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.

SBA Exhausts Funding for Paycheck Protection Loans, Urges Congress for More

By Shelby Skrhak / April 16, 2020 /

SBA: “processed more than 14 years worth of loans in less than 14 days” 76% of loans have been processed by small/regional banks 49,000 loans totaling $8 billion have gone to real estate subsector Guidelines still murky for independent contractors, who had only four days to apply before funds ran out Talks are underway for…

Real Estate Disruptor Opendoor Slashes Its Staff by 35 Percent

By Shelby Skrhak / April 15, 2020 /

The quarantine economy is hitting iBuyers hard as Inman reported today that real estate disruptor Opendoor has laid off 35 percent of its staff, approximately 600 employees, citing COVID-19’s unforeseen impact on the U.S. economy and housing. “Given the shelter-in-place guidelines, we’ve seen declines in the number of people buying, selling, and moving during this…

Professional Landscape Design Shines in This Kessler Highlands Tudor

By Shelby Skrhak / April 15, 2020 /

This week’s High Caliber Home, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans, is proof that everything in life comes full circle. “I’ve been in real estate for 25 years, and this home was one of the first I sold actually,” says listing agent Diane Sherman of Dave Perry-Miller InTown. The updated two-bedroom, two-bath Tudor…

Wycliff Condo of Late Iconic Neiman Marcus Buyer for Sale

By Shelby Skrhak / April 14, 2020 /

Everything in the late Derrill Osborn’s Oak Lawn condo was red and green. Everything. And it was that way until early last week when listing agent Nan Elizabeth Byorum of Ebby Halliday Preston Center decided it was time to let a new homeowner transform the condo for sale at 4151 Wycliff Ave., No. 102 into…

Here’s What You Need to Know About Virtual Home Tours

By Shelby Skrhak / April 13, 2020 /

It wasn’t that long ago when agents thought photo slideshows were the end all be all of virtual home tours. That was when virtual home tours were niceties and not necessities. As cities nationwide began curbing open houses to help stem the spread of coronavirus, agents started adapting to find new ways to show homes.…