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Photo: Business Insider We’ve got a low cost of living, a relatively stable job market, affordable real estate (when you can find it!) and an average commute time of just 12 minutes! Wait … WHAT? According to Business Insider‘s list extolling all the reasons Dallas is easy on the wallet, most Dallasites have an…
Dallas Election News: Early Voting Starts Today, So Here is a Replay of Our Candidate Questionnaires
Get out and vote! Early voting starts today and runs through Friday May 3. Election Day is Tuesday, May 7. You can find early voting locations here. This year we did something a little different here on CandysDirt.com: We sent out candidate questionnaires to every Dallas City Council candidate running in a contested race. As…
I knew something was up. I mean, people of means like to buy real estate the way I like to buy shoes! And you can bet my last dollar that if I ever had a couple billion, I’d have a closet-ful of homes. Remember when I told you (and CultureMap) that Ross Perot Jr. had…
This story about one of the biggest scams in sport history may have been my first reckoning that when I write about homes, I write, really, about dreams and aspirations… homes today have become statements of personal success, trophies, our financial statements on display. Eight thousand square feet is not enough — I want 15,000 and…
Several Dallas Realtors attended yesterday’s remarkable dedication for the George W. Bush Presidential Center, including independent agent Mickey Stuart and Dave Perry-Miller’s Steve Collins. I have not heard from her yet, but am certain Allie Beth Allman and Pierce were included, and Kari Schlegel may have accompanied her parents. Mickey, a Dartmouth buddy, gave me a…
Of course this Wall Street Journal article by Alyssa Abkowitz doesn’t tell you and me anything new. We’ve known for weeks — if not months — that high-end homes in Dallas are flying off the shelves faster than Realtors can list them. It’s driven the resurgence of the hip-pocket listing, too, as newly wealthy or…
