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.

Paragon’s Elliot Collins: ‘Homeownership Is One of The Great Equalizers.”

By Shelby Skrhak / March 24, 2022 /

Elliot Collins is one of those people that wouldn’t mind house hunting every day for the rest of his life. For the better part of a year, he and his partner spent every night and weekend scouring Zillow and touring homes throughout Dallas with their realtor. He enjoyed the process so much, that he became…

Klaudia Giardina Makes the Move to Rogers Healy and Associates Real Estate

By Shelby Skrhak / March 20, 2022 /

They say nobody achieves anything alone. And while real estate is a business that relies on your own entrepreneurial spirit and work ethic to succeed, it’s not without an “It takes a village” mentality to make good real estate agents great. That’s because mentors — whether they’re actually called that or they are simply colleagues…

Tour This Marvelous M Streets Home This Weekend

By Shelby Skrhak / March 18, 2022 /

This week’s Inwood Home of the Week, sponsored by Inwood National Bank, takes us to the M Streets of Greenland Hills, a conservation district of 1920s homes off Greenville Ave. This 1926-built stunner is located on Morningside Ave., a beautiful street of deep, 60-foot lots full of homes with a little bit of English cottage…

This Condo at The Plaza Is Waiting For Your Best Self

By Shelby Skrhak / March 17, 2022 /

“If anyone needs me, I’ll be at the Plaza.” That’s a quote from my future self, said while strutting out the door. Nothing ominous or too pretentious, just a line said by a more elegant version of myself with beautiful, effortless hair and a fabulous handbag tucked into the crook of my arm. That could…

The Stevens Park Bungalow That’ll Surprise You Inside (And Distract Me Greatly)

By Shelby Skrhak / March 12, 2022 /

Every time an Oak Cliff listing comes across my desk, I can’t help but look it up in the old Dallas Morning News archives. I don’t mean to bury the lead by relegating a home’s beautiful interior features to the third or fourth paragraph, but once I dive into the history of a home, street,…