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.

To Compete for This Contemporary Stunner, Here’s What You Need to Know

By Shelby Skrhak / June 2, 2021 /

Efficiency. That’s what you need in this hot real estate market and that’s what you’ll get in this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters at Caliber Home Loans. Last week, we gave you a hot tip for winning a home bidding war: getting mortgage pre-approval. This week, we’re going to…

Tour These Three 1920s and 1930s Tudors This Weekend

By Shelby Skrhak / May 27, 2021 /

This week’s Dallas open house line-up takes us to Lakewood and Hollywood Heights where you can get your fix of 1920s and 1930s architecture with these three magnificent homes. But we’ll give you this fair warning. Get your elbows out because we’re sure these open houses will be THE place to be this weekend. Tour…

Here Are The Reasons Why California is Moving to Texas

By Shelby Skrhak / May 26, 2021 /

When moving companies devote multiple blog posts specifically courting Californians moving to Texas, that’s just another indication that the California migration to Tejas is a bona fide sign of the times. Take St. Louis-based United Van Lines for example. They’ve tracked inbound and outbound state moves since 1977 with its annual National Movers Study, but…

A Cornucopia of Color in This Lake Ray Hubbard Home

By Shelby Skrhak / May 25, 2021 /

This week’s Inwood Home of the Week is a colorful Lake Ray Hubbard beauty listed by Shelbie McKenzie of Coldwell Banker Realty Rockwall. Why do I say colorful? Well, two reasons. This Mark Molthan Custom Home sits on more than a quarter-acre lot that backs up to a greenbelt overlooking Lake Ray Hubbard. Green, blue,…

Caliber Home Loans Has This Tip for Winning a Home Bidding War

By Shelby Skrhak / May 19, 2021 /

It’s become a familiar trend. A move-in ready home goes on the market Friday and by Monday it’s already under Active Option Contract. That’s exactly what happened when Rob Elmore of Dave Perry-Miller listed this remodeled Tudor at 2318 Barberry Drive in Stevens Park Village last Friday. By the time the weekend was over, the…