Candy Evans

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

The Best Little Beachfront Community in Texas Real Estate: Affordable, Accesible Second Homes

By Candy Evans / January 26, 2012 /

We may not have a beach in Dallas, but we do just a few hundred miles south at Cinnamon Shore…

Cinnamon Shore Is Coming To Dallas: A Texas Second Home Report

By Candy Evans / January 26, 2012 /

The folks from Cinnamon Shore are coming to Dallas on Monday, January 30. Email me if you’d like to come & learn more! One of my favorite vacation home destinations is Cinnamon Shore on Mustang Island in southern Texas, just about an hour south of Corpus Christi, and maybe five miles west of the charming…

President Obama’s SOTU Address: This Man Just Doesn’t Get Housing, God Bless Him. Maybe He Should Consult With Michael Lewis?

By Candy Evans / January 25, 2012 /

Oh my, on the housing real estate front, his SOTU speech was even more dissappointing than I had anticipated. While President Obama spoke, I was at the rain-drenched McFarlin Auditorium at SMU hearing out Michael Lewis, author of The Big Short and his latest book I am dying to devour, Boomerang. I thought it ironic…

Amazing Architects: Crazy Living by Gary Olp

By Candy Evans / January 25, 2012 /

I love architects, and this is their space to wax eloquently. This summer in Pebble Beach, I toured the famous “Butterfly House” by Frank Wynkoop. When I saw the bench where the architect/owners’ son sat and watched many a sunset, I felt a harmony not just to the environment, but to him. That is exactly what great architectutal design…

You Don’t Have To Be In The One Percent To Own a Beach House in Texas: How Does $205K Grab You?

By Candy Evans / January 25, 2012 /

It’s not huge, and it’s on the ground floor of a brand-spanking new condo about two seconds from the bridge over the dunes. I love me some Cinnamon Shore in Port Aransas, Texas!