(Or, why our favorite place in the world is becoming the third-largest metropolitan area in the entire United States)

Move over, Champagne and caviar: This perfect pairing is a friendship worth almost $7 trillion

Why Texans, says the great Texas writer Skip Hollandsworth, "spend crazy sums of money on sturdy rods and reels, handcrafted lures, shiny motorboats and, of course, fashionable fishing gear."

Where every home is a masterwork, and the luxuries include a putting green, dog spa and a hotel next door. (Yes, with room service right to your door.)

Our agents know more, handle more, see more and understand more. It’s what they’re famous for. In fact, we rarely call them agents.

"Now you see why I’m suddenly strutting around our office?" (But the credit goes elsewhere, says president and CEO Russ Anderson.)