Economy

MetroTex Young Professionals Know What They Need in the Future of Real Estate

By Candy Evans / October 19, 2012 /

Hint: it’s not paper!

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A Trip Down Memory Lane at Metrotex Association of Realtors

By Candy Evans / October 19, 2012 /

What are those things on the shelves behind Jennie Ling and Virginia Cook? Any agent under age 35 may NOT know what they are. Old MLS Books! Yes, boys and girls, back in the days of ice cube trays, garages you had to open yourself, and pay phones, these books were how you looked up…

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Uptown Magic: Crescent Real Estate Holdings Fills Last Vacant Land in Uptown, so We Ask What Are the Hottest Places to Buy in Uptown?

By Candy Evans / October 18, 2012 /

Sometimes wonderful things happen simultaneously. A reader emailed me this question: Candy: What do you think are the 3 hottest places to buy in Uptown? Then Steve Brown blogged last week about Uptown, how it is one of the most successful neighborhoods in Dallas, and how it just sort of happened. Crescent Real Estate Holdings is developing the last…

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A Realtor’s Dream Comes True: Handymen From the Web Vetted, Discounted, Carrying iPads, Wearing Booties (I’m Not Even Drinking!)

By Candy Evans / October 18, 2012 /

I swear to God a day does not go by without someone, usually an agent, asking for the name of a good handyman. I wrote about this on CultureMap, I’m writing about it here. Listen up agents, this is a venture you’ve got to pay close attention to. And we’re inviting you to a party…

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Feds Now Helping Texas Fight Dental Medicare Fraud. What Could That Mean for Water Pick Park… or Us?

By Candy Evans / October 16, 2012 /

The Medicaid nukes are coming to town from Washington, D.C. to infuse more power into Greg Abbot’s investigation of dental Medicaid fraud, the kind that Byron Harris has brought to the radar. He and other whistleblowers say abusing Medicaid reimbursements helped pediatric dentists like Richard Malouf roll in billions and build enormous homes, buy second…

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