Economy

The Boo Boo'ed Blue States on "Fiscal Crack" While We (!!) Attract the Affluent

By Candy Evans / February 18, 2013 /

Dare I say it — after all I’m a transplant, too, from Illinois, though I got here as quick as I could: tell these immigrants they are welcome, but leave their higher tax and social spending mentalities back in their previous home state!   Last couple weeks have been a real estate blur. I was…

The Boo Boo’ed Blue States on “Fiscal Crack” While We (!!) Attract the Affluent

By Candy Evans / February 18, 2013 /

Dare I say it — after all I’m a transplant, too, from Illinois, though I got here as quick as I could: tell these immigrants they are welcome, but leave their higher tax and social spending mentalities back in their previous home state!   Last couple weeks have been a real estate blur. I was…

Who Is the Hardest Working Agent of them All at Briggs Freeman? Her Name is Becky Frey

By Candy Evans / February 18, 2013 /

Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty announced its Top Producers for 2012 on Feb. 7 and guess who is the top producer of them all? Ms. Becky Frey. Yep, Becky (who recently sold a home down the street in about a week)  is Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s Top Individual Producer for 2012, having closed more than $62 million real…

The Guy Rebuilding the Pink Wall Behind the Pink Wall and Why We Need Stucco with Fracking

By Candy Evans / February 15, 2013 /

This is Joe Nech, owner of Advantage Masonry, a company that specializes in restoring brick, mortar, stone, anything made of masonry and the folks hired to re-build part of the crumbling “Pink Wall” that circles that cute neighborhood known as “Behind the Pink Wall”. He is only repairing the part in from of the Athena…

The Most Romantic Home in Dallas? T. Boone Pickens Lists Preston Hollow Estate on Alva Court for $7 Million

By Candy Evans / February 14, 2013 /

We love Tom and Laura Leppert’s home over there on Alva Court in the honeypot of Preston Hollow,  listed with Mary Poss, but now comes a slightly sexier competitor to the field. Mmmmmnn. Dave Perry-Miller has just listed 9434 Alva Court, asking a cool $7 million. And honestly, this has to be the sexiest, most romantic…