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Painted Brick Homes – Yay or Nay?

By Seth Fowler / September 11, 2018 /

About 10 years ago I was in a sales training class in Florida with new home sales professional from across the country.  We were talking about overcoming objections that prospective buyers would throw at us.  I brought up the question of painted brick. Most of the stares and questioning glances I got were from those…

Winsome Winton Terrace West Listing in Park Hill Has Delightful Details

By Eric Prokesh / September 7, 2018 /

One great perks of the job that comes with writing for CandysDirt.com, is meeting some really great agents. Last week we looked at a historic, honey of a house in Hemphill Heights listed by Briggs Freeman’s Gwen Harper, who had such an interesting portfolio that I contacted her about one of her listings at 2225…

Parks of Aledo: Inspired By Nature, Designed For Life

By Seth Fowler / September 4, 2018 /

Are you, like me, tired of hearing the same old blah-blah from builders and developers when they try to sell you on how different their new community will be? How their newest community was inspired by older neighborhoods and how it will be designed unlike any other development in the history of ever? I get…

Travis Avenue Craftsman Offers Opportunity in Hemphill Heights

By Eric Prokesh / August 31, 2018 /

I must confess to a certain lackadaisical, late-summer lethargy searching for this week’s Fort Worth Friday. Then I found 2832 Travis Avenue in Hemphill Heights and regained my enthusiasm. We’ve been keeping an eye on Hemphill Heights as one of the up-and-coming in-town neighborhoods for some time. “The Heights” is a neighborhood south of Ryan Place,…

Real Estate and Report Cards: How School Districts Affect Housing

By Seth Fowler / August 28, 2018 /

Yes “location, location, location” is still the first thing that comes out of a buyer’s mouth when asked what’s important in their next home.  The second is typically, “We want to live in a good school district!” Of course, as a licensed real estate sales professionals, we are gagged and bound by money-taking governmental bodies…