Beach Homes

What Can You Buy Your Valentine the Night Before Valentine’s Day?

By Candy Evans / February 13, 2011 /

Try a $29 million house, or at least a sneak peak into one of the bedrooms — the only room likely to get any real use in all that square footage. Nothing would turn me on more than a bedroom with sweeping views of the water — in this case, the Atlantic: a 29,000 waterfront…

Double Taxing? Think Twice About Having a Second Home in New York State:

By Candy Evans / February 13, 2011 /

If you own a second home in New York but don’t work there, you may soon be taxed like those who do, even on income made outside of the state. I love New York City and would be there every other week if I could. But I doubt I’d ever own property there, or could…

Sean Payton is Moving to North Texas. And Has a Second Home in Florida

By Candy Evans / February 7, 2011 /

More North Texas real estate news. The coach of the New Orleans Saints is not leaving the Saints to join the Cowboys, but he is moving his family to Vaquero, in Westlake,¬† from New Orleans, according to The Times-Picayune. Sean Peyton apparently has bought (or plans to buy) a home and plans to enroll his…

Enough About Troy: Let’s Talk Tiger Woods’ Private Playground Real Estate

By Candy Evans / February 2, 2011 /

Troy and Rhonda Aikman are, I guess, Dallas’s version of Tiger and Elin Woods, give or take some drama and a little less real estate.¬† Which totally reminds me that I have this exclusive shot of Tiger’s newly constructed backyard Olympics playground on Jupiter Island. You will not believe this place. Jupiter Island, I’m told,…

I Went To Mexico and Survived: It’s OK To Buy Real Estate in Mexico

By Candy Evans / January 3, 2011 /

I am preparing a story for you on a beautiful coastal area north of Baja, La Paz, on the sparkling Sea of Cortez, called Costa Baja. But first, I want to tell you about David Simmons. He is an American travel writer who wants to tell the whole world not to worry about safety in…