Crime & Real Estate
Frustration over criminal activity and quality of life issues in Deep Ellum has been boiling over, and one nightlife hotspot seems to be getting all the heat. Rodeo Dallas, a nightclub at Elm and N Crowdus, has earned the ire of city officials and neighborhood stakeholders for purportedly fostering “dangerous and unlawful conduct.” In the…
An infamous local affordable housing developer previously convicted on federal bribery charges secured an acquittal in his retrial on Thursday, with jurors siding with the defense’s argument that the defendant didn’t break federal law when he paid two Dallas City Council members tens of thousands of dollars. Ruel Hamilton, who until his indictment was best…
By now, everyone’s seen a “We Buy Ugly Houses” sign somewhere at least once. You might’ve even called the advertised phone number to see if you could get a good offer on your house, ugly or not. The branding is part of HomeVestors of America’s house-flipping operation. Based in Dallas, the company franchises out to…
Anyone keeping up with the news in recent years knows the AI revolution is plowing forward full steam ahead, but unfortunately, some bad actors have been leveraging the rapidly evolving technology to pull off sophisticated real estate scams. The latest? Using “deepfake” face swap technology to pull off their heists. In recognition of Identity Theft…
From Staff Reports A multifamily real estate developer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to bribing two former Dallas City Council members in exchange for support on loans and tax credits for affordable housing projects, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton announced this week. Sherman Roberts, 70, the former leader of City Wide…
