Nikki Barringer

Nikki Lott Barringer is a freelance writer and licensed real estate agent.

Real Estate Reads: How To Succeed Like A Champion

By Nikki Barringer / June 7, 2019 /

In 1983, Rita Santamaria had the idea to start a real estate school. In 1984, Champions School of Real Estate opened its doors for the first time. With one campus, one curriculum and a series of textbooks all written and taught by Rita Santamaria. Thirty-five years later, Champions School of Real Estate is the largest…

The Margritzes Fell in Love With Oak Cliff And You Will Too

By Nikki Barringer / May 30, 2019 /

When Sandy Margritz left Little Rock, Arkansas, to move to Fort Worth to join her soon-to-be husband, Josh, she left a world behind. Not just the Ozarks and canopied treetops and mountains, she left an entire profession, too. She was an environmental scientist that traveled around after natural disasters to test water and soil and…

See The Bite-Sized Builds of Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses 2019

By Nikki Barringer / May 21, 2019 /

NorthPark Centre is prestigious and just a little picky. To even be invited in is a tremendous honor, but to be invited in and welcomed back for the past 24 years? You’re basically a legend. And if you’ve seen Dallas CASA’s Parade of Playhouses, you know they are legendary. Every year some of the biggest builders in Dallas toss…

Cocktails And Clean Lines: The 365 Modern Living Tour is Here

By Nikki Barringer / May 16, 2019 /

If you’ve been looking for an event where you can hold a cocktail in one hand, mini quiche in another, and listen to some of the best modern designers in Dallas talk about some of the best modern homes — first of all, that’s oddly specific and second of all, The Dallas Architecture Forum’s got…