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.

Three Open Houses Could be Home for Next Christmas

By Bethany Erickson / December 20, 2018 /

In our weeklong quest to show you some of the best properties in North Texas for Christmas decorating, you didn’t think we’d leave open houses out of the mix, did you? Every Thursday, we bring you our pick of the hottest North Texas properties in our CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week. We have them…

Las Colinas Condo Completes Many Holiday Home Lists

By Bethany Erickson / December 20, 2018 /

Ah, Las Colinas —  we rarely make our way over there, and honestly, we’re remiss, because it’s a great enclave of Irving with plenty of entertainment, dining, and shopping, and the dirt is still fairly reasonable, too. Take, for instance, our Thursday Three Hundred this week. In our quest to find homes with great holiday…

Dallas ISD CFO’s Retirement Announced at Board Meeting

By Bethany Erickson / December 19, 2018 /

The good news? The Dallas ISD is on firm financial footing. The not-so-great news, but with a silver lining? The chief financial officer brought in to correct course feels confident enough to retire — again. Dallas ISD CFO Larry Throm lead the board through the district’s financial report during the Dec. 13 board meeting. After…

Grinchy Colorado Listing Is As Charming As An Eel

By Bethany Erickson / December 19, 2018 /

With a holiday as generally happy as Christmas, it’s sometimes difficult to find a good Wednesday WTF. But then a coworker found this Colorado listing that made our hearts grow three sizes. See, on the outside, it’s pretty normal (like most Wednesday WTFs start out, if we’re being super honest here). And there are plenty…

North Oak Cliff Traditional With the Perfect Spot For a Christmas Tree

By Bethany Erickson / December 18, 2018 /

This week, the CandysDirt.com staff is on a quest to find the listings that provide the best opportunities to hang those stockings with care or display a Christmas tree (or four, we won’t judge). That includes our Tuesday Two Hundred in North Oak Cliff, with the perfect sunny window for a Christmas tree, and a…