Candy Evans

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

Second Home Project: Help These Grad Students With Second Home Market Research!

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2012 /

If you own a second home, you need to contact Yun, a graduate student in Finance at Rockester Institute of Technology. He and his team are working on a marketing project about second homes, creating products to help second home owners protect their properties. Say an unauthorized person was in your home while you were…

Help These Grad Students Help Second Home Owners!

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2012 /

If you own a second home, you need to contact Yun, a graduate student in Finance at Rockester Institute of Technology. He and his team are working on a marketing project about second homes, creating products to help second home owners protect their properties. Say an unauthorized person was in your home while you were…

More Man Caves: Domingo Garcia’s Gold-Leafed Throne

By Candy Evans / February 1, 2012 /

It’s been awhile since I’ve been in Elba and Domingo Garcia’s beautiful 7,000 square foot plus Kessler Springs home — you would steal for the master, and the patio/pool is to-die-for. But I really fell in love with his basement Man Cave where I have no doubt the Garcias will be watching the game this Sunday.…

Tell Me Your Real Estate Story: Husband So Nervous He (Urp) Threw Up At Closing!

By Candy Evans / February 1, 2012 /

‘Nother new thingee here on CandysDirt: Tell me Your Real Estate Story. Your home is your Castle, whether it’s $90K or $9 million. How did you find it? What’s the tale behind the sale? Inquiring minds at CD would LOVE to know! Back in 1993, my soon-to-be husband and I bought a 1600 square-foot house…

Everything’s Bigger In Texas: Hair, Homes and Now CLOSING COSTS????? Thanks, Of Course, To Washington, D.C.

By Candy Evans / February 1, 2012 /

According to Bankrate.com’s recently announced 2011 Closing Costs Survey, Texas once again has the second-highest closing costs in the country, behind of all places, New York – ouch! While the nationwide average is $4,070 (up nearly 9% from last year), Texans pay $4,944 on average. This is the fifth year in a row we’ve had…