Buyer Intelligence

March 23, 2023

Our Buyers Guide to Mortgage Pre-Approval

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 ...

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March 6, 2023

Buyer Survival Kit: Seller's Market Hacks for Buyers

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 ...

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March 1, 2023

How Buying Earlier in the Year Can Save You Money

The earlier you act this year, the more affordable your purchase will be. Mortgage rates have been bouncing around, and with home prices likely rising as well, the only thing certain is what is happening right now.

That means the longer you wait, the more it may cost you to buy a ...

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Sept. 5, 2022

I Turned Down 2 Listings Last Month Here's Why...

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 ...

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Aug. 19, 2022

Late Summer Market Update

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 ...

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July 26, 2022

5 Things to Consider About Short-Term Rentals

 

As we cruise through a warm and sunny (and so far little smoke) here in Bozeman 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 ...

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June 15, 2022

Early Summer Market Update

The market is stabilizing...what does that mean? New properties on market are not "reaching" to test what buyers will pay, rather they are more grounded in market research.

There has been an uptick in the number of listings. The median price is higher overall in most local markets than ...

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May 7, 2022

What’s the Deal With Rents Going up So Fast?

Owning Is More Affordable than Renting in the Majority of the Country | MyKCM

Holy Moly! Owning Is More Affordable than Renting in the Majority of the Country

 

If you were thinking about buying a home this year, but already pressed pause on your plans due to rising home prices and increasing mortgage rates, there’s something you should consider. According to the latestreport from ATTOM Data, owning a ...

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April 9, 2022

The Perks of Putting 20% Down on a Home

 

The Perks of Putting 20% Down on a Home | MyKCM

If you’re thinking of buying a home, you’re probably wondering if you could put down less than 20% of the purchase price?  While there are lower down payment programs available that allow qualified buyers to put down as little as 3.5%, it’s important to understand what comes with a ...

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March 8, 2022

More Insights on the 2022 Housing Market



Now that we are well into 2022, what's happening next? Will there be more homes available to buy? Will prices keep climbing? How high will mortgage rates go? For the answer to those questions and more, rather than dusting off the crystal ball, let's leave it to the ...

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