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How NOT To Take A Listing Photo, Unless Your Future Occupation is in Porn

By Candy Evans | June 28, 2011 |

And we are not talking House Porn. The MLS allows agents to upload up to 20 photographs to MLS listings, but this agent or homeowner must have forgotten that every mirror has two sides… click here for what is a rather X-rated photo (and kids, cover your eyes!). Hat tip to Curbed.com.

Dripping Springs Ranch With Movie Credits Available for $5.8 Million: Texas Real Estate Ranch Porn

By Candy Evans | June 27, 2011 |

Highlight: a solarium in the gigunda master bathroom complete with potted plants and birds, starred in The Alamo! When you live in Texas, there is just something about owning a ranch as a second home that is so dang appealing. It gets in your blood as the ultimate great escape for the weekend. Having hundreds…

Kenny Roger’s Georgia Peach Listed for $20 Million:Post Fathers Day House Porn

By Candy Evans | June 26, 2011 |

  Father’s Day was last weekend, but this spread would have made a great gift of second home real estate for Anthony Weiner: Beaver Dam Farms. The 973-acre private estate is tucked away in the rolling foothills of Athens, Georgia. It was built from the root up and designed by country music legend Kenny Rogers…

Sam Wyly and Daughter Selling Off 20 Acre “Eco Estate” In Malibu: Dallas Real Estate Second Home News

By Candy Evans | June 22, 2011 |

More proof that the high end market is getting stronger, particulary in and around LA. And millionaires are getting more earth friendly every single day! Sam Wyly and his daughter, Christiana, are selling a four-bedroom, four-bath home at 1300 Greenleaf Canyon Road in Malibu for $2.995 million. The eco-estate, so called because of the extensive renovation done embracing not only…

The Story Behind Rosewood Hotels & Resorts Big Deal With New World Hospitality

By Candy Evans | June 22, 2011 |

I figure second home real estate sometimes — often, in fact — involves hotels. Many hotels have residential properties, a trend that started in the late 90’s as a way to maximize concierge and other resources and expand revenue. For example, the Ritz Carlton here in Dallas, the W, Mandarin O, which we almost had…

Lakewood Shopping Center Just Got a Sugar Daddy: Dallas Real Estate News

By Candy Evans | June 21, 2011 |

Changes coming over at Lakewood Shopping Center than could positively impact local homeowners. Steve Brown is reporting that Lincoln Property Co. bought the central block of the Lakewood retail district at Abrams Road and Gaston Avenue,  60,000-square-feet that houses the Dixie House and the cozy Lakewood Ace Hardware. This property has been owned for years by the Corrigan family,…