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.

The Three Most Expensive Homes for Sale in Denton County

By Shelby Skrhak / December 15, 2019 /

A few weeks ago, we tallied up the casas that’ll cost you the most in Collin County, which were spread throughout the county in McKinney, Prosper, and Frisco. That last one threw us for a loop because Frisco exists in both Collin and Denton counties, and home #3 Starling Drive upon further research turns out to…

Clients and Agents Alike Benefit From Strong Culture of Support

By Shelby Skrhak / December 14, 2019 /

Real estate used to be a profession that some people just kind of fell into. Maybe a nice career in law provided a natural segue to something relevant but less stressful and time-consuming. Or maybe the kids were grown and flown and mom and/or dad needed something to keep themselves busy. Or, of course, there’s…

Did Arch Swank Design This Newspaperman’s Home? Blueprints and Research Say So

By Shelby Skrhak / December 14, 2019 /

You don’t see homes designed by Dallas midcentury architect Arch Swank come on the market very often because they tend to stay in the family for generations, but if our research serves us right, we found a previously undiscovered Swank home on Eastlawn Drive in Northwest Dallas. This four-bedroom, three-bath home with 3,571-square-feet in Northway…

Piecing Together This North Preston Hollow Estate Sale, a Reporter’s Notebook

By Shelby Skrhak / December 13, 2019 /

In this CandysDirt.com Reporter’s Notebook feature, Associate Editor Shelby Skrhak explains the writing and research process she clearly loves for estate sales and a fabulous one this weekend.  Estate sales are like an archeological dig into somebody’s life story from the objects they or their loved ones leave behind. For CandysDirt.com, I’ve started covering Dallas’…

Shop the Estate Sale Inside This Brand New Modern Farmhouse

By Shelby Skrhak / December 12, 2019 /

Instead of an old estate home, try estate sale shopping in a brand new modern farmhouse this weekend at ELS Estate Sales’ event at 4178 Beaver Brook near Midway Road and Royal Lane. The new construction by Davis Signature Homes, listed for $1.2499 million by Mykal Ippolito of Texas Urban Living, is a top-of-the-line green home.  It’s registered…