Candy Evans

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

This Ranch Is A Location Scout’s Dream: Acreage, Amenities, and Even a Landing Strip, One Hour From Dallas

By Candy Evans / July 5, 2011 /

Life was sure sweet this weekend out at Tejas Ranch, in Anna. This amazing property has “Texas” written all over it, so much it was under consideration as a shooting locaton for the now defunct Fox TV series Lone Star (starring Jon Voight), when the series was shooting last summer. Voight played a modern-day JR Ewing type oil tycoon. I…

Dallas Real Estate Ranch Porn: Real Nice Fourth Out At The Ranch

By Candy Evans / July 5, 2011 /

Life was sure sweet this weekend out at Tejas Ranch, in Anna. This amazing property has “Texas” written all over it, so much it was under consideration as a shooting locaton for the now defunct Fox TV series Lone Star (starring Jon Voight), when the series was shooting last summer. Voight played a modern-day JR Ewing type oil tycoon. I…

Takes One To Know One: Can You “Get Back” at a “Bad” Builder? Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / July 5, 2011 /

A reader writes:   We recently purchased a new home in the Highland Park area, the builder and seller were both a family “group”. The mother and father funded and the son “acted” as the builder. The seller did not honor any of the contracted warranty or 3rd party inspection items; he refused to do…

Dallas Real Estate News: Perceived Thrift Is The Newest Trend in Real Estate

By Candy Evans / July 3, 2011 /

Remember when, right after Lehman Brothers tanked and the market crashed in fall of 2008, how plain brown shopping bags were the rage? Conspicuous consumption was out, and the wealthy did not want anyone to know that they were blowing $90,000 a month on revolving credit at luxury stores when so many people were out of work. (My friends who work at…

Fabulous Preston Hollow Foreclosure Under $300,000 on President Bush’s Old Street: Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / July 3, 2011 /

This darling 1950’s ranch is west of Hillcrest, on the chi chi side, at 6832 Northwood. Buy this for way less than $300K — it’s listed as a foreclosure at $279,000. Then go brag on how you live on the very same street George and Laura Bush lived on the LAST time they lived in Dallas…