Trulia CEO Pete Flint House Hunting On Line, in Northern California

By Candy Evans | August 3, 2011 |

I spent a delightful hour last Thursday in San Francisco with Pete Flint, CEO and co-founder of Trulia.com. Please note it was 68 degrees! Every Texan needs a second home here to survive summer! Trulia probably needs no introduction to most of you, but for the uninitiated it is a popular real estate site for searching real…

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Extraordinary Dallas Realtor, Broker and Humanitarian Charles Freeman, R.I.P.

By Candy Evans | August 2, 2011 |

It saddens my heart to report that Charles Freeman, co-founder of the Briggs-Freeman Sotheby’s brokerage firm, has died after losing a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Charles died peacefully Sunday. Not only was Charles one of the most influential real estate leaders in the city, he was an amazing human being. A fourth generation Dallasite, Charles Freeman…

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Now Is the Time to Buy a Vacation Home

By Candy Evans | July 29, 2011 | Comments Off on Now Is the Time to Buy a Vacation Home

Here in San Francisco at Inman Real Estate Connect, Doug Duncan, VP and Chief Economist over at Fannie Mae just said he bought a home in Florida… Because Florida is on sale!

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More Lake Cypress Springs: Make Your Second Home a Lake House

By Candy Evans | July 25, 2011 |

Love me a Honda: Auto dealer extraordinaire Rusty Wallis and his family in front of their dock at Lake Cypress Springs.

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What Five Million Buys on Lake Cypress Springs: 50 Acres, 4 Slips, 1000 Feet Shoreline: Dallas Second Home News

By Candy Evans | July 25, 2011 | Comments Off on What Five Million Buys on Lake Cypress Springs: 50 Acres, 4 Slips, 1000 Feet Shoreline: Dallas Second Home News

Now here’s a spread! A 50 acre waterfront estate includes not one or two but three lakefront homes that total 10,700+ sqft of living space, with a total of 10+ bedrooms/baths, a library, complete gym, media room, 2 boathouses with 4 slips total, 3 garages with enough spaces to park 11 vehicles, a private beach, 1000 linear ft…

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A Lake Home for Your Second Home: Fun at Lake Cypress Springs

By Candy Evans | July 25, 2011 |

We just returned from a spectacular weekend with friends Gary and Laurie Tipton at their beautiful home, “Tip’s Lodge” on Lake Cypress Springs. I want a lake house. Full disclosure: I’m looking at Beacon Hill, too, on Cedar Creek Lake. It’s a little closer in, and the developer is creating one of the most magnificent…

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