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.
Taking care of property taxes is a universally disliked task, but having to navigate misleading websites and dodge unscrupulous companies — well, that’s just not fair. Within the realm of legitimate property tax protest services, bad-acting entities lie in wait, poised to exploit unsuspecting homeowners. As the deadline for protesting your property taxes approaches, here…
Did you know that appraisal districts weren’t established until 1981, following the passage of The Property Tax Code (SB 621) during the 1979 Legislative Session. Thanks 1979. Here’s your friendly reminder that the deadline to file a protest of your property valuation is quickly approaching. We dug into each county’s websites to find detailed info to help…
On this episode of Dallas Dirt, host Candy Evans sat down with New Leaf Custom Homes founder Scott Powell to offer an insightful look at the custom home building process. A native of Lake Highlands, Powell and his wife Melissa are the youthful driving forces behind the success of New Leaf Custom Homes in North…
There are estate sales and there are Estate Sales. The old Dallas Morning News building, Bill’s Records and Tapes — those are iconic sales. Add this controversial sale at Dallas’ beleaguered Old City Park to the list of must-see estate sales in North Texas. Now through Saturday, the park is hosting a massive estate sale…
There’s a lot we don’t understand about how property tax appraisals work, let alone how to protest the county’s obfuscated appraised value. To help inform homeowners, CandysDirt.com has again teamed with Glenn Goodrich of PropertyTax.io to host a free webinar about protesting your property tax appraisal notice. The online webinar will take place at 10…
