Allen: Top-ranked schools are just the beginning for this Dallas suburb

There are so many great places to live in Dallas that it helps to have an expert on your side. The Neighborhood Guide presented by Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty gives you insider access from the agents who live and work there, providing in-the-know info about your possible new community.

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For real estate advisor Bess Dickson of Briggs Freeman Sotheby’s International Realty, finding the right home begins with understanding the person, not the property. How do they want to spend their days? What do they love about their current home? What would make life a little easier, richer, or more connected? Sometimes that means seeing what a house could become. Other times, it means showing someone a neighborhood that wasn't on their list but checks every box they gave her. Only once those questions are answered does the search begin.

With 15 years in Texas real estate and a lifetime of hands-on construction and remodeling experience, Bess brings an eye for both the practical and the unexpected possibilities a property presents. And Allen, a northern suburb of Dallas, has plenty worth discovering.