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.

Cedar Creek Lake Is Looking More Like The Hamptons of Dallas With This $25M Estate

By Shelby Skrhak / September 18, 2023 /

Crowded around the kitchen like you do at any good party, Karen Eubank and I recently caught up with Juli Black of Allie Beth Allman and Associates at a CandysDirt.com event when the topic of Cedar Creek Lake came up. Karen stirred the Google gods a few months ago when she called Cedar Creek Lake…

High Atop the Gold Crest on Turtle Creek, Life Imitates Art

By Shelby Skrhak / September 17, 2023 /

If you’re really really observant here on CandysDirt.com, you’ll notice that we typically feature the Highlight Home sponsored by Dallas mortgage banker Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial on Wednesdays. But today’s Sunday, Shelby. You’re really late. Well, you wouldn’t be the first person to tell me that — today — but this time I waited…

New Dallas Maverick Grant Williams Is a New Dallas Homeowner

By Shelby Skrhak / September 14, 2023 /

It’s too easy to say this celebrity home sale by Dallas Realtor Melissa Jennings was a slam dunk. Instead, we’ll polish off our inverted pyramid skills and play it straight: In a noteworthy real estate transaction, Jennings, a Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty agent, just closed a deal with new Dallas Mavericks player Grant Williams.…

Dallas Mortgage Banker Lisa Peters Continues Her Mission at Cardinal Financial

By Shelby Skrhak / September 6, 2023 /

It’s been nearly a year since Dallas mortgage banker Lisa Peters left her long-time team at Caliber Home Loans and joined Cardinal Financial as Producing Branch Manager. The time has flown by for the lending veteran who carries the banner for homeownership as a generational wealth builder. But I don’t necessarily mean the multimillion-dollar estate…

Join Us For an Exclusive Look Inside These 3 Preston Hollow Village Homes

By Shelby Skrhak / September 1, 2023 /

You’ve shopped that Trader Joe’s, dined at Mesero, satisfied your craving for pho at Jinya, and picked up burgers at Dugg Burgers. You know Preston Hollow Village well, the multi-million dollar, brimming mixed-use development at Walnut Hill Lane and Central Expressway. Now, here’s your chance to live in one of the 4,200-square-foot luxury homes in…