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Hey Kitchen Aid, are you listening? Over 20 years ago, I sent you a résumé for some marketing job. In my cover letter, I was very specific in detailing a missed opportunity within the residential appliance market. You see, parent company Hobart had recently purchased commercial refrigeration maker Traulsen who had a thing called a…
Read MoreTalk about hustle! There is another class of agents out there that is constantly working for their clients, making deals and keeping an ear to the ground for the next one. Grant Vancleve, an agent with Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, is definitely in this class. And boy, does he know Dallas’ high-rise market! In…
Read MoreAs easy as it looks on HGTV to buy-and-fix-up an older home, it’s not. You know those shows are scripted right? As someone who gets paid (sometimes) to look at homes on a regular basis, I have to say that the influx of “flipper and fixer” shows has not always helped the real estate market.…
Read MoreIt’s on everyone’s mind: How will the election of Donald Trump affect the real estate market? In this week’s edition of The Mortgage Report with BobMortgage, we take a close look at just that. You may know him as Bob Johnson, the senior mortgage advisor at Wallick & Volk, the nation’s oldest privately-held mortgage company. Bob Johnson has helped…
Read MoreOak Cliff is a Dallas area with a rich history, and some of the most storied neighborhoods in the city. Keistwood Estates is one of them, with gently rolling hills and mature shade trees. The more than 400 homes in the area represent the largest, intact concentration of midcentury ranch style houses in Dallas. Our Tuesday Two Hundred, at 3306 S.…
Read MoreTalk about taking a test drive in a home, I cannot think of a more beautiful setting for sweating than 4920 Mangold Circle. The home is empty, which actually gives you a chance to appreciate the clean, but definitive, architecture. So for once, we will not complain about no furnishings. Shh! I told you about…
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