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.

Walk to Dinner and Drinks From This West Plano Home for Only $315K

By Shelby Skrhak / May 30, 2019 /

Russell Rhodes of Berkshire Hathaway PenFed Realty Texas has listed this 1985-built, completely updated home near Park and Preston in Plano for only $315,000. The 1,878-square-foot home at 4561 Early Morn Drive has three bedrooms, two baths, and is located in highly-rated Plano schools with walkable retail. This home is located in my first neighborhood as…

Here Are Three Fun Facts About Mesquite and Three Homes to Match

By Shelby Skrhak / May 26, 2019 /

Hey, here are three fun facts about Mesquite: One that you knew, one you probably didn’t know, and one you definitely didn’t know. First the obvious fact, State Legislature designated Mesquite as the Rodeo Capital of Texas. A lesser-known fact, Big Town Mall was the first air-conditioned shopping mall in the U.S. And fact three…

Picture Yourself in This Centrum Tower Two-Bedroom Condo

By Shelby Skrhak / May 25, 2019 /

Kyle Lyon of Keller Williams Urban sent us a fabulous tip about this two-bedroom condo at The Centrum, one of Dallas’ most unique and exclusive residential high-rises. This two-bedroom, two-bath unit at 3111 Wellborn #1202, which has 2,084 square feet, is listed for $750,000. And according to the team at Keller Williams Urban who offered…

When Burb Homes Give You Deja Vu, This Allen Home Stands Out

By Shelby Skrhak / May 23, 2019 /

When selecting Thursday Three Hundred homes, I have nothing against recently-built suburban neighborhood homes in high-growth areas, but I do have to say there’s a trade-off. For what you get in a shiny move-in ready home with the latest amenities, there’s an undeniable homogeneity that makes you feel like you’ve seen this home before. That’s…

There’s Affordable Lakeside Living in Little Elm

By Shelby Skrhak / May 19, 2019 /

Little Elm is known as one of the oldest towns in Denton County, but most of its residents and infrastructure arrived only in the past decade. In the year 2000, Little Elm had a population of 3,600. Ten years later, Little Elm had 26,000 residents. And nowadays, put that number at 46,000 residents living in…