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Carroll ISD Cottage Listed For $565K, Under Contract In Less Than A Week!

By Amy Puchaty | May 25, 2018 |

  Dallas real estate moves fast! It was just yesterday when we wanted to tell you,”If you are on the hunt for a fantastic home that looks like a million bucks and has all the designer upgrades your heart desires for under $600K, then stop what you’re doing right now, pick up the phone, and…

The Best Kept Real Estate Secret in North Texas: Farmers Branch

By Candy Evans | May 25, 2018 |

What if I told you about a splash of dirt that was just north of LBJ near Marsh Lane, verdantly green, faces an idyllic lake with a bridge where the kids can fish, ducks can prance, a weekend Farmer’s Market is within walking distance, and your taxes are among the lowest in Texas? Oh and…

Just Two Days After Winning Runoff, Valdez Dinged on Overdue Property Taxes

By Bethany Erickson | May 24, 2018 |

We’ve heard it before — after all, when you write about real estate, you do spend a fair amount of time talking about how difficult and expensive it is to pay property taxes: It’s not always easy to be a property owner in Texas. We’ve talked about why property taxes are climbing. But Lupe Valdez, newly…

Get in Gear for This Weekend’s Roundup of Dallas Open Houses

By Leah Shafer | May 24, 2018 |

It’s a great season for viewing Dallas open houses, before it gets boiling hot and everybody goes on vacation.  Every Thursday, we bring you the CandysDirt.com Open Houses of the Week column. These are the properties in Dallas (and the ‘burbs from time to time) you shouldn’t miss! This week, our houses range in price from $450,000…

What Not to Do at Your Next Networking Happy Hour

By Shelby Skrhak | May 24, 2018 |

  Maybe you’re shy. Or hate loud bars. Or hate loud people. There are plenty of reasons to dread going to the next chamber of commerce networking happy hour, and though no amount of free Kendall-Jackson Chardonnay will make awkward networking events more tolerable, here is the single most important tip to make networking happy…

On SecondShelters.com: Call Your Insurance Agent Before Heading To The Beach

By Jon Anderson | May 24, 2018 |

Events of the past few weeks in Hawaii should send second home owners looking for their home insurance policies.  Regardless of whether your property is located in the mountains, by the sea or anywhere else, insurance is critical. Remember, there’s always some disaster to be protected from. And in the case of second homes, their…