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Sometimes, we get homes that are staged well. Sometimes the staging is uh, a little dubious. Sometimes it doesn’t exist at all. But this week’s Wednesday WTF is a unicorn — we get two approaches to staging in the same property, and they couldn’t be more different yet totally conjoined in their ability to make…
By Bob HoebekePresident, Hoebeke Builders “Grrrrrr … I had no idea it would turn out looking like THAT!” With so many moving parts on a building project, no one can imagine exactly what the end result is going to look like. The only thing constant is change, so don’t sweat, we’ll write up a Change…
From Staff Reports Texas Realtors recognized outstanding members and local Realtor associations during its annual Texas Realtors Winter Meeting, which took place virtually Feb. 16-18. “Last year was an unprecedented year in Texas real estate,” said Marvin Jolly, chairman of Texas Realtors. “This past year, Realtors in the Lone Star State went above and beyond…
Every week, the detail-oriented folks at Green Scene Home Inspections will give CandysDirt.com readers an education in inspection. Want to see what they see? Tune in for “Upon Closer Inspection.” Now that the storm has passed and temperatures have returned to a heavenly 70 degrees, damage assessment has begun and the prognosis is grim for a…
You may think you know Waxahachie from its road signs and the fact that you pass it on your way to Austin. And then again on your way back to Dallas. And there’s a Waffle House. But boy, oh boy, there is so much more. There’s a town square in Waxahachie with the original courthouse. A…
ZeroDown and Divvy, two San Francisco-based startups that facilitate lease-to-own programs, have expanded into the Dallas market since the start of the year. These digital real-estate companies are not reinventing the wheel. ThinkTrio operates a similar online model in Texas. Traditional real-estate firms have lease-to-own programs. But ZeroDown and Divvy are the latest business models…
