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Now You Can Own Justin Bieber’s Fave Ski Getaway in Park City… Being Sold Without Reserve

By Candy Evans | January 14, 2016 | Comments Off on Now You Can Own Justin Bieber’s Fave Ski Getaway in Park City… Being Sold Without Reserve

It’s ski season! You know about the real estate auction business, yes? I have tried to educate my readers (and myself) about this growing and phenomenally great way to pick up extreme real estate for a great price. I am told that Dallas pipeline magnate Kelcy Warren LOVES to buy real estate through auctions and…

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How Doris Jacobs, Juli Harrison, Kyle Crews and I Ditched the Dallas Rain for the Greenbrier Sporting Club: Our Vacation Home Story

By Candy Evans | May 26, 2015 | Comments Off on How Doris Jacobs, Juli Harrison, Kyle Crews and I Ditched the Dallas Rain for the Greenbrier Sporting Club: Our Vacation Home Story

It was about this time last year that Kyle Crews, Juli Harrison, and Doris Jacobs all of Allie Beth Allman, and I hopped a plane to Charlestown, West Virginia to visit the one of the most beautiful, breath-taking and affordable vacation home spots in the nation: the Greenbrier Sporting Club. Why I am telling you…

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Renting Your Vacation Home? Don’t Trip on These Income Tax Issues

By Joanna England | April 29, 2015 | Comments Off on Renting Your Vacation Home? Don’t Trip on These Income Tax Issues

With the economy on the upswing, better interest rates, and stock market gains, vacation homes and second home purchases are booming. By the lake, in the mountains, near the cost, in the desert — there are tons of great locations with plenty of fantastic properties. And sometimes a second home can actually make you money.…

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Vacation Home Buyers Getting Younger, Entrepreneurial and Venturing Farther Out

By Candy Evans | February 11, 2015 | Comments Off on Vacation Home Buyers Getting Younger, Entrepreneurial and Venturing Farther Out

Maybe it’s the frothiness of the One Percent, or maybe the drop in oil prices just hasn’t sunk in. But people are buying vacation homes more than ever, the buyers are younger, and the vacation properties are further from the primary home. We know this from a terrific Austin-based company called HomeAway. The vacation rental…

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For Big Snow and Big Fun, Jane McGarry Escapes to Big Sky, Montana

By Joanna England | October 21, 2014 | Comments Off on For Big Snow and Big Fun, Jane McGarry Escapes to Big Sky, Montana

The saying goes “work hard, play hard,” and that’s exactly what Dallas-Fort Worth TV legend and lifestyle blogger Jane McGarry does. Of course, North Texas has gorgeous weather 9 months out of the year, but where do you go if you want amazing skiing and outdoor sports? “We looked around for the spot in the…

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Vacation Home Week Recap: From Maine to Santa Fe and Points In Between, The Second Home Market is Second to None!

By Joanna England | August 25, 2014 | Comments Off on Vacation Home Week Recap: From Maine to Santa Fe and Points In Between, The Second Home Market is Second to None!

Our Vacation Home Week celebration on CandysDirt.com was such an amazing success. We got to feature incredible second homes and developments in some of our favorite locations. Luxury amenities and gorgeous design, each one of these homes has just what you want for a getaway and then some! And boy, let me tell you about…

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