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Photos of Troy Aikman’s Beautiful Home Are Up: The Most Expensive Real Estate Listing in Dallas

By Candy Evans | May 26, 2011 |

We might as well just call this “Troy Week” here on Second Shelters. Mother Nature finally cooperated long enough for Allie Beth Allman to get some photos up on her website of this fabulous home. After reading her description, I learned something new:there are only five homesites on the Aikman block: “A rare reality is…

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Gary Vaynerchuk in Big D: TYE Down DFW 2011 & Inbound Marketing. All of Two Realtors There

By Candy Evans | May 26, 2011 | Comments Off on Gary Vaynerchuk in Big D: TYE Down DFW 2011 & Inbound Marketing. All of Two Realtors There

New York Times best-selling author, speaker, marketer and motivator Gary Vaynerchuk was in town tonight at what I called a mini-Inman Connect — a digital/tech/social marketing/get with it communications conference at the Lakewood Theater Wednesday evening. Gary is so cool and what I love best about him is that I cannot describe him easily in…

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Dallas Fort Worth Among Most-Searched, Least Declining Real Estate Markets in U.S. Breathe Easier!

By Candy Evans | May 25, 2011 | Comments Off on Dallas Fort Worth Among Most-Searched, Least Declining Real Estate Markets in U.S. Breathe Easier!

Realtor.com released the top metro areas for real estate search — that is, the places where more people are looking to buy homes, and guess who made it big on the list? Dallas. Metro areas in the South and West dominated the list of the 10 most-searched real estate markets for the month of April,…

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Will Michael Hinojosa Flawlessly Unload His Dallas Real Estate (and Net a Profit?)?

By Candy Evans | May 25, 2011 | Comments Off on Will Michael Hinojosa Flawlessly Unload His Dallas Real Estate (and Net a Profit?)?

Michael and Kittrick Hinojosa own a gorgeous home on Idlewood that should be hitting the market any day now. It will be interesting because he had it on the market with Debbie Sherrington from August 28, 2009 to last August 31. And it did not sell. Asking price $875,000 reduced from $899,000. The Hinojosas bought…

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Aerial Shots of Troy’s Spread Courtesy of Fox 4 News: Most Expensive Home Listed in DFW?

By Candy Evans | May 24, 2011 |

Nice work from Natalie Solis and the good folks at Fox 4 last night as they hauled out a helicopter to take shots of the Aikman home on Highland Drive. Naturally, the chopper brought out the neighbors while we were doing the interview. Then Steve Snyder drove by ans it was almost a street party!…

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More Cases for the Tax Doctor: How to File a Protest from Out of Town?

By Candy Evans | May 24, 2011 | Comments Off on More Cases for the Tax Doctor: How to File a Protest from Out of Town?

Dear Tiffany: I own a small condo in Dallas tax value $49,500. The property has been listed for over 8 months now for $38,500 and the only offer received over 6 months ago was $35,000! I live in California now. What’s the best way to file a protest on this property? Thank you. -J Hang…

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