Candy Evans

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

Doris Jacobs Has Phil Romano’s Home Listed, Once Again, Reduced for Quick Sale at $10 Million

By Candy Evans / August 17, 2012 /

Phil Romano’s gorgeous estate at 10660 Strait Lane is on the market with another agent, at another price: only ten million dollars. Wait, whadda mean “another agent”? It’s Doris Jacobs, not just “another agent” but one of the tip-top agents in Dallas who sells multi-million dollar homes while perusing the sale racks at Neimans. In…

Saving the Environment One Drop at a Time: Starting Today, I’m Going Tankless

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2012 /

Busy day here yesterday at the ranch, as we emptied and discarded these babies for an Eternal GU 195S on demand hybrid gas fired water heater. In effect, we are going tankless. Woo hoo! These two hot water heaters are 12 years old, about the age when they start to break down. One broke on Christmas Eve,…

There is No Stopping the Stapp: Guess Who’s Moving Over There NOW?

By Candy Evans / August 6, 2012 /

Vivian Morales has joined Clay Stapp & Associates as Director of Operations, effective Friday. Vivian has worked as Rogers Healy’s office manager. That’s four bright, eager new talents down at that Cedar Springs office… like I said, there’s no stopping the Stapp…

Lookie Who I Ran Into at Inman Real Estate Connect in San Francisco

By Candy Evans / August 6, 2012 /

That’s Randall Graham, marketing director for Ebby Halliday. I know Steve Habgood was there along with some of the top producers from Ebby’s Little White House, like Linda Callicutt and Hanne Sagalowsky… really great meeting!

Too Hot in Dallas Today? Got a Great Deal on a Second Home Where it’s 63 Degrees Right Now…

By Candy Evans / August 1, 2012 /

San Francisco — about $200,000 fractional purchase buys you this view for 35 days a year… that’s half of July and August in Texas! As usual, we have the second and vacation home market deets all over on SecondShelters.com…