Candy Evans

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

Invoke Your Inner Martha Stewart: 92 Acre Canton Compound Packs City Slicker Sophistication With a Farm-to-Table Lifestyle

By Candy Evans / February 11, 2015 /

Anyone who can work from home and live in the country, pay attention: I have found your paradise! Chefs and gourmands, go from ground to garnish in five minutes. This is truly one of the most amazing properties I have ever seen, and it is just an hour east of Dallas on I-20. There are…

Forget Chocolate for Valentines: I Want a Ski Home in Telluride at the Villas at Cortina

By Candy Evans / February 11, 2015 /

Chocolates make you fat, flowers wither away after a week. Why not make a sound investment in love and get your Valentine a vacation home that you can actually make some moola on? I just saw this report from HomeAway: did you know that second home owners are monetizing their vacation homes and covering 75% or…

Surf and Turf: Time to Play Ball on the Field Behind This Hal Thompson Lakeside Drive Estate

By Candy Evans / February 9, 2015 /

This has to be one of the most significant Monday Morning Millionaires we have ever featured on CandysDirt! 4412 Lakeside is a perfect example of an historical, iconic Dallas home that has been loved, preserved, updated, and cherished with every design sensibility spanning several well-heeled owners. It was one of the very first homes built…

Let The Sunshine In: David Griffin & Virginia Cook Agents Whoop It Up at Brookhollow Country Club

By Candy Evans / February 7, 2015 /

Don’t know about the rest of you, but I found a whole lot of sunshine and choruses of “Hallelujah” Thursday morning at the Brookhollow Country Club where David Griffin & Company Realtors and Virginia Cook Realtors celebrated the two companies’ annual awards meeting in Brookhollow style. After fun chat and a champagne brunch, top producing…

This Clinton Street Cutie Will Make You Cheat on Your Home (Blue Dress in the Closet?)

By Candy Evans / February 5, 2015 /

While Virginia Cook agent Robert Kucharski was whooping it up with his real estate colleagues at the Brookhollow Country Club Thursday morning, we were looking at all his fabulous listings and drooling. (Robert was also recognized as a tip top Virginia Cook producer!) Then we found this newly on-the-market stunner-of-a-Tudor at 1110 N. Clinton, and…