Candy Evans

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

A Little Fixer-Upper I Found in Maine

By Candy Evans / July 21, 2015 /

Located in Wells, off of Route 1. Dying to find out how much they want. All she needs is a little paint and TLC…

A House on Lobster Lane With Six Bedrooms and a Bunk Room… Right Across From This…

By Candy Evans / July 21, 2015 /

Let’s just call this my “on vacation in Maine” version of Monday Morning Millionaire. I am already running on island time, not dressing, wearing a bathing suit and flip flops. Why did I even bring make-up? Maybe that’s why I am ready to buy 11 Lobster Lane, an adorable Cape Cod tucked away on a…

Three Green Acres: Have an Appaloosa on Appaloosa Plus a Shelter From the Storm in Bartonville

By Candy Evans / July 17, 2015 /

Yes, Bartonville: it’s just up the road! Heard something interesting the other day: folks are moving here to the greater DFW area and EXPECTING to get in their cars and commute. It is not unusual for many transplants to come from places where they drove in an hour or more of traffic per day, especially…

Neighborhood Life in the Urban Jungle: Grapevine Boy Bitten by Coyote Outside of Movie Theater

By Candy Evans / July 14, 2015 /

These are the coyotes I have seen numerous times across the street, usually upon my arrival home in our Hillcrest Estates/Preston Hollow-ish neighborhood. My neighbor snapped these pics just last week. According to what wildlife experts are telling her, they may be responsible for the killing of a 25 lb dog in our neighborhood —…

Neighborhood: Preston Hollow Living Means Getting Used to the Wild Life. Literally

By Candy Evans / July 14, 2015 /

Preston Hollow is home to George W. and Laura Bush, Tom Hicks, Lisa Blue, Mark Cuban, T. Boone Pickens, Tom Leppert, and a host of the city’s wealthiest citizens. More if you count in Strait Lane — Ross Perot! Mike Rawlings! –which I’m not sure is really true Preston Hollow. Of course, the name has…