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REO EXPO and $100,000 Still Looking for Agent X. And Dogs, Ugly Real Estate Dogs

By Candy Evans | May 9, 2012 |

Just a few more days left to tell us all about the worst REO property you ever touched – I mean, a real dog property — and tell us how you transformed it. Your prize: $100,000 in creative and marketing services. Get clicking right this very minute.  

Chatting Up the Buyer of Valley View Mall: What Scott Beck Has In STORE for Us

By Candy Evans | May 9, 2012 |

Artists and live music on Saturdays and a five star hotel? A viable urban village at one of the country’s busiest intersections? Scott Beck grew up at Valley View Mall, the same mall he bought about a week ago. Well, not actually in the mall, but within two miles of it, near Beltline Road and…

Champ d’Or Sure Gets Around: National Exposure for the North Dallas Manse that Took Ten Years to Sell

By Candy Evans | May 8, 2012 |

Thought you might enjoy seeing the national/international post I wrote for Concierge Auctions, on our illustrious Champ d’Or, they being the folks who spurred the sale of our most famous or infamous mansion to date.

Fame Slept Here: Condo Once Owned by the Late Margaret Hunt Hill Up For Foreclosure at 3525 Turtle Creek Blvd.

By Candy Evans | May 8, 2012 |

Update, 9:17 p.m. Bruce Tomaso at the Dallas Morning News was kind enough to give us a link, and now we hear from the folks at 3525 that Mrs. Hunt actually owned three units in this building  on the 13th floor, but only two (the B/C units) are listed for foreclosure. Mrs. Hunt, says Lee…

Fabulous Foreclosure: Since Deion Will Get The House in Prosper, 5 Crownwood Court Would be Perfect For Pilar

By Joanna England | May 8, 2012 |

Things are not looking good for Pilar Sanders. After their hearing yesterday, Deion Sanders won a restraining order that will keep Pilar 500 yards from their opulent Prosper mansion and that gigantic African statue. So, obviously, the soon-to-be ex-Mrs. Sanders will need a place to stay, right? We have just the thing, and it’s a deal, too!

Mirror Mirror on the Wall: How To Snag the Very Best Mortgage Rate of Them All

By Candy Evans | May 8, 2012 |

Sponsored guest post by Jeanne Smith, Guardian Mortgage Company We all know interest rates are at record lows, we are beaten with this news every time we turn on the news. I mean, great rates are just a click away, right? Wrong! If you are basing your idea of the “best” mortgage rate on the rates…