Realtor News

The Growing Gay-borhood of Flippers: Real Estate Investing is More Difficult Than it Looks on TV, Says Dallas Voice Column

By Joanna England / October 21, 2013 /

Loved this column in the Dallas Voice about flipping, mainly because I have said this myself a time or two: Flipping homes is a lot harder than it looks!

And yet, TV shows such as Will & Grace, Modern Family, and innumerable programs on HGTV and DIY show people navigating the dicey waters of flipping residential properties.

Finally: A Dallas Morning News Reporter Says Something Nice About Museum Tower

By Candy Evans / October 21, 2013 /

Real Estate agent Scott Deakins’ Golden Retriever Heath looking at Museum Tower “It’s a damn, fine building!” Yes, MetroTex Forecast 2014 was Friday, and I don’t think one contract was written across town as half the North Texas real estate community was at the Renaissance Hotel listening to Dr. Jim Gaines, Phil Crone, Tom Woliver,…

Food, Fabrics, Fab Booze & Chateaux: Join Rusty Arena & Timothy Corrigan at ID Collection Tuesday PM

By Candy Evans / October 21, 2013 /

As you know, The fabulous ID Collection has joined the CandysDirt family on our designer page, because we love designers (Blue Sky Living, Bernadette Schaeffler, Margaret Chambers, Jason Lenox) and even our fanciest real estate would be bare-ass naked without them! So we are kind of psyched to tell you about a partee this Tuesday…

Forecast 2014: Is The Hot Dallas Market Finally Cooling Its Jets?

By Candy Evans / October 18, 2013 /

Well we cannot blame this one on the Republicans: the Dallas real estate market, which had been in a heated frenzy ever since about January 2, has finally cooled heels a bit. It started on Labor Day, Ebby agent Kay Weeks told Steve Brown, when higher mortgage rates and economic uncertainties cooled the market as…

Wife Swap? House Swap? How About Agent Swap? New Real Estate Reality Show Swaps Agents From Different Parts of Town

By Candy Evans / October 18, 2013 /

Just poached this from Keith Yonick’s Facebook page because I think it is hilarious! He says a new reality show is in the works called The Real Estate Switch -a show about a sophisticated, urban agent in Oak Lawn who switches places with a long time good ole boy. “I have to make pimento cheese…