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Thursday Three Hundred: Adorable Cottage in Historic McKinney

By Joanna England / June 5, 2014 /

I know we toss around the words “adorable,” “cute,” and “sweet” around a lot here, but this is one of those homes where you look up the definition of any of these words and it’s sitting there as the perfect visual example. So perfect, right down to the breakfast nook and farm sink. And, it’s…

Is Airbnb About to Get Banned From The Park Cities? UP Zoning Committee Discuss Limiting Short Term Rentals

By Joanna England / November 21, 2013 /

  The University Park City Council is considering limiting short-term rentals in single-family neighborhoods, says the one and only Dan Koller of Park Cities People. Interesting topic to see at the end of a City Council agenda, and one that might address the growing trend of unregulated room rentals from websites such as Airbnb. The…

Asset Sharing, as in Planes, Cars, and Now, Rooms in Your House?

By Candy Evans / September 7, 2011 /

This article in Daily Finance tells us what we have known for awhile: with all the changes in our economy, people are thinking differently, too, about ownership of “things”. Why buy a car, a jet or a vacation home when you can share it? Apparently this trend is moving from Wall Street, where asset sharing…