News

The Moment We Saw This MCM, We Knew It Wouldn’t Last Long

By Shelby Skrhak | July 8, 2020 |

A Midcentury Modern home near White Rock Lake is a hot commodity. An MCM that has four bedrooms, a dream outdoor living space that looks straight out of a magazine, and is listed for only $550,000 — well, that’s a golden unicorn born during a total solar eclipse in a leap year. Straightly put, it’s…

Top Tips To Help Your Home Survive Brutal North Texas Summers

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | July 8, 2020 |

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.” It’s summer in North Texas, and that can mean extra stress on the systems of your home. There are lots of things to look out…

Tax Day is July 15: Deductions You Can’t Afford to Forget on Your 2019 Federal Income Tax Return

By Joanna England | July 8, 2020 |

Whether you’re planning to go ahead and file your 2019 federal income tax return on the July 15 deadline or you, like me, are planning to file yet another extension (summer is busy!) you shouldn’t get caught unprepared when you’re filling out forms. Most Realtors are independent contractors, which makes filing income taxes more complicated…

The $828K House For People With Money to Burn

By Adlene Neely Dealey | July 8, 2020 |

Have you ever had $800,000 to burn and wish that instead of putting it in a barrel and burning it, you could buy a house that needed burning and burn the house down instead? Well then, we have the house for you. Let’s take a trip to Fresh Meadows, New York, and visit a home…

Find Your Happy in Finland With Helsinki’s Fabulous Architecture

By CandysDirt | July 7, 2020 |

You may want to explore Finland as a second home, if for no other reason than improving your mood. The country has consistently ranked at the top of the world happiness index, and despite what you may think, second homeownership in Finland isn’t a far-off dream. Find your happy in Finland on SecondShelters.com now!

Drop Everything: Snag an Incredible Deal on This Carmel, CA 10-Acre Preserve at No Reserve Auction

By Candy Evans | July 7, 2020 |

First of all, Carmel-By-The-Sea, California. One of the most idyllic towns in the world, once mayored by Clint “make my day” Eastwood, Carmel’s most famous resident who, by the way, turns 90 this year but is still working and going strong: Around Carmel, Eastwood casts a long shadow, and not just because he’s six feet…