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Harlan Crow Says “Shame on Us” For Letting It Pass, if Dallas Doesn’t Approve Temp Skybridge for Preston Center & Large Grocer

By Candy Evans | March 16, 2015 |

  These are the four parking spaces that will be replaced by the temp skybridge and elevator. Losing a major grocer as a tenant in Preston Center is not going to hurt Crow Holdings one bit. Not gonna lose one penny. The company will find retailers to fill the old Foleys/Sanger Harris building right up,…

New California Site Showcases “Crappy” Homes Called, Appropriately, SHI**Y Listings.com

By Candy Evans | March 16, 2015 |

Shitty Listings Powered by  OPEN LISTINGS Someone finally DID it, in California, of course, started a site called “SHI**Y  LISTINGS” to showcase — guess what kind? —  homes that need help! Turns out this is a sneaky (or smart) way to showcase a flat-fee brokerage promising to help buyers find home “fixer-uppers” that have the most potential…

Renovating in a Highrise, Part 2: How and When to use Architects and Designers

By Jon Anderson | March 16, 2015 |

By Jon Anderson Special Contributor Armed with the renovation application, ideas, and sketches it’s probably time to find an architect, a designer, and a contractor.

Privlo Offers New Home Loan Options for Self-Employed Texans

By Leah Shafer | March 16, 2015 |

Getting a home loan can be a challenge for self-employed people: A typical mortgage lender wants to see one job with steady month-over-month income. But an independent contractor might have time off between jobs, varying amounts of income each pay period, and business income that looks low because of capital investments, which are common tax write-offs…

Preston Center TSK Force Opposes Skybridge, Drafts Reams of Letters to City Officials

By Candy Evans | March 14, 2015 |

I know it’s the TASK Force, but maybe that’s gonna be my new nickname for them: TSK TSK. I have been busy with personal issues, but I emerged this week to learn that almost all the folks on Jennifer Gates’ Task Force for Preston Center want to hold off on the proposed skybridge to link…

Get Your Oral Fixation This Monday Evening, Starring CandysDirt for The Writing on the Wall

By Candy Evans | March 14, 2015 |

I’ve always been terrifically orally fixated, but you need to know that Oral Fixation is a live story-telling series in Dallas. It’s like This American Life on NPR, but the show is live and starring regular Dallas citizens! Each session is a series of TRUE, personal stories, each with a theme, performed by a cross-section…