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More Company Coming To Dallas Dirt: Meet Worth Ross

Does the maintenance and repair of your home and investment properties drive you to drink? How would you like to manage properties — multiple — like 300 plus? That’s how Worth Ross spends his life 24/7, managing multi-family from posh single family rentals to the most upscale high rises on Turtle Creek. From saving homeowners hundreds in monthly association dues to boiler breaks to frozen water pipes, Worth has seen, heard and repaired it all. (Not himself, but I hear he has the best repair Rolodex in town and I just may get sticky fingers.) I thought we needed the voice of facility management experience right about now — and Worth will be sharing his deepest property care secrets with the readers of Dallas Dirt. (Feel free to send in questions. Here’s my first: how to save money, any, on energy costs. Specifically, the cost of crude is down so why haven’t Glacial Energy and TXU lowered our utility prices?) Hey, what works for Turtle Creek works for a home on say, Daria Place. Excuse me while I go make sure all our exterior faucets are frost proof: it’s so cold I need a mink just to read the thermostat.

Dan Branch Working The Crowds

Last Day For Early Voting – Long Lines At Our Redeemer

People Are Just Nuts

So glad this West Hollywood homeowner took this down — very bad taste. Talk about weird neighbors.

One Home That Has No Political Signs

Corner of DeLoache and Preston Road, the $15,455,000 Preston Hollow home of Fred Baron and Lisa Blue – has no political yard signs (as of this post). The home has held enormous Clinton signs in past years and, until recently, signs for John Edwards. For president.

Obama Leading In Bush Country I and II

Tim Rogers ran this post today about Dan Branch’s commissioned poll (after the Republican convention, before the Wall Street meltdown/bail-out) revealing that Obama is leading over McCain in Republican-rich Highland Park and University Park. I was driving through Preston Hollow last week and amazed at the plethora of Obama/Biden signs displayed in the yards of the $1.8 million dollar McMansions east of Preston, south of Royal and north of Northwest Highway — in other words, in the President’s old ‘hood! (Also many in front of the few ranches still left, which indicates, perhaps, Obama supporters may be anti-tear down?) This is not an official poll, just an observation.

Sarah Palin’s Home In Wasilla, Alaska

As reported on Zillow. (Hey Diane, did you see my post on John McCain’s home? Has Chicago Magazine done Obama’s home yet? Inquiring home porn addicts want to see it all!) Sarah Palin lives right on Lake Lucille and I imagine the area would remind me of Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, where Ms. Palin went to college for a year.

John and Cindy McCain’s Phoenix Home… One He May Remember

Since it was published in Architectural Digest in July, 2005. I found my issue in my sky-high bedroom stack of magazines recently and thought hmmm, how timely. Cindy McCain has wonderful taste and the home seems very comfortable. Now where can I find the Obama’s? Senator Biden’s? Oh yes, we must take a peak inside the home of Sarah Palin. 

Former President Bush Starter Home On Market

For $239,900 in Midland, according to my friends at Zillow. Does this home give us any indication of the type the Bushes will buy in Dallas?