Realtor News

Dallas Now Has a Plastic Bag Ban for "Single Use" Plastic Grocery Bags & I Heart Lee Kleinman

By Candy Evans / March 26, 2014 /

Honestly, the Dallas City Council spent the morning arguing about plastic grocery bags, what City Councilman Dwaine Caraway calls “single use” bags, even though myself and everyone I know uses them over & over to hold garbage or dog doo. We now have joined 150 other U.S. cities as Dallas retailers will have to charge customers…

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…

Breaking: Faisal Halum Departs ABA, Joins Briggs Freeman Sothebys

By Candy Evans / March 25, 2014 /

I caught up with Faisal Halum Monday on his very first day as a Briggs-Freeman Sotheby’s senior vice president. Faisal and his assistant, Michael Mahon, left Allie Beth Allman where Faisal was a top producer on the Mathews-Nichols team. But Faisal, who I always think of in terms of luxury high rise real estate sales…

Real Estate Auctions 101: Laura Brady Explains the Concierge Buyer's Premium

By Candy Evans / March 25, 2014 /

With another real estate auction coming to Dallas, Texas as the incredible Les Jardins estate designed by Anton F. Korn Jr. is slated to be sold to the highest bidder on April 24, I thought we might want to better understand the real estate auction process. The question arises, who pays for the auction expenses and the…

Real Estate Auctions 101: Laura Brady Explains the Concierge Buyer’s Premium

By Candy Evans / March 25, 2014 /

With another real estate auction coming to Dallas, Texas as the incredible Les Jardins estate designed by Anton F. Korn Jr. is slated to be sold to the highest bidder on April 24, I thought we might want to better understand the real estate auction process. The question arises, who pays for the auction expenses and the…