Second Home Trends

How To Save Money for a Home Down Payment: Eat Squirrel, Not Turkey

By Candy Evans | November 29, 2010 | Comments Off on How To Save Money for a Home Down Payment: Eat Squirrel, Not Turkey

Thanksgiving is over and for most of us, those turkeys from last Thursday are going to make excellent sandwiches for a few days. But the inspiration for this post truly came from an article I came across on the BBC: is squirrel the perfect austerity food? I mean, we are trying to make ends meat…

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Second Homes and Love Affairs

By Candy Evans | November 28, 2010 | Comments Off on Second Homes and Love Affairs

I want a second home in a city where I can have a love affair — a love affair with that city! Though I have no doubt there are some people who do buy second homes to indulge actual romance — a love nest pied a terre — I am talking a love affair with…

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Looking For a Safe Second Home? Find a City With Immigrants

By Candy Evans | November 25, 2010 | Comments Off on Looking For a Safe Second Home? Find a City With Immigrants

All the squawking in this country about illegal immigration, I thought this might help influence your first, second and third home purchases: the safest cities in the U.S. have higher immigrant populations — and better ethnic food, all of which is very important when considering a second home purchase! CQ Report Press, now owned by…

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Radiated or Raped En Route to Your Second Home?

By Candy Evans | November 24, 2010 |

Trying to get out of Dodge to get to your second home for Turkey Day? There is all this controversy over the TSA’s new enhanced security measures, including the chance to get “patted-down” if you set off the metal detectors at the airport. The hardest part about having a second home is getting there, which,…

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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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How to Search for Second Homes: On Horseback

By Candy Evans | November 12, 2010 |

I found the most amazing property today in Gunter, Texas. Would make an AWESOME second home. Way the hell north of Dallas, north even of Deion Sander’s home, which I think is still on the market, all 29,122 square feet of it but I think it’s been reduced from $21,000,000 already. Anyhoo, this development is…

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