From the desk of ….Becky Repess

   On June 11, 2006, the National Civic League named DeSoto an "All-America City". The All-America City Award is the nation's oldest community recognition program and recognizes communities whose citizens work together to identify and tackle community-wide challenges and achieve uncommon results....

Just curious to see if any of your boards or Historic societies offer a program for realtors to receive the Historic House Designation. The Metrotex (Dallas Board) and the Dallas Historic Society offered and still do (I think) a designation called Historic House designation. They offered two diff...

My husband and I were discussing this last night after I got comments back on my blog about having a broker's license? The comment was made that the general public doesn't know what the designations mean. I agree with the comment completely. The person's next comment said the general public knows...

 Tornado DamageI did a post earlier today about the possible tornado that hit the town I live in ...DeSoto, TX. I didn't realize how much damage was done until I got out driving the streets. It was so, so sad for so many of our residents. I went on a listing appointment today with an elderly coup...

The saying is if you don't like the weather in Texas today just stick around! It will change quickly! Well, last night was one of those nights. Now of course, the weatherman had predicted severe storms all day but who believes the weatherman. There were tornados all over North Texas. The storms h...

Charlton Heston 1924 - 2008 A friend and I were discussing this great actor today when she reminded me that he was quoted as saying that "Keeping Promises" should be the 11th Comandment. How true is this? You know keeping promises is something that begins with us as children. We expected our pare...

My two daughters and I are The Becky Respess Team. I want to share with all of you something that happened today. We received a Express Mail package from a past client who moved to Michigan 2 1/2 years ago. The client's husband had died so she was ready to move back to Michigan to take care of he...

 On July 26, 1856, only 20 years after Texas won its independence, the second Presbyterian church in Dallas County was organized at Lancaster. This historic old church had its beginning in the crude work shop of a cabinet maker.  Nine early pioneers and the Rev. Michael Dickson of Milford signed ...

North Texas GMAC Real Estate has it's corporate office in this wonderful community.  It is a booming place to live. Midlothian is growing so fast. Please take time to visit Midlothian when you travel Texas. Drop by North Texas GMAC and we will give you a tour!The bluebonnets are in bloom now all ...

Cedar Hill State Park1570 F.M. 1382Cedar Hill TX 75104 972/291-3900 History: In 1854, John Anderson Penn settled in the rugged cedar-covered hills of southwest Dallas County - an area known as the Cedar Mountains. Today, remnants of the original Penn Farm survive intact in the confines of Cedar H...