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New Belk Store Open, Still Time to Win Free Tickets to Belk Charity Gala April 3

By Candy Evans / March 31, 2014 /

We’re living in high cotton now! Well, I got to tour Belk Friday, the new, hip, and oh so southern department store at the old Marshall Fields/Saks Fifth Avenue store at the Dallas Galleria. You recall how we interviewed the store’s (hot) manager, Salem Boohaker, he’s finer than frog hair split four ways. We helped him find…

Breaking: It’s Official. Scott Carlson Real Estate Acquired by Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s

By Candy Evans / March 27, 2014 /

Part one: Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s has begun an acquisition process that is part of their overall strategy to have a stronger presence in Lakewood area real estate. Today they made part of that process official: Robbie Briggs has acquired Scott Carlson Real Estate. And what a presence! Scott Carlson, a force of nature in the…

Inwood Home of the Week: Platinum Preston Hollow Antebellum Classic Shines on Sunnybrook

By Candy Evans / March 27, 2014 /

Stop the presses for literally one of the most beautiful homes in Dallas. If this home hasn’t made the list, any list, then there is something wrong with the judges. 9346 Sunnybrook was built in 1987 by Tina Bailey, one of Dallas’ premiere private estate home builders. Tina, a talented friend whose daughters attended school…

Don Carter Started the New Year Right, With a Penthouse at The Ritz-Carlton Residences

By Candy Evans / March 26, 2014 /

Don Carter sure got 2014 off to a great start by buying the last available penthouse space at the Residences at the Ritz-Carlton, Tower I. That would be unit 1802. After selling his stately Georgian mansion at 4000 University in the Park Cities last July, 2013, I was told he was building out a huge…

Real Estate 101 Ask the Teach: Buying Profile of the Average Real Estate Investor May Shock You

By Candy Evans / March 26, 2014 /

Remember Kelly Logsdon Rush? Teacher of the Year and my very first Real Estate teacher? Kelly is back with a somewhat regular little segment here on CandysDirt.com called “Ask The Teach”. I know a thing or two about real estate, but Kelly knows about five trillion things, so much, in fact, that she teaches RE…