Brenda Masse

Brenda Masse is a freelance contributor for CandysDirt.com.

Do I Really Need a Home Inspection?

By Brenda Masse / September 21, 2022 /

The hot market is cooling off a bit, but North Texas real estate is still quite competitive compared to most major cities, and some home buyers may be tempted to skip a home inspection. If you are hoping to purchase a home in a competitive market where the seller will have no trouble finding someone…

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Need a Laugh? Check Out These Home Inspection LOLs

By Brenda Masse / September 14, 2022 /

Looking back at the last few week’s columns, we’ve been pretty serious and educational lately. And while we do hope to provide our readers with helpful knowledge and tips for both their current homes and the home buying and selling process, we also enjoy providing a window into the wacky things people do in their…

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Inspecting the Pool Before Season’s End

By Brenda Masse / September 7, 2022 /

Labor Day is over and that means it’s time to put away your white shoes and pants and close up your pool. Well, those are supposedly the rules, anyway. It’s still 90-plus degrees out, so you can do what you want, but before too much longer, you’ll probably start closing up your pool. This week,…

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Common Inspection Problems: If This Isn’t Happening at Your House Now, it Probably Will

By Brenda Masse / August 31, 2022 /

When you have spent as much time poking around in other people’s homes as we have, you find that common problems emerge. Both people and Mother Nature tend to affect homes in the same geographical area in the same sorts of ways. In this space where we get to share knowledge from the rarified world…

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Something Broken? A Little Tape Should Fix That Right Up

By Brenda Masse / August 24, 2022 /

What in the world did we do before the invention of tape? Duct tape, masking tape, scotch tape, packing tape — I could go on. So many different kinds of tape to accomplish so many different handy tasks. And wouldn’t it be great if more of the things that go wrong around the house could…

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