Travis A Martinez, Real Estate Consultant

This weekend is the annual Tour of Homes for the Bitterroot Valley.  I am very excited.  My favorite part is seeing all of the finish work.  The detail and intricacies of the finish work are amazing.  In fact after last years' tour my, then fiancee, and I got a wild hair and redid out bathroom with Venetian Plaster and ...

As many of you may be aware, the President signed the Housing Stimulus Package last week.  What does this mean for you? Well if you are a first time homebuyer this could mean that you get a $7,500 tax credit.  If you are a FHA buyer this increases your loan limits.  If you are in Foreclosure this new law could provide for some ...

Candidate for Governor Roy Brown came to Hamilton Yesterday the 29th.  Roy made time in his busy schedule to meet with other local candidates as well as the local Realtors and Builders.  Among those in attendance were:Greg Chilcott (incumbent candidate for County Commissioner)JR Iman (candidate for County Commissioner) Jim ...

As college approaches parents everywhere are making preparations for sending their kids off to the big scary world of higher education.  Many decisions must be made before college starts in September.  What major will I have?Will I have a job?How do I make friends?Where will I live?Much much more........I want to address just one of ...

It is the middle of June most of the country is hitting record highs in temperature and we have snow.  All week it has been switching between rain and snow.  Many people are complaining that we dont have "summer" type weather.  I am not complaining.  This is GREAT.  Last year we ahead a great summer filled with ...

In an effort to give my clients the best marketing service for their home I have stumbled upon the newest thing in home marketing.  VIDEO TOURS.  Rather than a panoramic still photo that we use as a virtual tour (View an Example Here), this is like using a camcorder to do a walk through of the house.  This gives more of a first ...

We did it.  We moved yesterday to our new office on First Street in Hamilton.  We are across from Kmart and right next to Subway.  You know where I will be eating lunch Our new address is 1230 First Street, Hamilton, MT 59840. Our phone number is the same and all of the same great people are here.  The best part of it all is ...

Living in such an incredible place I often dont pay attention to why this place is truly an awe inspiring environment.  The great Bitterroot Mountains to our west and the majestic Saphire Mountains to our east makes this valley a remarkable place to live.  Another piece of the valley that i often over look is Como Lake.  I have ...

Check out this blog post from our Office Blog at http://greatermontanagmac.wordpress.comGreater Montana GMAC Real Estate announced today that it has achieved a 97% percent customer satisfaction rating for 2007, according to an independent national research firm.     Through its Premier Service program, buyers and ...

When I go to list a home or a piece of property for sale I give my client a window that I recommend that they list their property at, for example $435,000 - $450,000.  Of course I fully expect that most of them list in the upper proportion of my window.  I would do the same thing in their shoes and expect that the home would ...