vacation homes

See Dallas Designer Dan Nelson’s Second Home in The Big Apple!

By Candy Evans / July 25, 2012 /

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Vail Vacation Homes of the Dallas Rich & Famous… These Homes Aren’t Burning, Thank God

By Candy Evans / June 25, 2012 /

Right across from The Four Seasons Residence Club in beautiful Vail, Colorado, are the homes of Ross Perot, Jr. And Sr., right next to each other! (Ross Jr.’s is to the right of this picture, Ross Perot Sr. to the left.) Just back from a great weekend jaunt to Vail after attending NAREE in Denver. Lots to…

Enjoy This Second Home While You “Ship-Watch” in Newport, Rhode Island

By Candy Evans / September 19, 2011 /

Newport, R.I. If you’re going to have a second home, why not have it in the land once known as the “summering White House”? History, water, proximity to Providence 30 miles away plus all those mansions — Newport is where the mansion concept may have been conceived. I’ve heard it’s a reviving second home paradise. This…

Jigsaw Ranch: Family Compound on 80 Acres a Mere $48,500,000 — Second Home Nirvana Found Near Aspen, Colorado

By Candy Evans / September 19, 2011 /

I know we just broke the 70 day plus cycle of 100 degree plus days in Dallas but really, it’s time to start thinking about ski season. Jack frost is just around the corner and so much more bearable when you have your own private ski house. Or, in this case, $48,500,000 Aspen estate. Jigsaw…

Nantucket

By Candy Evans / September 16, 2011 /

In 2006 Forbes reported that Nantucket had the highest median property value of any Massachusetts zip code. Prices are softer now on this island with the nation’s highest concentration of pre-Civil War structures, which is often loaded with Texans escaping the heat. A second home buyer wants the sight, sound and scent of the ocean…