Candy Evans

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

The 50 Best Blogs to Read When Getting Into Real Estate

By Candy Evans / May 4, 2011 /

I am honored to say that AccountingDegree.com just named Second Shelters (and yours truly) on it’s list of the 50 Best Blogs to read when getting into Real estate. I am so honored! The list is comprehensive and great — and you’ll soon be seeing it on our newest up coming blog, www.CandysDirt.com! The Real…

What’s the Big Deal About Scott Miller Putting His Home for Sale on Craig’s List? It Sold.

By Candy Evans / May 3, 2011 /

I just don’t get it! Scott Miller put his house on the market and advertised it on Craig’s List. The media jumped all over it — hate to tell you, old news. I wrote three years ago of a couple who found a home to buy on Craig’s List in North Dallas. They bought the…

Osama’s Dead and Buried, but The Dallas County Real Estate Tax Doctor is IN

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2011 /

Meet Tiffany Hamil Mackey. She is a Dallas attorney who wants to get tough on taxes ‚Äî property taxes, that is. Tiffany is a graduate of Southern Methodist University and received her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Texas Wesleyan School of Law. She attended the University of Florida, one of the top three tax…

Osama Was Hiding Out In An Upscale Suburban Neighborhood

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2011 /

Here are the Pentagon’s details of the Abbotabad (or is it Abbottabad?) compound where Osama was holed up. His digs were not too shabby — the home is valued at about a million. Note to self: when neighbors start burning their garbage and cover windows with walls, get suspicious. According to The Smoking Gun, Bin…

Osama Bin Laden Killed: Joyous Celebration Over on the Darias With GWB

By Candy Evans / May 2, 2011 /

My sources started notifying me last night that despite the pouring rain, supporters of former President Bush were out at his home, and in front of the gates to Daria, celebrating the capture and death of Osama Bin Laden. They tell me it was a total party atmosphere and even the Secret Service were jubilant.…