Second Shelters

A Cure for Depression: Cinnamon Shore, Texas Gulf Coast Real Estate

By Candy Evans / April 6, 2011 /

I feel like some House Porn Candy (I’m trying to go on a diet and stick with Candy instead of Porn) and when I saw this home at gorgeous Cinnamon Shore last weekend, I seriously said — I’m selling everything and moving in. Squatters rights, whatever. What is it about being at the beach that…

Downtown Dallas Real Estate, 1600 Pacific

By Candy Evans / April 6, 2011 /

Saving the bank lobby.

Downtown Dallas Real Estate, 1600 Pacific, Continued

By Candy Evans / April 6, 2011 /

Swimming Pool Floating Away From Homeowner Due to Tax Screw Up

By Candy Evans / April 6, 2011 /

You’ve got to read this story about a woman in Baltimore, MD, who is embroiled with the city over property taxes on the lot holding her swimming pool. When she bought the lot next door to her home to install a $25,000 swimming pool, she consolidated the two lots into one and paid taxes on…

SOS: I Have a Buyer — Finally — But I’ll Only Net $3,000!

By Candy Evans / April 5, 2011 /

A Reader who has had her house on the market for over a year writes: Dear Candy: It has been a nightmare trying to sell my home in Prosper. I’m a single mother of two. I paid about $280,000 for my home 2.5 years ago. Been on the market for two years. One buyer came…