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What Are YOU Doing for the Holidays This Year?

By Candy Evans | November 17, 2020 |

Did you know that this is the time of year — the holiday season — when adult children first begin to notice marked changes indicating their parents or loved ones just might need extra help? Some things to watch out for are instability, decrease in appetite (noticing that their elderly loved one is moving food…

Title Tip: Pulling Back The Curtain to Understand Underwriting

By Lydia Blair | November 17, 2020 |

In the real estate world, we often reference underwriting requirements, underwriter approval, and underwriting review. Many buyers and sellers don’t understand what underwriting means or how much it affects their transactions. Let’s pull back the curtain for a peek at that mysterious thing we call underwriting.     Underwriting is a sophisticated decision making process that involves…

Get a House Plus A History Lesson With 110 S. Barnett

By Nikki Barringer | November 17, 2020 |

This Cape Cod is sitting on an oversized lot that comes in at around one-third of an acre. The house itself is larger for this area of Oak Cliff, clocking 1,874 square feet. It’s a three-bedroom, two-bathroom home with the primary sitting at the tip top in the completely renovated attic. There’s also a work-from-home…

Parent Company of eXp Realty Buys Troubled SUCCESS Magazine

By Shelby Skrhak | November 17, 2020 |

The headline should be, “Thriving Real Estate Industry Helps Save Local Magazine Focused on Personal Development.” And yes, on the surface that’s true. But this is more about the evolving needs of today’s real estate agents and the unusual technology platform that takes a page out of the video game Roblox. The parent company of…

Luxury Meets Industrial With This Fort Worth Loft in South Main Village

By Seth Fowler | November 17, 2020 |

Once upon a time, the words “luxury” and “industrial” did not go well together. I hear “luxury” and think of champagne wishes and caviar dreams. I hear “industrial” and think of steam coming out of a pothole in the ground and exposed wires. Today, luxury meets industrial at three-story townhome loft at 821 West Daggett…

Lights, Camera, Action! A Step-By-Step Guide to The Design/Build Process

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | November 16, 2020 |

By Bob HoebekePresident, Hoebeke Builders One of the greatest gifts you can ever give your family is a defined space in which you can ‘do life together.’ Designing and building your home can be one of the most gratifying undertakings — but just like baking a cake, there is a prescription for success. This is…