Realtor Murdered at Iowa Townhome Update: Is It Safe for Agents to Hold Open Houses?

By Candy Evans | April 12, 2011 |

Ashley Okland The real estate agent, a beautiful 27-year old woman, was gunned down at 2 pm in the afternoon in a development of about 70 town home units, only about a year old, on the Dallas County side of West Des Moines. The area is about 1½ miles from Jordan Creek Town Center, if…

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Groupon Comes to Real Estate: A New Way to Market to Consumers?

By Candy Evans | April 11, 2011 |

Now here’s a game changer in real estate marketing that ought to catch both consumer and agent with open ears: Groupon is offering on line real estate deals. A Chicago broker is the first known business to use the popular on-line discount coupon service to convert more web site visitors to buyers and sellers. Frankly,…

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Attention Dallas Agents and Real Estate Junkies: Real Estate ReBoot Gives You the Boot You Need

By Candy Evans | April 11, 2011 |

Inman’s Agent ReBoot is coming to Dallas Wednesday, and if you have not yet clicked on the cute orange ad here on SecondShelters.com, well, put your fingers to work right now. What, you may ask, is Agent ReBoot and why do I want to be there? Short answer:  ReBoot is a mini Inman Connect for brokers,…

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White Rock Home Tour Goes All Modern This Year!

By Candy Evans | April 10, 2011 |

Modernistas, unite! Your day has come or rather, will be here very soon, like next weekend. The White Rock Home Tour has been happening for a few years.  But next week, the tour turns thoroughly modern, benefiting Hexter Elementary, and becoming the city’s first all modern home tour. And wait ’till you see the homes…

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Why Did Dallas Cowboys Head Coach Jason Garrett Just Put His Home on the Market?

By Candy Evans | April 9, 2011 |

Hopefully, he’s not going anywhere, maybe just closer to Cowboys Stadium? Jason Garrett just put his gorgeous Highland Park home on the market late Friday with none other than broker to the rich and famous Allie Beth Allman listing it. Asking: $1,950,000. The Ivy Leaguer (Princeton, Columbia) just got named head Cowboys coach January 6,…

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The Crescent’s Silver Birthday: A Hunt-Sanders Family Affair

By Candy Evans | April 7, 2011 |

I’m working on a piece on the Crescent Hotel, so you may get some tidbits. Today, Mrs. Hunt told me that it took longer to remodel her neighbor’s home than it did to build the Crescent. She also wants it known it was her immediate family, that is, her sons Stephen, David, Bunker and Patrick…

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