Joshua Baethge

Joshua Baethge is a writer, editor, and general wordsmith.

Reed Chesney Teams Up With Halo

By Joshua Baethge / December 9, 2019 /

After more than three decades in the jewelry business, Reed Chesney has decided to tackle real estate. He joined Halo Group Realty in October. “I’ve always thrown around the idea, and I’ve had friends who were Realtors,” he said. “I would threaten, ‘You know what? I should just get my license.’ One day I decided…

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HIVE Conference Kicks-Off Today in Austin

By Joshua Baethge / December 4, 2019 /

The fourth annual HIVE conference gets underway today in Austin.  The two-day event will feature CEOs, architects, authors, economists, and educators addressing the issues affecting today’s housing needs. In a recent press release promoting the event, Hanley Wood and Meyers Research CEO Jeff Meyers said the housing community now faces challenges unlike any seen before.…

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Browne + Douglas Group Joins Compass at Plano Office

By Joshua Baethge / December 2, 2019 /

The Browne + Douglas Group is now affiliated with Compass Real Estate. Cathy Browne and Beth Douglas teamed up nearly two years ago.  “We were just really impressed with all of the technology and the way that Compass seems to be so agent-driven,” Browne said. “Their technologies and all of their processes are streamlined, and it’s…

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John Angell Doesn’t Want to be Anywhere Else

By Joshua Baethge / November 25, 2019 /

  The name on the signs may be changing, but John Angell isn’t going anywhere.  The long-time Dallas City Center agent said he’s excited about his firm’s recent decision to rebrand as Paragon Realtors. “I’m generally not the type of person that wants to fix what isn’t broken, but I think this is a really…

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Plano Top Producer Chad Schulin Joins Compass Real Estate

By Joshua Baethge / November 21, 2019 /

Compass Real Estate announced Wednesday that Chad Schulin, a top-producing agent in Plano, is now affiliated with the technology-driven brokerage.  He will be based out of the firm’s soon-to-be-opened Plano-Frisco office. But leaving Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s was not a decision he made lightly. “I very much enjoyed my time at Briggs,” Schulin said. “It was…

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