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CandysDirt.com on Daybreak: The Homes of Collin County

By Candy Evans | July 21, 2012 |

Weekend recap: In case you missed it last week (or just can’t get up that early!), here are the glorious homes we showcased on last week’s Daybreak: Candy’s Collin County Dirt!

Look Who’s Selling Real Estate Now Department: Sweet Brown Now Pushing 1-800-2SellHomes. And a Cool Pop

By Candy Evans | July 20, 2012 |

Remember Sweet Brown? She is a hoot. Looks like she’s now selling real estate for Oklahoma City based 1-800-2SellHomes, a company with only 6 employees that buys up homes and can buy YOUR home… yup, even if it had a fire!    

Friday Four Hundred: The Not So Rocky Feel of 1963, Dallas Real Estate Fit for the Fam

By Candy Evans | July 20, 2012 |

Look at this home, what do you see? I see 1963: President Kennedy was still in the White House, Camelot ruled. The press didn’t let you know about every little presidential transgression — TWITTER? Yeah, twitter your thumbs. Never mind that JFK had his fling with 19 year old Mimi Beardsley Alford who went to the same…

Scurry County Ranch is an Outdoorsman’s Paradise: Dove, Deer, and Fishing on 23,000 Pristine Acres

By Joanna England | July 19, 2012 |

More than 95 percent of Texas is privately owned, and more than 20,000 acres are lost each year to poorly planned development, says the Texas Land Conservancy. Invasive species, overgrowth, and over grazing can turn native prairies into barren wastelands.

With that in mind, you can see why it’s imperative that ranch owners are good stewards of the land. It appears that the owners of Covered S Ranch have taken that duty to heart.

How Wall Street is Ruining America: More Than a Slap on the Wrist, Socialize Lending?

By Candy Evans | July 19, 2012 |

We’ve been hearing a lot about the Libor scandal lately, and as I’m sure most of you know, the LIBOR rate affects many home mortgages. The London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, is a benchmark interest rate on which a whole lot of loans and financing is based. The scandel, which started in good ole’ London, is…

At the Ritz Residences, Even the Driveway Gets Plastic Surgery

By Candy Evans | July 19, 2012 |

Only at the Ritz would they bring in beauty consultants to give their driveway a good, solid microdermabrasion. This is at Residences Tower I. Turns out last year’s winter freeze left pock-marks on the pavement that were not too pretty, and really chewed up the concrete. Rather than opt for topical coverage — drive-way make-up…