Candy Evans

House Porn: Tiger Wood’s Jupiter Island Private Home and Golf Course

By Candy Evans | November 20, 2010 | Comments Off on House Porn: Tiger Wood’s Jupiter Island Private Home and Golf Course

Tiger Woods is one dude who appreciates, among other things,  second homes. Jeff Lichtenstein of Christie’s Great Estates & Illustrated Properties in Palm Beach Gardens, sent us a first glimpse of Tiger Wood’s backyard and private practice complex –click on that photo, this is great House Porn: “It appears he has one tee box in…

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Want 13% Appreciation on a Second Home? Buy a Farm in Iowa!

By Candy Evans | November 19, 2010 |

Could farmland be the next real estate bubble? Want to get a second home that is not only in the country, it IS the country? Like The Bridges of Madison County country? Buy a farm in Iowa. No kidding: Iowa farmland rose in value by 13 percent in the year ending Oct. 1, according to…

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Extreme Dallas-Area House Porn: Champs D’Or

By Candy Evans | November 19, 2010 |

Actually, by Guest Blogger John Burgdorf The Champ d’Or, one of the most expensive estates in Texas, is back on the market for nearly $70,000,000 — $69,900,000 to be exact. (That’s $100,000 to negotiate.) The 48,000. sq foot mega mansion is located in Hickory Creek right across the Denton county/Tarrant county line. I have been…

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Cost of Living in NYC Drives Out Artists — Could Dallas Benefit?

By Candy Evans | November 19, 2010 |

You think of SoHo and anything south as where it all began with artists in New York City, where they all live as they did years ago before it cost more than an arm, a leg, your first-born child and a bedbug-sniffing dog 24/7 to live in Manhattan. But guess what: artists now think NYC…

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50% of all New York City Buildings Are Infested With Bedbugs, and Now Disney?

By Candy Evans | November 19, 2010 |

I used to pine for a getaway in New York City, a place to crash after partaking of all the cultural wealth and allure that city has to offer. Then came the bedbugs. Roaches were bad enough when I lived there, but now I travel with a flashlight and trepidation. How can you trust a…

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Second Homes Need Second Porch — New Facebook Site for 7.5 Million Vacation Home Owners

By Candy Evans | November 17, 2010 | Comments Off on Second Homes Need Second Porch — New Facebook Site for 7.5 Million Vacation Home Owners

How To Find A Face Behind the Place. Did you know there are more than 7.5 million second home owners in the U.S? I did, of course. And I also know there are about a million more properties out there waiting for owners. In the meantime, what do current second home owners do to monetize…

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