Shelby Skrhak

Shelby is Associate Editor of CandysDirt.com, where she writes and produces 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 the Runway at This Warrington Luxe Lease

By Shelby Skrhak / January 26, 2022 /

Welcome to the Warrington, Mr. or Ms. CandysDirt reader. That’s what you’d hear if you live in this week’s High Caliber Home of the Week, sponsored by Lisa Peters of Caliber Home Loans. It’s where Marlis Rosetta of David Griffin and Associates has a rare luxury lease on the market, but of course the staff…

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Grapevine-Based United Development Funding Execs Convicted of Fraud

By Shelby Skrhak / January 23, 2022 /

Four North Texas real estate financing executives have been found guilty on 10 federal counts of fraud. According to evidence presented at trial, executives for Grapevine-based United Development Funding orchestrated a scheme to mislead investors and the SEC about their funds’ performance.  Founded in 2003, UDF used a family of five funds – UDF I,…

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Mark Johnson Named President of JPAR Real Estate

By Shelby Skrhak / January 19, 2022 /

JPAR Real Estate today announced the appointment of Mark Johnson as President of the Frisco-based national brokerage. In this new role, Mark will have responsibility for the JPAR Real Estate enterprise including its brokerage and franchise operations, which serves consumers across 65 offices in 25 states with more than 3,600 real estate professionals.  “I’m humbled…

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Andy and Candis Meredith Headed Back on Magnolia Network After Investigation

By Shelby Skrhak / January 14, 2022 /
Andy and Candis Meredith Home Work Magnolia show

Andy and Candis Meredith‘s show, Home Work, will return to the Magnolia Network’s lineup after network executives investigated several former clients’ complaints about the alleged quality of the Utah-based couple’s renovations, PEOPLE magazine reported. “Magnolia Network is dedicated to sharing hopeful and genuine stories. In doing that, we strive to meet people with compassion and to cautiously approach difficult moments with honest understanding,” Magnolia’s president…

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Rogers Healy and Associates Real Estate Reaches Record Sales

By Shelby Skrhak / January 11, 2022 /

Rogers Healy and Associates Real Estate, North Texas’ largest independently owned and operated, full-service brokerage, released its 2021 Market Report and announced its greatest year to date. Despite the continuing setbacks from COVID-19, the brokerage’s property sales increased by 177 percent from the year prior. Closing in at one billion dollars in sales for 2021…

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