Second Shelters

Rick Perry, Here’s a Debate Headliner For Ya: Texas Loves Real Estate and Sex !!!

By Candy Evans / September 7, 2011 /

Another one of those inane magazine surveys, but this one is a hoot and really ought to be one of Rick Perry’s talking points: according to Men’s Health magazine, three of four major Texas cities are in the top ten list of America’s most sex-happy cities. That is, these are the cities where people appear…

Candy Sale of the Week: Kim Schlegel Whitman Bluffview Contemporary Is Reduced, Regional, and Ready For Moi

By Candy Evans / September 7, 2011 /

I feel like a proud parent. I watched this home being built in 2008. Now 4327 Bluffview Blvd. is all grown up and ready for — I cannot believe this — a second family. How fast they grow, or rather, go! This is one of Kim Schlegel Whitman’s stunningly smooth contemporaries she was designing and…

Will The New Redistricting Plan (On The Table) Hurt or Help Dallas Real Estate Values?

By Candy Evans / September 7, 2011 /

On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council will be briefed on a proposed map that the city’s redistricting commission approved. And there is going to  be a you-know-what show, I am sure. The plan essentially adds a Hispanic district, giving Hispanics a total of four, plus the potential of winning one more district in which a Hispanic candidate could win a…

Asset Sharing, as in Planes, Cars, and Now, Rooms in Your House?

By Candy Evans / September 7, 2011 /

This article in Daily Finance tells us what we have known for awhile: with all the changes in our economy, people are thinking differently, too, about ownership of “things”. Why buy a car, a jet or a vacation home when you can share it? Apparently this trend is moving from Wall Street, where asset sharing…

Why (Gasping) Rick Perry Is On His Way Up In The Polls: Texas Is a Stud State for Realtors

By Candy Evans / September 6, 2011 /

Update: At that Vail meeting with Kelcy warren et al, The Daily Beast is now reporting that the Koch brothers compared President Obama to Sadaam Hussein. He is picking up money like crazy. On the Perry bandwagon now apparently is energy billionaire Kelcy Warren, he of pipeline magnate Energy Transfer Partners, and owner of one of…