Alleged Crime & Real Estate
The business office manager of an East Dallas senior living community is on unpaid leave after being accused of bilking residents out of more than $67,800. It doesn’t appear that the woman has been fired yet, pending the results of a police investigation and forensic audit, but she’s referred to as a “former employee” in…
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,…
When CandysDirt.com heard Compass Realtor Heather Guild was doing a podcast on true crime and real estate called Crime Estate, we were intrigued. When we heard Episode 7, “The Queen of Swiss Avenue,” we were hooked. I personally dropped everything to binge-listen all 17 episodes (for research). Our resident murder house expert Shelby Skrhak is still pouting…
