Candy Evans

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

Piper Young Departs Compass for @properties Brokerage

By Candy Evans / August 5, 2021 /

Last week we told you of a new Chicago-based residential real estate brokerage that just landed in Dallas, @properties. Besides the catchy-branding name, @properties utilizes prop-tech to help agents streamline daily functions via a proprietary platform. The firm partnered with Jerry Mooty — nephew of Jerry Jones and a major DFW real estate player, developer,…

Top-Producing Coldwell Banker Powerhouse Lee Lamont Splits For eXp Realty

By Candy Evans / August 4, 2021 /

He has sold nearly half a billion dollars of real estate for the same broker for 18 years. But East Dallas powerhouse agent Lee Lamont believes it is time for a change not only in his own life, but in the real estate industry. It’s a change he foresaw several years ago, a change he…

Working With Manchester Care Homes And Cambridge Caregivers is a Culture And a Career

By Candy Evans / August 3, 2021 /

60 to 70 percent employee retention rate is among the highest in the business Few businesses rely almost entirely on “hands-on” personnel as much the caregiver industry does. That’s because caregivers are way more than workers. They must possess the biggest hearts as well as everything attractive: trustworthiness, perception, skills, intelligence, integrity, honesty, humor, stamina,…

Lock, Leave, And Live The Good Life in This Gated Community

By Candy Evans / July 31, 2021 /

With the world slowly opening back up for travel, those of us with insatiable wanderlust have not wasted any time booking flights and resuming bucket-list trips. After 15 months of staycations and Discovery channel marathons, we’ve been hittin’ it hard because … well, we’ve got some lost time to make up!  Here’s a home that…

Former Home of Football Legend Pat Summerall Burns in Southlake

By Candy Evans / July 31, 2021 /

Pat Summerall was an NFL broadcasting legend to many of us in the Boomer generation, and he was a football hero as well. In 1996, Summerall and his wife built an 8,500-square-foot home on White Chapel Boulevard, cutting no corners, with one of the toniest addresses in Southlake. They named their mansion Amazing Grace. In…