Candy Evans

Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.

Buy This Lake Grapevine Home, Get a Dock, Marina, & Never Miss a Plane Again

By Candy Evans / May 20, 2016 /

The sun is out, finally, and maybe we are all thinking about getting on the water next weekend? After all, Memorial Day is just around the corner. But the thought of all that traffic… I have an idea. Get a home on Lake Grapevine, a second home that could someday be a first. Maybe four…

Great Dog: Dallas Morning News’ Condemnation of Dallas Animal Services Neither Thoughtful Nor Appropriate

By Candy Evans / May 20, 2016 /

This irony escaped most of the mainstream media: while a street woman was mauled by a pack of wild dogs in the bowels of South Dallas in early May, a SECOND store dedicated to teaching dogs manners opened in a Richardson strip mall. WHAT A GREAT DOG! opened a second location at 655 Glenville Drive, just…

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Agent Robin McMonigle is Sure Getting a Lot of Ink!

By Candy Evans / May 19, 2016 /

When you are as naturally gorgeous as Robin, of course the press adores you. And she would have been a snazzy cast member with the other gals on Real Housewives of Dallas. Robin is stunningly beautiful, blonde, tall and thin. She’d totally give Cary Deuber something to fret about. I can see the script now:…

Cat Litter? Brick Walls? What Is This Agent Thinking?

By Candy Evans / May 19, 2016 /

Okay, here we go again: photos from the Real Estate Crypt. Here is another moderately priced home, $325,00. And here is not just another amateur photography job BUT! we have glowing cameos of the cat litter box that shouts THIS HOUSE WILL PROBABLY SMELL OF CAT PEE! We have a close up of the mail…

Preston Center Changes: Townhomes on Townhouse Row Are Going, Going, Gone

By Candy Evans / May 18, 2016 /

  The 35 year old apartments at the corner of Preston and Northwest Highway are gone. Late last week, the entire south block of Town House Row was gone. By the time I venture south today, the entire north side may be gone as well. Every time I drive by this portion of Preston Center…