Economy

Do Dallas Realtors Need a Reality Check on Their Ads? (And Are Ads Worth It When It’s All About Bargains?)

By Candy Evans / September 5, 2012 /

I about died when I saw this Realtor ad on AOL Real Estate — of course it’s from a Canadian firm. The Canuks can just get away with more than we can when it comes to billboard advertising. Or can they? So I started thinking back to local ads I’ve seen from our Dallas agents.…

Tuesday Two Hundred My Foot: Live in Southlake for Way, Way Less Than the Pro Boys

By Candy Evans / August 29, 2012 /

I wanted to see if we common folks can live in the mid-cities area, like Southlake, just like all these pro ball player and coaches. I love Vaquero and Westwyck Hills — especially the way they spell the name –but you have to drop at least a couple million. It’s Tuesday $200, our “value real…

How To Tell If You Should Make a Low Ball Offer on a Home: Don’t Check the Fridge

By Candy Evans / August 28, 2012 /

Well, you could, but the wine cellar is a way more telling spot. First of all, an empty wine cellar usually means no one lives in the house except for a Castle Keeper. Ain’t no way a Castle Keeper is going to be drinking red wine. Secondly, when you move, you take the good wine…

John Wiley Price’s Defense Attorney Sued by Feds for $5.3 Million in Unpaid Taxes — Guess Where He Lives? Strait Lane.

By Candy Evans / August 27, 2012 /

But don’t get too excited. Defense attorney John Carney lives on Strait Lane, indeedy, or at least one of his trusts owns a home at 11484 Strait Lane. But I don’t think he’ll exactly be slip sliding away down at Richard Malouf’s Water Pik Park. To be perfectly honest here, Carney’s place is on the…

Ambien Found in Body of Highland Park Man Who Attacked his Family, Then Stabbed Himself to Death

By Candy Evans / August 26, 2012 /

The autopsy of John Rodman Steele, the Highland Park businessman and community leader who attacked his family then stabbed himself to death last July 11, showed traces of a sleeping aid called Ambien — or the ingredient zolpidem, that is found in many sleep aids, including Ambien, in his body. I had heard this from…