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.

Louisiana’s Live! Casino Hotel Bets Big on Dallas

By Shelby Skrhak / March 15, 2026 /

Before there was Durant and Thackerville, there was Shreveport and Bossier City. This was before the sprawling Oklahoma complexes of Choctaw and WinStar became Dallas’s gold standard for a gambling getaway. In the nineties and early aughts, Dallasites often made the I-20 trek to Louisiana’s Red River, where casino neon lights reflected off the river…

Century 21 Judge Fite Acquires Healy Property Management Following Rogers Healy Merger

By Shelby Skrhak / March 11, 2026 /

When the Rogers Healy and Associates brand merged into Compass last month, it didn’t just reshape the brokerage landscape in Dallas. It also set off a quiet reshuffling of related businesses — including Healy Property Management, which has now been acquired by Century 21 Judge Fite Company. The deal adds the Healy portfolio to Century…

Breaking: Henry S. Miller III, Developer of West Village, Dies at 79

By Shelby Skrhak / March 2, 2026 /

Henry S. Miller III — part of an iconic multigenerational Dallas real estate family and the visionary developer behind West Village — died Feb. 28 of health issues. He was 79. Born Nov. 16, 1946, to Juanita and Henry S. Miller Jr., Miller grew up in a real estate legacy that began with his grandfather…

Breaking: Independent Brokerage Rogers Healy and Associates Joins Compass

By Shelby Skrhak / February 26, 2026 /

Boom, Rogers Healy has left real estate. Rogers Healy and Associates (RHA) is joining Compass in Dallas-Fort Worth, according to an internal email sent to agents Thursday and confirmed to CandysDirt.com by Compass corporate in New York. The move follows founder Rogers Healy’s decision to step away from day-to-day real estate operations to focus full-time…

Emerald Bay’s First Spec Home Hits the Market: A Q&A With the Team Behind It

By Shelby Skrhak / February 26, 2026 /

When CandysDirt last checked in with CedarLux Properties in December, Emerald Bay was still in the early innings. Lots were selling, plans were taking shape, and the development’s long-term vision was clear — but there was not yet a finished home to walk through. Now, that home at 4529 Sapphire Way is underway — and…