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Common Inspection Problems: If This Isn’t Happening at Your House Now, it Probably Will

By Brenda Masse | August 31, 2022 |

When you have spent as much time poking around in other people’s homes as we have, you find that common problems emerge. Both people and Mother Nature tend to affect homes in the same geographical area in the same sorts of ways. In this space where we get to share knowledge from the rarified world…

Dr. Lynn Krebs Joins Texas Real Estate Research Center to Focus on Property Taxes, Rural Land

By Mike Albanese | August 31, 2022 |

The Texas Real Estate Research Center announced that Dr. Lynn Krebs has joined the staff of the TRERC, specializing in rural land and property taxes.  This announcement is a homecoming for Krebs, who began his career as a graduate assistant at the TRERC in 1992 while attending Texas A&M University — the location of the…

Dallas To Offer Same-Day Building Permit Option Starting Sept. 1

By April Towery | August 30, 2022 |

Dallas builders have high hopes that a new program will get them in and out of the city permitting office and back to swinging a hammer in a 24-hour period.  The early response to a new program offering “walk-in permits,” set to launch Sept. 1, is a far cry from the highly-criticized permitting debacle that’s…

This Colorful Craftsman in Oak Cliff Has a Story, And It’s a Good One

By Nikki Barringer | August 30, 2022 |

The story on this house is as cute as the house itself. It all starts with the owner prior to this one. She lived there for over 25 years and made this house so colorful, eclectic, and special. Not a shocker, she was a creative. In fact, she was one of the creatives of Wishbone…

Two Homes, One Mortgage: This Flexible Fairmount Home Offers Options

By Seth Fowler | August 30, 2022 |

Isn’t it nice to be flexible? I’m not talking about the ability to touch your toes to your nose or put your leg behind your head (like the Bowtie Daughter can do) I’m talking about the other areas where being flexible is a benefit We can be flexible in life, love, and certainly in our…

Double or Nothing in This Week’s Three Things to Know

By CandysDirt.com Contributor | August 29, 2022 |

By Ryan Casey Stephens,  FPQP®Special Contributor The phrase ‘doubling down’ is a Blackjack term that means placing twice your bet on a promising hand. To inexperienced players, it might seem too risky, but experienced gamblers know that betting more when you’re beating the house can increase your odds of winning by as much as 15…