Economy

A Must-Read Local Column Sheds Light on the Museum Tower/Nasher Sculpture Garden/Fake Facebook Posting Fracas

By Candy Evans / August 8, 2013 /

Stop whatever you are doing and read this column by The Observer’s Jim Schutze. He asks the very same question I had when I first read the Dallas Morning News story over a week ago about Mike Snyder’s fake Facebook accounts. The question is: if the Dallas Morning News analyzed Snyder’s IP addresses (those are…

Blake Andrews is Creating Serious Social Change in Latin America, Through Buying and Selling Homes in the USA

By Candy Evans / August 8, 2013 /

Family of four in Nicaragua, before their GiveBack home   A brand new company promoting significant improvement in living conditions in the poorest parts of the world was conceived in Dallas, carried out in California, and launched today as one of the most socially responsible give-back programs ever available for Realtors. It’s called Giveback Homes.…

The Feds Pay a Visit to My Hood and Check out the Contents of 6520 Northaven Road, on Market for $3.7

By Candy Evans / August 7, 2013 /

I literally have my head stuck in a computer all day, when I’m not out looking for House Porn. So when I was alerted to this report on Channel 8 about a neighbor’s home being raided by the FBI, a couple DEA agents (just helping), and the IRS, I was all over it. As was…

How They Live: Entertaining (and Eating Around) With Robert Edsel in His Historic Turtle Creek Estate

By Candy Evans / August 6, 2013 /

We sent CD correspondent Bren Underwood to find out if people really eat in these luxury homes! Impromptu cocktail parties, Sunday brunches, formal dinners fit for a king – entertaining friends and family brings tremendous delight to hosts and hostesses. I had the true pleasure of interviewing one of Dallas’ premier hosts recently, acclaimed author and art…

Monday Morning Millionaire: Luxury Living for the Golf Lover, Wine Lover, Foodie or Just Four Seasons Fanatic

By Candy Evans / August 6, 2013 /

Well, this is the “it’s August everyone’s on vaca” edition of MMM. It comes to you straight from Las Colinas and the Four Season’s TPC, where you can live like a billionaire for a couple million. Seriously, you would be surprised at the smart, serious wealth out here. It’s a zip to D/FW or your…