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Best Dallas Real Estate Perk in Town: Greg Brady’s Penthouse Now Available for $7.5, Quite Possibly the Most Gorgeous Penthouse Ever

By Candy Evans | June 9, 2011 |

Oh. My. God. I have been to heaven and back. I’m talking about unit 3001 at the tip top of the Azure, a two-story, 5025 square foot custom (I mean, honey, custom) penthouse right up there next to Deion Sanders that makes his unit next door, which is leased out to a physician, by the…

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A Third Home for $500: The Absolute Truth About Vacation Home Real Estate Ownership 2011

By Candy Evans | June 9, 2011 |

“I need a second home like I need a colonoscopy.” Spent an hour on the phone with Wade Shealy, who is probably the most seasoned and knowledgeable man in the country when it comes to second home real estate, certainly the most honest. Wade is the founder of 3RD HOME, a web site for second home owners…

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If Good Christian Bitches Jacks Up our Real Estate Market, Just Think What The B******S of Dallas will Do!

By Candy Evans | March 17, 2011 | Comments Off on If Good Christian Bitches Jacks Up our Real Estate Market, Just Think What The B******S of Dallas will Do!

Robert Wilonsky at The Dallas Observer says not only is the Dallas pilot going to be shot here, shooting begins in just a few weeks and really showcases the city. Our city. Let me tell you how vitally this impacts us. Giving away my age here, kind of like Larry, but I was living in…

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The Best Places in America for Second Homes

By Candy Evans | March 8, 2011 |

Barrons is bragging how they called it: the second home market has bottomed, and the rich are out swooping up the bargains. Prices of high-end second homes have sunk, some as low as 40%. And Barrons lists the top second home markets in the US. Sea Island, Georgia was rated number one. Next comes Maui,…

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Ski Towns Cracking Down on Under The Table Rental Owners

By Candy Evans | February 22, 2011 | Comments Off on Ski Towns Cracking Down on Under The Table Rental Owners

Last week I told you how New York state is gigging out of state home owners for state taxes even if you don’t sleep there. Head west to the Rockies for this tall tale: the Colorado Association of Ski Towns, or CAST, is holding off on plans to  hunt down vacation rental owners who aren’t…

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Trouble Selling That Second Home? Don’t Agonize, Fractionalize

By Candy Evans | February 18, 2011 | Comments Off on Trouble Selling That Second Home? Don’t Agonize, Fractionalize

A Muksego, Wisconson couple fed up with the housing market are now trying to sell their vacation home north of Chicago by fractionalizing it. The 1,800-square-foot ranch which they bought in 1999 is a 1950’s era on a three-acre island in Little Muskego Lake, pictured here. Now they want the cash out for another project so instead of…

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