Selling quickly is definitely something to get excited about, but what comes next in a busy market with low inventory If you're ready to sell, but having a hard time committing to the process because you're worried about inventory of homes to buy? You do have options!   It starts with ensuring you and your agent are on the same page. You want to avoid:  Price cuts because you are under contract to buy another property Low ball offers when buyers know you are in a bind Having to rent out of necessity so you can honor the closing date  of your buyer We are seeing more ho ..read more

Picture this:  You are sitting in a hallway, waiting for a stranger in a suit to size you up and decide if you’re worthy as a potential homeowner.  Your palms sweat and your breath gets a little quicker. You’re one step closer to owning your own home, but this one is a doozy --  you are waiting for your appointment for your mortgage pre-approval.  Stop!  It doesn't have to be scary.  Let’s quickly talk about the  mortgage pre-approval process, step-by-step.   Step One: Mortgage Pre-Qualification Versus Pre-Approval You may already have a pre-qualif ..read more

How to get your offer accepted in a seller's market Multiple offers are back, now that we are entering the spring buying season and more buyers are coming back into the market.  We're often the winning bid for our buyers--how does this happen?  By using my Buyer's Cheat Sheet and working closely together my clients were armed and ready.  In a seller's market with low inventory (hello, southwest Montana) there are a few things a buyer needs to know and have ready at their disposal.  So when the right property surfaces...BOOM!  We are on it like ducks on a junebug. It's ..read more

   Click here to view video of Butch & Debbie.   In an ideal situation, you'd find the right home to buy, pack up your things from your current home, and move. Then, once things are settled, you prepare your old home for sale, and then sell it. That can happen, and we'll talk about that in just a bit.  But here's the more common scenario that home sellers dread: "Hi Page, OK, we need to downsize/upsize/lateral-size/relocate...one of the above.   We have some money for the down payment on the new house, but need to sell this house to buy that one.  We can ..read more

Click the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️ to see stats for the southwest Montana area of choice. If your market isn't shown here, message me and I'll put together a report for you! ? City of Bozeman ? Greater Bozeman area ? Greater Big Sky ? Belgrade ? Greater Manhattan ? Three Forks ? Livingston City Limits ? Park County (w/ Paradise Valley) ? Madison/Beaverhead/Jefferson Counties Conditions for buyers are less competitive than they were last year at this time.  This has given buyers more options and more time to consider them. Showings are down about 25-30% from this time last year. It's hard to wra ..read more

Here are parts of the emails I sent out last month, turning down two listings: Exhibit A: The easier one. The sellers were pushing to list considerably higher than my recommendations and comparative data. Kept meeting with me to ask me to “test the market:” I put a value on my time and energy, and knew I couldn’t do my best work under the circumstances. #1 listing not taken. Exhibit B: The harder one. A listing that was terminated due to poor performance and false promises from another agent (sellers words not mine) set unrealistic expecations that couldn’t be ove ..read more

Click the link below ⬇️⬇️⬇️ to see stats for the southwest Montana area of choice. If your market isn't shown here, DM me and I'll put together a report for you! ? City of Bozeman ? Greater Bozeman area ? Greater Big Sky ? Belgrade ? Greater Manhattan ? Three Forks ? Livingston City Limits ? Park County (w/ Paradise Valley)   We’ve seen interest rates back off of the 6% rate mark that started climbing back in June, and is currently hovering around the 4.8% mark...pretty nice. This has caused some fatigued buyers to peek out from behind the curtain recently, because maybe, just maybe ..read more

  As we cruise through a warm and sunny (and so far little smoke) here in Montana, a lot of you are already starting to plan your late summer vacations and what happens in your life this fall. I love planning next years trips right now, so I get the best pick of places to stay, and finish off the year off with fun times to look forward to. On the subject of staying in great places, I'm sure you’ve heard great things about being an AirBnB host from at least someone you know. You'll make lots of money, it will be completely booked all summer, your guests will end up paying for the place an ..read more

  The rise in remote work is changing what many Americans want in their homes. Many companies are choosing to delay reopening or go remote full-time, and today’s buyers are looking for homes with more space to support their work needs.   As a seller, if you no longer need the extra room you have in your home, rest assured there are buyers who do. Remote Work Is Here To Stay! Remote work remains a reality for many Americans. A recent poll from Garter, Inc. shows many organizations have not yet returned their offices: “. . . 66% of organizations are delaying reopening ..read more

  It’s easy to tell yourself that your house is just a building made of walls and ceilings and light fixtures and flooring, but when it comes time to sell, you may start to feel the sting of grief. After all, you don’t know if the new owners will take care of the rows and rows of brilliant iris that line the fence in the spring or if they’ll cut down the tree where robins have nested for years because they don’t realize it waits for the first burst of summer heat to spring back to life.   Will they paint your child's former bedroom and cover up the jamb that marks their height each ..read more