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Second Homes and Love Affairs

By Candy Evans | November 28, 2010 |

I want a second home in a city where I can have a love affair — a love affair with that city! Though I have no doubt there are some people who do buy second homes to indulge actual romance — a love nest pied a terre — I am talking a love affair with…

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Get a New Job, Get an (Unplanned) Second Home

By Candy Evans | November 26, 2010 |

Kind of like an unplanned pregnancy, more folks these days are ending up with¬† two or more homes on their real estate hands, making a lot more of us second (or multiple!) home owners. Real estate market conditions have practically stranded homeowners in their homes, which is not the end of the world if you…

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Aspen: 60% Second Homes, Suitcase Town

By Candy Evans | November 26, 2010 |

Let’s face it: the value of property in places like Aspen just doesn’t tumble. It may take a hit from peak pricing, but honestly, will the average price of an Aspen home ever go back to $50,000, where homes were years before the boom? The average Aspen home is now about $6 million and the…

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Looking For a Safe Second Home? Find a City With Immigrants

By Candy Evans | November 25, 2010 |

All the squawking in this country about illegal immigration, I thought this might help influence your first, second and third home purchases: the safest cities in the U.S. have higher immigrant populations — and better ethnic food, all of which is very important when considering a second home purchase! CQ Report Press, now owned by…

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Radiated or Raped En Route to Your Second Home?

By Candy Evans | November 24, 2010 |

Trying to get out of Dodge to get to your second home for Turkey Day? There is all this controversy over the TSA’s new enhanced security measures, including the chance to get “patted-down” if you set off the metal detectors at the airport. The hardest part about having a second home is getting there, which,…

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Why We Need Multiple Homes: Are There Any (Starving) Artists in Dallas?

By Candy Evans | November 24, 2010 |

Remember that post about it being too darn expensive for starving artists to live in NYC, so they are moving to Berlin and, well we’d hope, here to Dallas because our cost of living is allegedly so much cheaper? Well my dear (and quite brilliant) friend, Samantha Shaddock, who has a new (and fabulous) blog…

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