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Coach’s Corner: What Kills Your Productivity? And How Do You Stop It?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | October 6, 2020 |

It’s all too common to feel as if you’ve been busy but haven’t done anything significant. Can you relate?

Call Dibs On This Realtor Redo In Oak Lawn

By Nikki Barringer | October 6, 2020 |

Compass’ Amy Messer has a history of redoing houses. And she does them very well. In 2016, while she was waiting for her Kessler Park home to be complete, she moved into 4218 Newton Avenue, Unit 1. She couldn’t resist. She turned that condo into a project, too. Project is putting it mildly. It’s really…

COVID Brings a Front Porch Revival

By Seth Fowler | October 6, 2020 |

Quick. Name some things we have learned or experienced from The Year of the COVID. Ready. Set. Go! 1. Clean hands are good. 2. Having to smell your own breath in a mask is bad. 3. Food To Go just doesn’t taste the same as when it’s in the restaurant. 4. There are too many…

Title Tip: Voice Your Opinion on Contract Option Fee Changes

By Lydia Blair | October 6, 2020 |

Proposed changes to the Texas residential real estate contracts will soon be adopted and now is the last chance to voice your opinion on them. One of those proposed changes will affect the way buyers may deliver an option fee to a seller. Let’s take a look at the details and how it might affect…

These 7 Texas Counties Make Work-From-Home-Friendly List

By Tommy Cummings | October 5, 2020 |

Texas has the highest number of work-from-home-friendly counties in the country, according to a recent National Association of Realtors study.

Take Off to Austin For This Tuscan-Style Farmhouse With a Recording Studio

By Karen Eubank | October 5, 2020 |

If you love Austin, waterfront living, privacy, luxury, and a professional recording studio is on your wish list, this Tuscan-style farmhouse is the dream home.  Now that working remotely is the norm, I thought I’d see what’s on offer in their luxury market, because who doesn’t want to live in Austin? (Spoiler alert: Everybody wants…