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.

From Facebook: Are Open Houses Really Worth It?

By Bethany Erickson / November 10, 2018 /

We hear the question from time to time — are open houses really worth the time and effort? After finding several debates in various real estate and business publications, we took to Facebook and Instagram to ask our readers what they thought.

Southwest Arlington Home Perfect For Entertaining, Close to City Fun

By Bethany Erickson / November 10, 2018 /

Sometimes, you want a home that feels like a retreat, but is also not too far from the amenities of big city life — and our Saturday Six Hundred in southwest Arlington is a home that certainly fits that bill. This Traditional home built in 2001 has three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms, and a floor…

Budget Billets: Gulf of Mexico Second Homes Easy on the Budget in Cape Coral

By Bethany Erickson / November 10, 2018 /

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…

What Did You Miss? CandysDirt Staff Party at Amazing Home on Euclid

By Bethany Erickson / November 9, 2018 /

What did you miss at last night’s CandysDirt staff party at 3509 Euclid? Only an amazing house, listed by Vicki White with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s. Lucky for you, we have a sit-down interview, where Candy Evans and Vicki White talk about this epic Highland Park estate built to entertain. Designed by Robbie Fusch, built by John…

Updated Lawndale Cutie Perched in Stevens Park Village

By Bethany Erickson / November 8, 2018 /

If you find an adorable Austin stone-clad home in Dallas that maintains the charm of its 1941 roots from the curb to the interior, but also embraces the open-floor plan sensibilities of modern living, there’s a good chance you are on Lawndale Drive. The rock-clad slices of city coziness that line this street have caught our…