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Have You Ever Put Lipstick on a Pig? We Know You Have, So We Want You to be Agent X

By Candy Evans | May 12, 2012 |

Have you turned trash into cash? Have you transformed a stinker into a stunner? Have you overcome impossible odds in dealing with REO properties? If so, you could be Housingwire Magazine’s very first AGENT X, a true REO superstar. And HURRY! Bargain hotel registration ends May 15! We want to hear stories of personal triumph, in…

Troy Aikman Sold Potashnik Lot This Week: Dallas Celebrity Real Estate News

By Candy Evans | May 11, 2012 |

Remember when I told you all last month that, at the suggestion of his agent Allie Beth Allman, Troy decided to sell off the full acre lot next to his Highland Drive home? Then I told you someone was hovering? Well, Alan Peppard is reporting that the lot sold and closed this week.

Tell Me Your Real Estate Story: “Unfair Park” Editor Eric Nicholson is Back in Dallas and Needs a New Place

By Joanna England | May 11, 2012 |

Eric Nicholson is the new Robert “Fingers of Fury” Wilonsky. The young journo, formerly of the Texarkana Gazette, has taken over the helm of Unfair Park, the Dallas Observerblog. With his new gig, he’s back in Dallas and holed up at his parents’ house in North Dallas with his wife, Megan, his 3-year-old, Connor, and another baby on the way. Obviously, he needs a great house for a great deal. Any takers?

Friday Five Hundred: Soft Lakewood Contemporary Reduced, for the Good Guys

By Candy Evans | May 11, 2012 |

I have so been meaning to tell you about this Good Guys house, a creek-view oasis! Looks like my timing was perfect, too, because 3914 Frontier was just reduced from $599,999 to $549,000. First of all, I know the owners and they really ought to be written into the contract for an additional price: you…

Fernando Alva, Dear Dallas Realtor Friend, R. I.P.

By Candy Evans | May 10, 2012 |

Fernando M. Alva was a dear friend. I had not seen him for about nine months, but on  Wednesday afternoon, May 9, I had a fleeting vision of him in my mind as I worked on a blog post. Call him, I told myself, call him later on today and connect. I was too late.…

Fernando Alva, R.I.P. Dear Friend With a Heart Bigger Than Texas

By Candy Evans | May 10, 2012 |

Fernando M. Alva was a dear friend. I had not seen him for about nine months, but on  Wednesday afternoon, May 9, I had a fleeting vision of him in my mind as I worked on a blog post. Call him, I told myself, call him later on today and connect. Here is how I…