Tim Hart

About Me

While visiting Big Sky Montana MT with my family in 2004, and soaking up the view of Lone Mountain and Gallatin Valley, I turned to my wife and said "Honey, I'm home." She gave me a puzzled look and said, "No, you're almost 2000 miles from home." My reply was "No honey, this is home. This is where we are supposed to be." Within a short time, I had moved my family from our Ohio home to Big Sky Country.

Where I Came From

After 15 years with a regional marketing communications company in Toledo, Ohio, I ventured into the world of real estate investing. I have always believed that being a sophisticated investor is the most important skill a business person can acquire, and I greatly believed in real estate as an excellent investment vehicle. In addition, I wanted to own my own business and be my own boss. As a real estate investor, I could do both.

Practice what you preach

My first investments, which I still have in my portfolio, were single family homes in Ohio. But whenever my family traveled to resort areas, we began to look at and acquire real estate wherever there was water and/or resort/recreational opportunities. Our resort portfolio grew to acquisitions in Indiana on an all sports lake (www.vrbo.com/39246 ); Grayling, Michigan on a fly stream (no surprise there); Panama City beach on the ocean; and a mountain home in the Big Sky Mountain Village (www.siouxlodge.com). I began to realize all the benefits of resort real estate; the opportunity for appreciation, the power of leverage to exponentially increase returns, rental income to reduce or completely eliminate expenses, outstanding tax benefits and deductions, and the privilege of visiting beautiful places while working.

My Passion

With our move to the Bozeman in Big Sky country, it was a natural for me to help others realize the same benefits from real estate investments whether it be a primary residence or a real estate investment portfolio. Although I continue to manage my portfolio of real estate, my focus is on helping others acquire real estate in the greater Gallatin valley including Bozeman, Big Sky, Belgrade, Belgrade, Manhattan, Amsterdam, Three Forks and the like. My background as an investor can greatly assist my clients in making sound decisions whether for primary residence, second homes or a diversified real estate portfolio.

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Tim Hart offers unparalleled service to ALL clients in the the Gallatin Valley real estate market.

Tim Hart serves the entire Bozeman Montana real estate market including the surrounding communities such as Big Sky, Belgrade, Gallatin Gateway, Three Forks, Livingston and West Yellowstone.

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Sincerely,

Tim Hart
Bozeman Montana Real Estate
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Recent News

This article is all about the good things happening in the Gallatin Valley and positive economic trends - I follow Alex - great and passionate writer

Yes, Virginia, there is a recovery

by Alex Tenenbaum - printed in B2B - a special section by the Bozeman Daily Chronicle http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/app/special_sections/b2b_011111/

Things look good for the Gallatin Valley in 2011. Really good. Stupendous, in fact.

Nationally, I'm predicting the arrival of a fiery, rampaging bull market that will gore unemployment into bloody oblivion. Also, you should look for congress to get carried away and slash taxes to zero. Uncle Sam doesn't want your money anymore, and not to worry, that pesky deficit will vaporize like morning dew.

Locally, I'd be on the watch for isolated dollar storms, with quarter-size hail in the form of quarters. And if the holidays rendered you a tad plump, this will be your year. I suggest wearing 3-D glasses to get the full effect as you watch your paunch melt away like vanilla ice cream under a summer sun -- though hopefully without the sticky mess.

OK, so 2011 won't defy the laws of finance, meteorology or biology. But this is the year we'll loosen up, forge ahead and make reins from our bootstraps to drive this valley into healthy and sustainable growth.

Does that sound overly optimistic? Just look at the numbers.

Over the last two years we've watched the DOW rise 36 percent. At the time this goes to print, the index has yet to climb just 20 percent to reach its all-time high of 14,093. Perhaps 20 percent won't happen in the next twelve months, but even conservative economists seem to expect DOW 14,093 by the end of 2012. And considering that a number of market wizards, like Montana's own Brian Wesbury, say a fair market valuation of the index would put the DOW somewhere in the 15,000's, that record high doesn't seem too far off.

That's all well and good if we're talking about national recovery, but the Gallatin Valley seems to be faring far better.

Forbes named Bozeman the third fastest growing small town in the nation citing our 10.5 percent population growth from 2006 to 2009, which means blessedly few houses left empty, unlike many other parts of the country. Construction is still sluggish, but our growth rate should make the industry at least viable, and with the Yellowstone Club back on track with a new business model of selling homes, instead of just land, the building slump may not be around for long.

Outside the construction industry, optimism comes with fewer reservations. Local car salesmen say that their Black Friday week between Christmas and New Year's went better than expected, recounting that a few families even returned to pre-recession behavior with what seemed like $30,000 impulse buys.

As B2B readers already know, quite a few companies in the technology and manufacturing industries are expanding, and that means hiring. RightNow Technologies, Bozeman's largest private employer, continues to hire after reporting an astounding 25 percent growth in year over year revenue for the third quarter, while Mystery Ranch Backpacks is taking on about 30 staff to handle its snowballing military buys. West Paw Design continues to grow sales overseas and has placed a number of job postings in the Chronicle.

Other tech and manufacturing firms aren't necessarily hiring, but perhaps they should. TowHaul, for example, has orders on backlog for the next year and a half, and apparently a patient clientele.

Beyond B2B's recent features, local publicly traded companies are certainly more valuable to investors today than they were a year ago.

In keeping with its sales performance, RightNow's stock rose 36 percent in 2010, while Bacterin, the Belgrade-based bone graft manufacturer went public in July, offering shares for as little as $1.60 according to company reports. Their stock closed on New Year's Eve at $8.50 -- an increase of 530 percent.

While private companies continue to haul buckets of bullion into the valley, the Federal Government has seen fit to lavish the area with dollars, and while Gallatin County's Recovery and Reinvestment Act payout of $127 million may not be well allocated, it certainly isn't hurting us.

Even better, MSU has played an enormous role in dampening the bust's blow to our local economy by providing steady employment through the Great Recession. We've got a leg up on most other Montana communities, and the university's impact on the community continues to grow as annual research funding has nearly doubled over the last decade, rising from $61 million in 2000 to $109 million in 2010. That number is expected to increase again this year.

Now if all of that isn't enough to convince you that the world isn't over, that the sky isn't falling, that maybe it's OK to live a little, you probably thought the economy was in shambles at the height of the boom. But for those of us with a shred of sense, it's time to set about our work, to embrace the Gallatin Valley's Great Recovery and to celebrate the passing of the storm.

Happy 2011.