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.

RealPage Dinged by FTC for Misidentifying Housing Applicants as Criminals

By Shelby Skrhak / October 18, 2018 /

It’s a problem that people with common last names face often: being mistaken for another with the same name and birthdate. But Richardson-based RealPage, which provides tenant screening information to landlords and property managers, ran into trouble when the FTC found their tenant screening software misidentified potential renters as criminals, who then were turned down…

Luxury Condo Living in Fort Worth’s Montgomery Plaza

By Shelby Skrhak / October 17, 2018 /

If you love things with an interesting history, the high-rise living in Fort Worth’s popular Montgomery Plaza would be perfect for you. The property at 2600 W. 7th Street No. 2406 in Fort Worth’s Cultural District is a rare three-bedroom, three-and-half bath, 2,703-square-foot condominium home, just listed at $1,351,500 by Denise Edmondson of Power Play…

Dallas Architecture Forum Welcomes Klyde Warren Park Pavillion Architect Thomas Phifer

By Shelby Skrhak / October 17, 2018 /

Thomas Phifer has been called the “master of meticulous modernism,” whose work ranges from the Corning Museum in New York, the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, and the San Francisco corporate headquarters for LinkedIn, to Dallas’ Klyde Warren Park Pavilion and Rachofsky House. The New York City-based architect will be in Dallas to…

12 Smart Sales Tips We Learned From Ryan Serhant’s New Book

By Shelby Skrhak / October 12, 2018 /

Ryan Serhant is giving away his real estate playbook. The top-earning real estate broker and star of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing New York is now a published author with his new book, Sell It Like Serhant: How To Sell More, Earn More, And Become The Ultimate Sales Machine, which he calls his real estate playbook…

This West Plano Manse Really Has a Closet to Die For

By Shelby Skrhak / October 12, 2018 /

You might buy this West Plano home for the unbelievable walk-in closet alone, but that’s not to say the rest of this 10,256-square-foot home isn’t fantastic in its own right. This six-bedroom, eight-bath home at 5609 Banister Court is listed at $3.95 million by Matthew Rice of The Trophy Group. But first, a little delayed…