Candy Evans

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

3RD Home and SecondShelters.com Forge Partnership. Because You Can NEVER Have Too Many Homes!

By Candy Evans / October 24, 2013 /

You have heard me bragging on 3RD Home on these pages before. 3RD Home (see ad to right) is a web site for second home owners that expands second home ownership by creating a home swap of vetted vacation home owners and properties. It’s like belonging to your very own Exclusive Resorts, only more exclusive.…

Inwood Mortgage House of the Week: Don Carter Continues to Unload RE Portfolio with Affordable Corner Unit at The W

By Candy Evans / October 24, 2013 /

Boy, Don Carter must be building something pretty amazing over there at the Stoneleigh Residences, cannot wait to see it! We told you first that he sold his mega house on University, that is, 4000 University Avenue in University Park. All 8100 square feet, this back in July. (I still have a crush on the…

Did New Tanning Bed Law Force Brooks Reed to Put His $10 Million University Park Home on the Market?

By Candy Evans / October 23, 2013 /

Let’s face it, we have all hit a tanning bed at some point in our lives, much to the dismay of our skin and dermatologists. But starting this year, at least, kids under the age of 18 are banned from the places in Texas. That’s because there’s plenty of research linking exposure to UV or ultraviolet…

Sales & Marketing Council of the Dallas Builders Association Tells Us What Buyers Want in DFW Homes

By Candy Evans / October 23, 2013 /

We know Dallas-Fort Worth is the country’s second-busiest home building market, and we know that builders just cannot seem to get homes built quickly enough even though there have been 20,000 new home starts around here in the last 12 months. We heard it from the agents today loud and clear — more inventory !!…

Real Estate Outside the Box: Buyers Throw In Vacation Home Access to Sweeten Deal

By Candy Evans / October 23, 2013 /

I really like real estate agent/broker Joe Atkins. He’s a bright, hard-working guy who leaves no stone unturned for clients and always thinks creatively when it comes to problem solving. Yep, he’s one of my faves. While helping clients this spring try to buy a $359,000 town home in Uptown, broker Joe Atkins said, hey…