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Finding Balance: Ballerina Realtor Caroline Atwell Stars in The Nutcracker This Weekend

By Brenda Masse / December 7, 2024 /

If you think you’re above average when it comes to being busy this holiday season, meet @properties Realtor Caroline Atwell. She’s made a name for herself in Dallas real estate in a relatively short time, closing deals with the best of them, and doing it en pointe. No, that’s not a typo. Caroline is, in…

This Father’s Day is Extra Special for Trio at JPAR Real Estate

By Joy Donovan / June 16, 2024 /

This Father’s Day will be special for The Ashkinos Group at JPAR Real Estate. Group founders Shannon and Howard Ashkinos’ third partner, their son Corey, will be celebrating his first Father’s Day. Thanks to five-month-old Calum, the Ashkinos family will celebrate the newest addition to their clan. Corey said he knows there’s a lot he’s…

‘Selling Sunset’ is Cute, But For Agent Shanai Ragsdale Real Estate Has a Greater Purpose

By Brenda Masse / March 5, 2024 /

She starts her day at 4:30 a.m. “Oh, that’s how you do it,” I said when I met Realtor Shanai Ragsdale for coffee in McKinney last Friday. When I first met Ragsdale at a MetroTex YPN holiday function, I left feeling a little out of breath thinking about what her schedule must be like as…

Kirk McDonald on Living The Dream And Selling His Park Hill Dream House

By Brenda Masse / January 30, 2024 /

It’s hard to decide what to gush about first — the man or the house. Because while I haven’t been in a home that has excited me more in years, Kirk McDonald himself is just as engaging. It’s easy to see why he’s been so successful in real estate. His client testimonials tell the story…

The Best Real Estate Interviews of 2023

By Brenda Masse / December 31, 2023 /

If you’re not in the real estate industry yourself you may not realize this, but real estate people are some of the most interesting people in the world. You’ll never meet a group of people with a more vast set of circumstances and backgrounds that brought them to a business that they’re universally passionate about.…