Answers & stories
These are the questions clients actually ask me, answered honestly, with the story behind each one. If your question isn't here, text me and it probably becomes the next story.
Relocation
A client relocated to the Treasure Valley for Meta's Kuna data center, then got transferred to Wisconsin two years later — right after buying at the peak of the market. Here's how we sold without the $30,000 loss.
Read the full storyAbout Star
I get asked some version of "is Star actually a good place to live, or is everyone just being nice" more than you'd think. Fair question. Here's my honest answer, upsides and downsides both, because I'd rather you know what you're getting into than have you surprised six months in.
Read the full storyLocal Insights
Real numbers on cost of living, property taxes, and home prices in Star, Idaho, from a local agent who works with relocation buyers every week.
Read the full storyLoans
Conventional renovation loans are the ones built for this — Fannie Mae's HomeStyle Renovation and Freddie Mac's CHOICERenovation both let a buyer roll the pool cost into the same mortgage used to buy the house. The loan amount is based on the home's after-improved value (HomeStyle allows up to roughly 75% of that as-completed value), so the appraiser factors in the pool as if it's already built.
Read the full storyFirst- Time Homeowners
They had rented for years and had reached their limit. Rent kept climbing, the neighbors and the landlord made every month harder than it needed to be, and they were ready to see what buying could look like.
Read the full storyRelocating
When I met my client, he was relocating to Idaho from the Southern California area. He had lost his home, and nearly everything in it, in the Palisades fire
Read the full storySelling
A house in rough shape. A family in need. A family ready to start a new chapter. They just needed help.
Read the full storyThinking about selling?
Not an automated guess off a website. A real opinion of value from someone who has walked these subdivisions, with the comparable sales that back it up.