Candy Evans

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

Kelly Logsdon Rush, RIP

By Candy Evans / March 27, 2020 /

I met Kelly Logdson Rush the way so many people met her: she was my teacher at Champions School of Real Estate in 2010. She was also one of my dearest friends, a woman I grew close to over the last ten years. I don’t think I’ve ever known anyone with more friends, anyone more…

How to Sanitize a Listing: Cleaning Expert Debbie Sardone

By Candy Evans / March 27, 2020 /

Debbie Sardone REALLY knows how to clean. She heads up the No 1 residential cleaning academy in the world, training other cleaning company owners, and she owns the largest residential cleaning company here in North Texas: Buckets & Bows Cleaning Service. To make it even more relevant, her son is Dallas builder Steven Sardone, who…

You Can’t Get a Clear Look at Dallas Real Estate Through a National Lens

By Candy Evans / March 26, 2020 /

Local real estate media is spouting off about how COVID-19 is affecting the real estate market in Dallas. And it may not be totally accurate, either. So yeah, excuse me, I’m in a fit of rage. “Home showings down as much as 60% as North Texas firms prepare for slowdown” “With fewer home showings and…

Ebby Halliday Co. Advice: ‘Selling Will Take Patience But Keeping Your Home on the Market Is Vital’

By Candy Evans / March 26, 2020 /

North Texas is home. Through wars, recessions, natural disasters, and other challenges, our great region has not only survived, it has thrived. North Texas is being tested again, this time by a virus that many of us, only weeks ago, had never even heard of. At the Ebby Halliday Companies, we are concerned first and…

Compass Lays Off 15% of Corporate Staff, Blames COVID-19

By Candy Evans / March 24, 2020 /

Compass agents to have company-wide teleconference call with Reffkin The Real Deal reports that Compass has laid off 15 percent of its staff company-wide, blaming economic fall-out from COVID-19. In a move that is being echoed at many companies now across the U.S., CEO Robert Reffkin said he would forgo a salary entirely and executive…