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We as real estate writers often speak in hyperbole. We might call a home a gingerbread house — and though technically this would mean a saccharine or overly-elaborate facade, we mean it more as a sweet, compact home full of quaint detail. Think of Lower Greenville’s homes. Or take the term storybook home. Storybook is…
Plano fire investigators have not yet identified the cause of an explosion on Shantara Lane last week that damaged a $2.5 million home. The explosion occurred around 9 p.m. July 20 — almost one year to the day of a nearby explosion in the 4400 block of Cleveland Drive that sent six people to the…
Really good friends of ours hail from Iowa. They are the kindest, most hardworking, sincerest people you would ever want to meet. They call dinner supper, were raised on farms, and epitomize the best of Midwestern values. Like the majority of empty nesters, they have been working on their home. They did a limestone wash…
This week I asked the inspectors to send me an interesting problem they encountered in the field to share with our readers, and they did not disappoint. We have #homeinspectionfinds from the foundation to the roof for your reading pleasure and edification. Electricity Near the Pool Do you know how far away and how high…
From Staff Reports Dallas luxury real estate agent Breah Brown has joined forces with the Tracy Tutor Team as it expands to Texas. Tutor, the first female real estate broker of Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles, has consistently ranked as a top agent at Douglas Elliman. She brings 23 years of experience in luxury real…
This says so much about the Dallas real estate scene and the razor-sharp competition between brokers for tip-top producing agents that brokers don’t just fawn over — they recruit, pursue, and hound, offering gigantic marketing budgets, hefty splits, trips to wealthy enclaves, and connections to some of the world’s top producers. But even then, longevity…
