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Short-Term Rental Ordinance Would Harm Small Businesses, Put End to Dallas’ Neighborhood Ambassadors

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / April 2, 2021 /

By Jeff Veazey Party houses and property rights — between the people who are for a reasonable short-term rental ordinance and the people who want to ban everything they disagree with, there are people who are impacted economically.  A local property manager for a small HOA, Blaise Genco, has no short-term rental property of his…

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Lisa Sievers: We Can Make Short-Term Rentals Work For Everyone in Dallas

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / March 30, 2021 /

By Lisa SieversSpecial Contributor Councilwoman Carolyn King Arnold quickly cut to the heart of the matter during the City of Dallas Quality of Life, Arts and Culture Committee last week: “The big issue here for us is that of property rights,” the Dallas City Council representative for District 4 said. The committee met on March…

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Short-Term Rentals: A View From The Other Side And a Way Forward

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / January 27, 2021 /

By Lisa SieversGuest Columnist No one wants to live next to a “party house” including short term rental operators. That said, please entertain an alternate view of short-term rentals.  We own and operate two short-term rentals in East Dallas. We are five-star “Superhosts” with over 780 reviews who meet guests personally and oversee our properties…

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Chip and Joanna Gaines’ ‘Fixer Upper’ Bicycle House in Waco Lists for $550K

By Marlin Weso / January 20, 2021 /

The house on 1403 N. Fifth St. was renovated by the Gaines’ and dubbed the Bicycle House. Listing agent Josh Barrett with Turner Behringer Real Estate has the house, which was built in 1910, priced at $550,000.

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Find a Cozy Christmas Getaway at These Sweet Airbnbs

By Candy's Dirt / December 24, 2020 /

Well. Christmas is here and we’re still dealing with COVID-19. Who would’ve thought back in early March when the virus was a distant problem, a periphery story on the news, that our lives would be massively affected up until Christmas and beyond?  Many of us are not seeing family or traveling as we usually would…

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