real estate

Designing For Candy: Dallas Architect Stephen Chambers Recalls Infamous Party Home of Candy Montgomery

By April Towery / June 8, 2022 /

Stephen Chambers was just starting out decades ago as a young Dallas architect when he was approached by Candy and Pat Montgomery to design their perfect home. It would become “the best party house” in eastern Collin County — a prominent backdrop in Candy, the Hulu miniseries about a gruesome 1980 Dallas-area murder in the…

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Realtor Toni Youngblood is Keeping Dallas Real Estate Weird

By April Towery / May 30, 2022 /

Toni Youngblood began her sales career at a young age, peddling skateboards around the Dallas suburbs.  “My dad used to always tell me I should sell houses instead of skateboards, but I couldn’t imagine myself as your typical blazer-wearing real estate agent with name tags and pointy high heels,” Youngblood said.  And trading a blazer…

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Coach’s Corner: To Team or Not To Team?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / July 16, 2021 /

By Mark JohnsonCEO, JP & Associates Realtors So, you want to start a team? Or you already have a team and are now questioning that choice?  Maybe you already have a team performing at a high level, and you are looking for a boost? You see, we’ve just about seen it all: Starting a team too early;  Starting a team for the wrong reasons;  Starting a team without a straightforward value offering;  Starting a team with no or poorly written team agreements; Letting your team and performance get stagnant.  The most successful teams we know, the leader assumes the CEO role of the team, and they always lead with revenue! And they understand this:  “A system will produce what a system will produce, nothing less nothing more.” A few thoughts to consider as it relates to team leadership:  Team Requirement No. 1: Do you…

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Vivian Tejeda, Amy Lilly Team Up To Serve Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing

By Amy Puchaty / September 9, 2020 /

Real estate brings people together. And for agents Vivian Tejeda and Amy Lilly with JP & Associates Realtors, their passion to serve the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community in Dallas-Fort Worth did just that. JP & Associates Realtors Combine Forces To Assist Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Families With Their Real Estate Needs “As a mother to my…

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Where Are They Now? Claire Dewar is All About People Power in Politics

By Elaine Raffel / June 29, 2020 /

Since retiring six years ago, real estate powerhouse Claire Dewar has been channeling her energies into blue party politics.

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