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Oh my goodness, would you look at the calendar? It seems we’ve found ourselves in a brand new year. Welcome, 2024. Saying, “How do you do?” to a new year calls for New Year’s resolutions. Losing weight is always a popular one, and quitting smoking should have happened long ago. That leaves getting organized and…
The City of Dallas filed an appeal Dec. 26 asking a judge to reverse a temporary injunction allowing short-term rentals to operate while the matter is in litigation. We knew it would come to this. When the Dallas City Council voted 12 to 3 in June to prohibit short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods there was…
Tighter guardrails for homeowners’ associations, periodic reauthorization of municipal building permit fees, and the creation and maintenance of tax appraisal databases for each jurisdiction are among the new laws that became effective Jan. 1. While the Texas Legislature doesn’t return to session until January 2025, that doesn’t mean lawmakers get to take a year off.…
I don’t know about you, but the first week of the New Year doesn’t really count as the end of the holiday season for me. On January 1, I’m not ready to rock into the New Year with my Vision Board and my resolutions like, “Let’s do this, 2024!” For one thing, my kids are…
Happy New Year, my peoples. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a fun start to 2024. I want it on the record, however, that none of you sent me a gift. Not a one. But then it occurred to me that since I have a January birthday, you all decided to pool…
On this episode of Dallas Dirt, Dallas Mortgage Banker Lisa Peters of Cardinal Financial offers insider tips for securing the best mortgage rate for your home, cleaning up your credit report, and a surprising source of free money from the government. Evans and Peters discuss the financial topic on many people’s minds: Should I wait…
