Second Shelters

Own A Vacation Home for as Little as $87,000: Fractionals Are Coming Back and No Longer a Dirty Word

By Candy Evans / June 15, 2012 /

Wade Shealy, founder and creator of 3rdhome.com and one of the most knowledgeable people I’ve met on the second home market, tells me fractionals are going to come back strong. Fractional vacation home ownership makes sense; you own a deeded right to your property for a “fraction” of a year, which is why most people…

One of My Fave Dallas Real Estate Agents Reports From Hanover, New Hampshire: Animal House Lives On

By Candy Evans / June 13, 2012 /

I have told you that I have an extremely soft spot for Dartmouth men. They would be my husband, John Sughrue (Harvard first, won’t hold that against him, but holds an M.B.A. from Dartmouth), Maxwell Anderson, Mickey Stuart, boyfriends in my past, and of course, Allie Beth Allman’s Ira Archer. Ira is up in Hanover…

Who Bought Troy Aikman’s Lot in Dallas? And Is It A Second Home?

By Candy Evans / June 7, 2012 /

It is a second home — or lot — for now. Remember when I told you that Troy Aikman sold off the Potashnik lot next to his home over there on Highland Drive? The one listed for $11,500,000? I heard that he sold it to the Pratts: Brian and Barbara Pratt. Word on the street was they paid just…

Wishful Wednesday: I Dreamed I Could Afford a House with Three Masters in Preston Hollow’s Honeypot For Under $4 Million…

By Candy Evans / June 6, 2012 /

I really did dream this and not in my Maidenform Bra: I was living in some vague house and I opened up the computer to see that a fabulous newer home with old world charm, class and character was ready and waiting for me for me with open angel arms (and THREE master suites!) for…

Willing to Take a Gamble? Kenny Rogers’ Athens, Ga., Estate is up For Auction

By Joanna England / May 24, 2012 /

Want the details on the auction of country music icon Kenny Rogers’ former Athens, Ga., estate? Head over to our Second Shelters blog for more information!