Candy Evans

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

How To Turn Your House Into A Cash Cow: Answer This Casting Call

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2011 /

Your home could be a star, wants to be a star, in fact, in the new TNT remake of the fabulous Dallas series. The show is fixin’ to air next year, which means it’s time for a casting call: To submit your property, please email [email protected] with “Dallas TV Series Locations” in the subject line.  Be…

Why Are These Dallas Homes Selling? What’s the Secret Sauce? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2011 /

So I was having lunch with two Realtors last week and I said, tell me the truth, the market really sucks, right? Here’s what they said: yes, it’s slow and not at all like it was in the boom. But… Give me a great home that is well-priced, and it will sell. It’s happening all…

More Lake Cypress Springs: Make Your Second Home a Lake House

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2011 /

Love me a Honda: Auto dealer extraordinaire Rusty Wallis and his family in front of their dock at Lake Cypress Springs.

What Five Million Buys on Lake Cypress Springs: 50 Acres, 4 Slips, 1000 Feet Shoreline: Dallas Second Home News

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2011 /

Now here’s a spread! A 50 acre waterfront estate includes not one or two but three lakefront homes that total 10,700+ sqft of living space, with a total of 10+ bedrooms/baths, a library, complete gym, media room, 2 boathouses with 4 slips total, 3 garages with enough spaces to park 11 vehicles, a private beach, 1000 linear ft…

A Lake Home for Your Second Home: Fun at Lake Cypress Springs

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2011 /

We just returned from a spectacular weekend with friends Gary and Laurie Tipton at their beautiful home, “Tip’s Lodge” on Lake Cypress Springs. I want a lake house. Full disclosure: I’m looking at Beacon Hill, too, on Cedar Creek Lake. It’s a little closer in, and the developer is creating one of the most magnificent…