Celebrity Homes

Former Texas Ranger Rafael Palmeiro Selling Second Home in Pebble Beach, CA to Cover Bankruptcy Debt

By Candy Evans / October 17, 2011 /

The Texas Rangers are going to be world champs for the second year in a row, I feel it in my bones! But Rafael Palmeiro, the Rangers former slugger turned real estate developer, might be wishing he could get back into the game and out of real estate. Palmeiro is now asking creditors in his…

Texas Gas Exec Buys Val Kilmer Pecos River Ranch in New Mexico, Once Owned by Greer Garson

By Candy Evans / October 14, 2011 /

This is a sign the market MUST be coming alive, even in slow as molasses Santa Fe: Val Kilmer has finally sold most of his  5,328-acre Pecos River ranch. The deed transfer was filed Sept. 30 with the San Miguel County Clerk’s Office. Kilmer transferred the bulk of the property to Midland residents Benjamin A. Strickling III and…

If Your Home Looks Anything Like This, I’ve Got $15,000 Big Ones For You! Turn Your Home Into a Bank — Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans / October 13, 2011 /

 This is one tenet the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Dallas folks don’t capiche: the rich always get richer. And when you have a big, beautiful home, you can always find ways to make it be the giant piggie bank we always hope it will be. A major network reality show is seeking a furnished…

What If the Occupy Dallas (or Wall Street) Movement Targeted Homes of Dallas Billionaires?

By Candy Evans / October 12, 2011 /

The growing anti-extreme wealth or, specifically, anti-corporate greed movement Occupy Wall Street today targeted the homes of New York City’s wealthiest with about 500 protesters converging on Manhattan’s toney Upper East Side, marching past the homes of JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon, hedge fund manager John Paulson, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and David Koch, co-founder (or inherited) energy firm…

The Week Ahead on CandysDirt and SecondShelters: Calistoga, California Here I come

By Candy Evans / October 3, 2011 /

My second home this weekend! As I have told you, I launched CandysDirt.com on July 1, 2011, my very own version of the super duper popular DallasDirt blog I created for D Magazine and kept going, growing for almost four years. CandysDirt (no apostrophe) is ALSO growing by leaps and bounds — please check it out…