Second Home Trends

Second Home Sleepytime: Don’t Buy a Gross Used Mattress for Your Vacation Home

By Candy Evans / August 24, 2011 /

I published this story over on CandysDirt.com, because someone in Dallas was trying to sell a used mattress on Craig’s list with a “heart-shaped placenta stain”, and spinning it as a plus. I mean, with that kind of creativity, this guy or gal ought to go work on the federal deficit. Anyhow, I started thinking…

So Maybe You Should Buy A Second Home in Frisco, Texas?

By Candy Evans / August 15, 2011 /

Where they are selling like hotcakes. A Frisco Realtor makes me eat my words…

The Dallas Real Estate Market, Like It’s Very Hot People, Is Hanging in There

By Candy Evans / August 9, 2011 /

The full story over on CandysDirt — local Dallas real estate news.

The Temp in Hayden, Idaho is 63 Degrees With a High of 80: Second Home Nirvana

By Candy Evans / August 4, 2011 /

Now here’s a home to cool you off. You’ll be wearing a sweater up here tonight and totally chilling on beautiful, crystal clear Lake Hayden. (You are about 45 miles east of Spokane, but who cares?) This amazing home has 142′ of deepwater frontage on one of the largest lots in an area known as English…

It’s 110 Degrees in Dallas: Why A Second Home Should Be Issued With Every Texas Drivers License

By Candy Evans / August 4, 2011 /

I know Case Shiller is spreading real estate doom and gloom across the state lines, but it’s summer and most of us have vacation on the mind. Here in Dallas, it is about 110 degrees in the shade, and anyone who doesn’t understand why I started a second home blog IN THIS CITY is suffering from heat stroke.…