Crime & Real Estate
A Briarwood woman was assaulted and robbed as she pulled into her garage, NBC5 reported last night. But it was already circulating social media in Greenway Parks as news spread among concerned neighbors of this assault. According to personal neighbor reports, a single woman came home to her Elsby Avenue residence at about 9:30 p.m.…
Some longtime Dallas residents have made it clear they don’t want housing density or multifamily development in their single-family neighborhoods. Typically they cite potential impacts on traffic and property values. Few will say out loud that they’re concerned about living next to poor people or criminals. And while those conversations aren’t occurring frequently at recorded…
Zachary Taylor Holt promised his clients a fully custom barndominium that gave them the space and freedom they wanted in the rural lot location of their dreams. Only he left a huge, expensive mess behind when took thousands of dollars and abandoned his projects, leaving property owners without a home. However, the law has finally…
The Dallas City Council amended its prostitution ordinance last week, claiming it gives officers a tool to arrest all those involved in the criminal act, but acknowledging it doesn’t address the bigger issues of slavery and human trafficking. District 7 Councilman Adam Bazaldua voted against it, saying the amendment perpetuates a “Not In My Backyard”…
Paul Waln launched Halcyon, a real estate investment fund, in August 2009 to solicit investments to purchase and renovate a West Seattle apartment building along with other real estate projects. The rules were simple: Investors had to leave their money in the pool for 10 years, after which Waln would return the principal and earnings,…
