Brenda Masse

Brenda Masse is content marketing and social media manager for CandysDirt.com.

Engine No. 7 is an Extraordinary New Orleans Investment Property

By Brenda Masse / April 20, 2023 /

If you want to ensure that your investment property stays booked 365 days a year, months, even years in advance, you have to find something truly unique, in a fabulous destination, worthy of going viral on social media. When I saw this listing I knew it would make the perfect choice for the first of…

Should I Get a Termite Inspection in North Texas?

By Brenda Masse / April 19, 2023 /

Spring is swarming season for termites in Texas, so even though subterranean termites can be active all year, you may see them in the spring. And if you didn’t have them before, you might acquire them in the spring. We are nothing if not timely here at Upon Closer Inspection, so it feels like a…

The Home Inspector’s Spring Home Maintenance Checklist

By Brenda Masse / April 12, 2023 /

When the weather is this gorgeous outside it’s hard not to procrastinate the tedious chores on your spring home maintenance checklist in favor of porch sitting, or a nice walk in the park. Alas, your friendly home inspector is back again to remind you that when you put off these tasks for too long it…

Women’s Homeownership: We’ve Come a Long Way, But There’s Still Room For Improvement

By Brenda Masse / April 5, 2023 /

As a woman who grew up in Dallas in the 1980s and ’90s, I’ve experienced some of the inequities of womanhood. But I know that I stand on the shoulders of generations of women before me when I say that I’ve never had to worry about needing a man to purchase or own real estate.…

Avoid Costly Blunders And Make Sure Your Home Improvement Project is an Actual Improvement

By Brenda Masse / April 5, 2023 /

We all have some delusions of grandeur when it comes to any home improvement project— some more so than others (looking at you, DIY-electrical-next-to-the-pool-guy). We think we can tackle projects that turn out to be a little bigger than we expected, or that require materials we can’t put our hands to. Again, some much more…