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Second Homes Decompress: How To Manage Two Vacation Homes and a Primary Residence

By Candy Evans | January 8, 2014 |

I ran into a friend over the holidays right about the time I was mailing off my water bill, frantically. Seems I had switched from paper to electronic billing, but then the emails never arrived, I got busy, and yes, I faced the holidays with a termination letter from Dallas Water. One of our refrigerators broke down and defrosted because power surges during the ice storm blew the computer panel. Just got the dryer repaired, then the pool heater broke. Our friend has a couple homes he has to maintain, and commiserated: how do you manage to keep up all your homes, I asked?

“It’s almost a full-time job,” he said. “You have these systems — heat, A/C, the pool — and at any given time one or another can go out. That’s why you have multiples.”

Dallas’ Dirty Little Secret: Cold Weather Means Party Time for the Roof Rats, at YOUR HOUSE

By Cassie Evans, J.D. | January 7, 2014 |

This is a guest post by Cassie Evans. We love having her as a guest blogger. She is a busy attorney who practices commercial/business litigation as well as real estate law (yes, she’s brilliant!). She lives in charming Hollywood Heights Santa Monica with her hubby and ever-changing menagerie of rescue and foster pets, some not so welcome. I do know that critter problems exist all over this city, including (shockers) Highland Drive, in Highland park, where one critter catcher once told me he saw the worst infestation of roof rats ever!

Dallas' Dirty Little Secret: Cold Weather Means Party Time for the Roof Rats, at YOUR HOUSE

By Cassie Evans, J.D. | January 7, 2014 |

This is a guest post by Cassie Evans. We love having her as a guest blogger. She is a busy attorney who practices commercial/business litigation as well as real estate law (yes, she’s brilliant!). She lives in charming Hollywood Heights Santa Monica with her hubby and ever-changing menagerie of rescue and foster pets, some not so welcome. I do know that critter problems exist all over this city, including (shockers) Highland Drive, in Highland park, where one critter catcher once told me he saw the worst infestation of roof rats ever!

Candy Dishes Dirt Tomorrow At Women’s Council of Realtors Forum in Frisco

By Joanna England | January 7, 2014 |

Want to see Candy speak? Our wonderful founder and publisher, Candy Evans, will be speaking to the Collin County Women’s Council of Realtors tomorrow at Stonebriar Country Club, dishing dirt on real estate blogging and all the big trends hitting homes in the media. Trust me, this is not to be missed! If you don’t…

Candy Dishes Dirt Tomorrow At Women's Council of Realtors Forum in Frisco

By Joanna England | January 7, 2014 |

Want to see Candy speak? Our wonderful founder and publisher, Candy Evans, will be speaking to the Collin County Women’s Council of Realtors tomorrow at Stonebriar Country Club, dishing dirt on real estate blogging and all the big trends hitting homes in the media. Trust me, this is not to be missed! If you don’t…

NYC Real Estate Brokerage Now Accepting Bitcoin: Publicity Stunt or Real Move Toward Alternative Currency?

By Joanna England | January 7, 2014 |

Word comes that Manhattan real estate brokerage Bond New York is now accepting Bitcoins as payment for real properties. Bond, a firm launched at the beginning of the new millennium, says it’s the first brokerage to the accept alternative peer-to-peer currency. Here’s what they had to say in a news release: “Right now a bitcoin…