz. I mean, no less than 50 people messaged or emailed me links to this story, so you know it was ripe for…

Resmark and Grenadier Homes Team Up for Right-Size, Right-Price Digs in Prosper

By Bethany Erickson / January 15, 2019 /

Whether you’re looking at retirement and downsizing, or you’re a first-time buyer looking to get into a popular development in Prosper, a new partnership between Grenadier Homes and California-based The Resmark Companies has right-sized, right-priced options. The two have partnered to develop 198 single-family attached townhomes in two neighborhoods at Windsong Ranch in Prosper. It…

Tagged On Instagram: Remodeled Garland Home With Plenty of Upgrades

By Bethany Erickson / January 15, 2019 /

It’s no real secret — Realtors love Instagram. We do, too — it’s a great way to pique interest in a home, tell a story, and more. In fact, are you following us there? Because you probably should. This week’s Tuesday Two Hundred comes from Monument Realty, who tagged us last week to let us…

Large Number of Texas Home Buyers Priced Out of New Home Market

By Bethany Erickson / January 14, 2019 /

Why does Texas have the largest number of home buyers priced out of the new home market? What are the Fed’s plans for the interest rate? We look at this and more in this week’s roundup of real estate news. $1,000 INCREASE ELIMINATES MANY FROM NEW HOME OWNERSHIP Texas has the largest number of homebuyers…

Hotel in Gold Rush Era California Town Up for Auction

By Bethany Erickson / January 13, 2019 /

Always a hotel, this week’s gold-rush era historical shelter in California also has its place in history as the location for an office and stage stop for an express company that ran mail across the country. The site of the current Hotel Sutter, located in Sutter Creek, California, was first home to the American House…