Joanna England
Joanna England is the former long-time executive editor and a founding editor at CandysDirt.com.
Besides White Rock Lake, why do people move to East Dallas? A popular answer to that question is “the trees.” East Dallas is known for its lush canopy of elms, live oaks, pecans, and ash trees. In the area near the spillway at White Rock Lake, where Ash Creek and White Rock Creek converge, the…
The day is coming when Cedar Hill will no longer be the more affordable Dallas suburb — and soon. You see, this whole area just southwest of Dallas right next to Joe Pool Lake is poised to truly blow up and this incredible treehouse in Cedar Hill will prove my point. Cedar Hill is located…
When Jim Lake purchased the Ambassador Hotel in 2015, the goal was to take the existing historic structure and transform it into chic apartments. The building, which was built in 1904 as the Majestic Hotel, was the victim of a blaze in 2019 that gutted the building. Unlike the legendary phoenix, the Ambassador’s plans for…
When quarantine meant that you couldn’t meet your best friends down at the bar anymore, many people went to find new best friends — in the animal shelter. Zillow’s new data confirms something that we here at CandysDirt.com already know: When COVID-19 really hit and quarantine became the new norm, more people brought pets into…
The labor shortages and building supply chain issues have hit home for everyone in the real estate investment sector. Some inventory is slow to hit the market, and studies show that flipping a home isn’t as profitable as it used to be. But for those large-scale investors, work has all but ground to a halt…
