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Here’s a Chance to Redo The Most Important Selling Room in the House, the Kitchen, for FREE

By Candy Evans / September 30, 2011 /

When it comes to selling your home, experts agree hands down the kitchen is the most important home in the house! If you have limited funds and must choose your upgrade areas, a decision that can make you feel like choosing which kid you love best, sink that money in the kitchen first, master bath second.…

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How To Turn Your House Into A Cash Cow: Answer This Casting Call

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2011 /

Your home could be a star, wants to be a star, in fact, in the new TNT remake of the fabulous Dallas series. The show is fixin’ to air next year, which means it’s time for a casting call: To submit your property, please email [email protected] with “Dallas TV Series Locations” in the subject line.  Be…

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Life In Plano Is Pretty Great, According to Those Guys Who Make All The Lists

By Candy Evans / July 22, 2011 /

Fun piece in The Observer by Anna Merlan on something I told you about earlier, how great life is in Plano, Texas. This year we hear that Plano is number 12 on the life expectancy list — so if you live in Plano statistically you will live longer than if you live in Dallas. Last…

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HomeGain: Texas Realtors Getting More Optimistic About Everything Except President Obama

By Candy Evans / July 7, 2011 /

Texas Realtors are getting more optimistic. According to one of my favorite sources, HomeGain, three quarters of Texas real estate professionals and homeowners expect home prices (in Texas) to rise or stay the same in the coming six months. That’s pretty good news and the most positive they’ve been in awhile. HomeGain’s second quarter 2011 nationwide…

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Mexicans Work the Hardest — Harder, Even, Than Americans

By Candy Evans / April 14, 2011 /

Tis true. A new study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), when comparing¬† 29 industrialized nations, found that people in our neighbor to the south, Mexico, work the most hours both paid and unpaid. Belgium came in with the least hours of work and earliest retirement, and France wasn’t far behind. The…

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