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On Monday nights, I go to this thing called “Grace Groups.” As you might imagine from the first word of that concept, it’s put on by a church. I’ve been going to church more consistently since maybe December 2017, probably for the longest stretch of...Read more

Good news first: The DFW market will bounce back We wrote about this earlier this week , and now there’s new research from Attom Data Solutions (a property information service) noting that Dallas, Tarrant, and Collin Counties are three of the 50...Read more

Some math and context on remote work OK, let's start here so we don't get too far off the rails: not every job is capable of remote work. We work within real estate and leasing, right? So our core jobs are remote-friendly, and we've seen that in the...Read more

First, the bad news As of March 29, home showings in Texas were down 55 percent compared with their 2020 peak and with the same time in 2019, according to ShowingTime.com . Makes sense, however: late February was when coronavirus started taking off...Read more

What is Think? My friend Haillie from church turned me onto KERA’s Think podcast/show/segment , which is hosted by Krys Boyd. It’s basically a, well, I’ll let the show explain itself: Think is a national call-in radio program, hosted by acclaimed...Read more

Some facts we know at this moment Across all of Texas, 357,238 homes were sold in 2019. That was a 4% increase over 2018. The projection for 2020 had been 5-10% growth, but now that appears to be 1% growth. (And yes, they are still projecting growth...Read more

What we know now Dallas County has a shelter-in-place currently through April 3rd, that might last longer. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins had some specific events of the “permitted events,” including government services, some courts, garbage...Read more

Let’s start with what we know so far Locally, we know there is a shelter in place order for Dallas County. Collin County is seeing new cases, including among children. Tarrant County is currently on a “common sense” model. The broader national...Read more