Candy Evans
Candy Evans, founder and publisher of CandysDirt.com, is one of the nation’s leading real estate reporters.
Homes are getting smaller and people are downsizing…are you kidding? The latest fad in home design: homes with a gazillion bathrooms. The Los Angeles Times reports California Real Estate brokers who cater to the rich say their clients are now asking for homes with at least two bathrooms for every bedroom.
Read MoreIt was about this time last year — well, February 2011 — that Sean Payton got everyone all flustered thinking he was maybe trying to get closer to Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys. Well, of course he wasn’t. He had other fish to fry. But Payton and his family did move to the uber exclusive Vaquero Club in Westake.…
Read MoreI think I say this every week: this is the best part of my job, seeking out affordable homes that are so dang cute you just want to eat them up. Look at this YUMMY angel at 11110 Flamingo in Lochwood, east of Lochwood Blvd. $239,000 — practically free! First of all, I love the addy because Dyslexia here cannot possibly reverse those numbers. (Oh, but I can drop the “0”!)
Read MoreWell, we know Texas HOA’s are pretty strict, but this story might make you spring for joy. Down in Spring, Texas, near Houston, Nick and Jeni Dreis brought home a 6-month-old red kangaroo as a vocational training animal for their 16-year-old daughter Kala, who has Downs syndrome. Kala named the kangaroo Mike, who the Dreises were grooming to assist disabled persons in a future organic park and wildlife preserve near Conroe , according to ABC News reported.
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