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Rastegar Gives Dallas North America’s Tallest Green Wall

By Jon Anderson | April 15, 2020 |

At the far western Uptown end of McKinney Avenue will be 1899 McKinney, a 26-story, 270-unit high-rise that will always be known for its green wall. It has been written about before (here, here). Last week, I was able to speak with Zach Smith, the CEO of Zauben, the company developing the green wall for…

Water, Water Everywhere Can Wreak Havok on Your Home

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | April 15, 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.” There’s almost nothing we need more than water, and simultaneously nothing more dangerous when it malfunctions. If you’ve ever had a flood or other major water…

Totally Tubular ’80s Mansion in California

By Adlene Neely Dealey | April 15, 2020 |

These days, you might want to go back in time when things were simpler and we could leave the house and not stalk Amazon Fresh delivery spots at midnight. How about all the way back to the ’80s? Today, we’d like to take you to Indian Wells, California, where we’ve found the ’80s motherlode. And…

Quarantine Like A Rock Star In This Keller Rental

By April Towery | April 15, 2020 |

A Realtor asks a young couple, “Can you see yourselves being quarantined here?” in an internet meme that just a few weeks ago seemed funny.  But here we are, a month in since federal government and local regulations have either strongly suggested or mandated that we stay inside our homes due to the international spread…

Some Landlords Practice Compassion as 24 Percent of Americans Can’t Pay April Housing Costs

By Joanna England | April 14, 2020 |

With jobless claims at record levels, the obvious concern for a broad swath of America is what to do when the rent or mortgage is due. Unfortunately, because of such overwhelming unemployment rates, nearly a quarter of Americans couldn’t make a full housing payment in the month of April. Luckily in Dallas, many landlords are…

Coronavirus Cabin Fever Have You Cleaning Out Closets? Here’s How to Dump Your Junk

By Karen Eubank | April 14, 2020 |

With all this time at home, we know you’ve been diligent about organizing and cleaning out closets. It’s all in the garage now, isn’t it? And now it’s time to clean out the garage. So, after you’ve purged, what the heck do you do with all that junk? Call Junk King! Junk King is a…