Candy Evans

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

Bomb Blast in Residential Plano Neighborhood Has Neighbors Concerned, Curious, Kinda Crazy

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

This is just strange. Folks up in this nice, relatively quiet Plano neighborhood got a bit freaked out — understandably so  — over a strange series of events that involve an injured man and a possible bomb explosion near an Atmos natural gas control station in the 3600 block of West Parker Road overnight. First…

Monday Morning Millionaire, Continued: 4130 Cochran Chapel

By Candy Evans / June 19, 2012 /

Jo, you’ve got a great eye, and our readers are 100% correct: this home WAS featured in D Home, written by my friend and former great editor, Jennifer Dodd. Also, the owners of this home have been dear friends since residency days. So fabulous, the home has also been used for many a TV shoot,…

Selling the Most Challenging Homes in America: The Skater on the Roof in Forney, Texas

By Candy Evans / June 18, 2012 /

Dallas agent Keith Yonnick is a man of many talents. But skateboarding was not one of those talents, until recently. Like most agents in this market, Keith takes on an REO (that’s bank-owned, or foreclosed) property to sell from time to time. REO’s are doozies, and everyone knows they can be quite challenging to sell…

Best Realtors: Selling the Most, and I Mean the Most, Challenging Homes in America

By Candy Evans / June 18, 2012 /

As I was telling a reporter the other day, I don’t understand the Jayson Blairs of this world. You just cannot make this sh** up! Truth is way better than fiction, especially when it comes to real estate.

Buy Dad Some Real Estate Appreciation for Father’s Day to Show Yours!

By Candy Evans / June 17, 2012 /

This ranch in Celina  caught my eye back in January, now it’s got my breath. Tell you why: 57 plus hilltop acres in a place where developers are moving in by the truck-loads. The price has been reduced to $3,395,000. Buy it, enjoy the Longhorn for a few years, then sell it to a developer…