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.

How This Real Estate Company Is Changing How We Buy Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / April 30, 2019 /

Technology has revolutionized the real estate industry, helping home buyers and sellers save time and money. However, despite access to more information than ever before, most consumers still turn to a real estate agent to help them navigate the process and purchase their home. In fact, according to a 2018 Owners.com survey of recent homebuyers,…

Hurst Homes for First-Timers and Empty Nesters Alike

By Shelby Skrhak / April 28, 2019 /

Hurst is the featured city for this week’s Suburb Sunday, and for good reason. It’s been ranked one of the best places to raise a family for its stellar H-E-B ISD schools, safe community, and central location for commuters. With its nearby neighbors Euless and Bedford, Hurst makes up the popular mid-cities often referred to…

Tour This Blue Beauty on Briarmeadow Drive Today

By Shelby Skrhak / April 27, 2019 /

If you’re out and about near Northpark today, pop by the Petunia by Bunches mobile flower stand that benefits the Dallas Public Library, grab a Starbuck’s, and then head to this Open House from 2-4 p.m. at 7212 Briarmeadow Drive, a 3,090-square-foot four bedroom listed for $715,000 by Nick Good of Keller Williams Realty Preston Road.

From the Builders of Stonebridge Ranch, The Grove Frisco Is Putting Down Roots

By Shelby Skrhak / April 26, 2019 /

If you drive all the way north up Custer Road, you’ll come upon The Grove Frisco, a new 735-acre master-planned community by Newland. About 120 homes have been sold or are under construction in what Newland, the community developer with more than five decades of experience, calls a modern village. As you turn off Custer…

Plano River Bend Contemporary Is Hot With California Buyers

By Shelby Skrhak / April 25, 2019 /

This 80s soft contemporary at 2524 Ellis Court in Plano’s River Bend neighborhood will probably be under contract by the time I press publish on this Thursday Three Hundred post. That’s just how hot this four-bedroom, three-bath home has been, listed for $319,900 by Von Truong of Re/Max Premier Properties. Listed just six days ago, Truong…