Candy Evans

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

Owner of "Scientology House" That Burned on Buckner Blvd. Had No Insurance on the Property

By Candy Evans / October 4, 2013 /

I feel very sorry for David D. Anderson tonight. Very. Not only did he lose a home to fire, he has no insurance on the home at all. None. Nada. Anderson is the man who owns the “Scientology” house at 9401 Dixie Lane in East Dallas that burned Thursday in a 3-alarm fire, bringing 17 fire trucks to the usually quiet neighborhood and completely blocking off Buckner.

Scientology House Burning, Continued

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2013 /

  Joanna says the house has been vacant for years. This is probably one of the biggest house fires in the area in awhile — the home was just under 10,000 square feet if I recall…

Former Scientology House at Buckner and Dixie Burning

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2013 /

Joanna is out on Buckner and says at last five fire truck are on the scene as Grandwick, or the former Scientology Church house as we all know it, is burning away. Thanks to the fine folks at KXAS who sent over these shots from their helicopter on the scene.

Breaking: The Former Scientology House on Buckner at Dixie Drive Reportedly On Fire

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2013 /

I just got a call from Stefan Gordon at KXAS-5 about a LARGE house fire over in what was once the pink stucco Church of Scientology in East Dallas. The church bought this property at the corner of Buckner Boulevard and Dixie Lane in 2000 and made the neighbors mighty nervous. In 2008, it was on…

Don Carter is REALLY Selling Out His Real Estate Portfolio To Move Over To…

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2013 /

UPDATE: I hate how slow DCAD is. Thank God for my sources. So Don Carter sold this unit to a real estate investor who lives in the W, Pierre Jean, closing 9/26. JP paid $1.2 because Carter basically said to him, take it, get rid of it. But of course it’s been updated and decked…