Shelby Skrhak

Shelby Skrhak is executive editor of CandysDirt.com and producer of the Dallas Dirt podcast. She loves covering estate sales and murder homes, not necessarily related. As a lifelong Dallas native, she's been an Eagle, Charger, Wildcat, and a Comet.

Is This Kessler Park Midcentury More Mamie Eisenhower or Priscilla Presley?

By Shelby Skrhak / August 26, 2026 /

This 1959 Kessler Park Ranch makes a pretty convincing case that not all midcentury pink was created equal. This week’s Highlight Home, sponsored by Lisa Peters, Senior Loan Officer with First Horizon, swings between the pale, polite pink that First Lady Mamie Eisenhower helped turn into a home decor phenomenon and the plush, unapologetic pink…

This $479K Townhome Has Had a Front-Row Seat to Old East Dallas’ Evolution

By Shelby Skrhak / August 21, 2026 /

When this townhome overlooking Exall Park was new, buyers were being sold on a neighborhood that was still becoming what it is today. The early marketing for La Vista on Live Oak townhomes touted its rooftop decks with downtown skyline views, its location across from the roughly 11-acre Exall Park, and the grander promise of…

He Spent 50 Years Photographing Madden, Montana, and Jagger — Now He’s Letting Go with Heritage Auctions

By Shelby Skrhak / August 17, 2026 /

For more than five decades, Michael Zagaris had the kind of access most sports and music fans could only imagine. He photographed Joe Montana as a rookie. He stood beside Bill Walsh as the San Francisco 49ers dynasty took shape. He documented John Madden on the Oakland Raiders sideline and trained his camera on Mick…

Deion Sanders’ Famous Prosper Mansion Finally Sells For $4.5 Million

By Shelby Skrhak / August 11, 2026 /

When Deion Sanders custom-built his sprawling estate in 1999, Prosper was more pasture than powerhouse. The 2000 Census counted just 2,097 residents. Today, the Census Bureau estimates Prosper’s population at 45,605 — more than 21 times its population when Sanders built the house. The future Hall of Famer was still playing for the Dallas Cowboys…

The Buckley Adds 338 Apartments to Plano’s Reworked Heritage Creekside

By Shelby Skrhak / August 7, 2026 /

For years, office buildings were supposed to play the starring role at Plano’s Heritage Creekside. Instead, apartments have become one of the most visible signs of how the 156-acre development is evolving with the market. Rosewood Property Company and equity partner MetLife Investment Management have completed The Buckley, a 338-unit apartment community at 600 Kissimmee…