Dallas
When I first met Crystal Gonzalez, I was impressed. She’s smart but accessible, kind but tough, and above all, she’s passionate about homes. The Lubbock native and David Griffin Realtor lives in Winnetka Heights and strives to serve her community, and Dallas as a whole, as both an agent and a citizen.
Gonzalez, who’s as beautiful as she is busy, sat down and answered a few questions for CandysDirt.com. We’re pleased as punch to have her on the blog! Find out more about this young, insightful Realtor after the jump!
I have driven down this street, Brookside, off LaVista, so many times on my way to Hollywood Heights/Santa Monica where my daughter now lives. Every time I marvel at how pretty Brookside is, and how the homes on one side all back up to the Lakewood Country Club. What a perfect place to live —…
Briggs-Freeman Sotheby’s agent Sam Sawyer had the very same reaction Joanna and I did to this ridiculous anti-Uber move on the part of Dallas taxis. No, I have not taken a Dallas taxi in years, not since the last ride when my butt not only counted but memorized the rusted springs in the seat. Last…
Living in a city has a lot to do with transportation. You want to get from A to B in the most convenient, safest way possible. In NYC, Boston, Chicago, and LA, you have tons of choices, including catching a ride from any of the hundreds of cabs that circulate through these cities.
So, what’s the problem? Well, try hailing a cab in Dallas and your question is answered. It is impossible to find a ride unless you call a cab dispatcher, and with more bars and restaurants popping up in downtown, and greater density in Uptown and the Park Cities, we need a way to find a ride when we are carless or shouldn’t otherwise drive.
(Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of our “Outside the Frame” series that offers the insights of Dallas’ leading real estate photographers on subjects that are both important and often controversial in the industry. Check out our first installment here.)
Today we have Richard Sharum, founder of one of the area’s most popular real estate photography firms, Shoot2Sell . To read Sharum’s perspective on how much editing is ethical for listing photos, jump.