Dale Alverson

Idaho's 1st & Only Certified Buyer Broker Designee

Dale Alverson - Relocation Director - Certified Buyer's Agent
Our Relocation Program is headed by Dale Alverson the first & only “Certified” Buyer’s Agent in Idaho, as well one of the earliest pioneers of “Buyer Representation”. Dale Alverson brings unmatched experience when it comes to relocating buyers to Boise Idaho and the surrounding Treasure Valley.

At 43 Degrees North Real Estate we understand the importance of choosing the right professional to provide expert guidance when relocating to an unfamiliar area. Our Relocation Director has been a Native Idahoan his entire life, and has more than 35 years of real estate experience. Dale Alverson is also one of only three Certified Relocation Professionals in the Boise Valley.

Understanding the complex nature of resale appreciation is the best attribute Dale brings to the Representation of his Buyer Clients. Dale devised the “Buyer Score Card” to balance the highly emotional process of a home purchase so that a Buyer can see the home as an important financial investment as well as their future home.

If you are considering relocating to Boise Idaho or any where else in the Treasure Valley be sure and contact us to receive our "FREE" Relocation e Guide.

35 Year Career Representing Clients - Not Sales -

Dale's Career started in 1974 when as a young Credit Manager for a local Electrical Supply Company, Dale was offered an opportunity to expand the company's investments into Real Estate. After completion of Real Estate School Dale assisted the Company in finding & developing a new location and store. Shortly after earning his Real Estate license, Dale listed and sold his first home. This became the juncture and defining moment for Dale's Career as dealing with people in Real Estate was far more enjoyable and challenging than Credit work where the job was always the same - (harassing customers about paying their bills). Dale became a full time Realtor with Realty West in 1974 and after beating around trying to figure out how to "be a Realtor"was introduced and recruited by one of Boise's largest and most established New Construction Brokerages ( Real Estate Incorporated). At the new brokerage Dale was given a desk and a name plaque,a handshake and a wish of Good Luck. Back in 1974 there were no mentor trainings - no classes - no help. You just jumped in and tried to figure it out on you own. The first day at the new Brokerage Dale was assigned to a shift at a Subdivision Sales office. When he arrived the agent he was replacing was hot under the collar because one of the builders had just came in and asked the agent if he had seen his model home down the street. When the agent replied no he hadn't, the builder ripped into him saying "well then - how the hell do you expect to sell it? Dale being brand new on the job immediately went directly to the builders model to see it so he would not be caught in the same predicament. The builder was inside and when he saw Dale he said "What the Hell do you want? Dale replied that he was new and wanted to view the product. The builder calmed down and showed Dale his home and several other homes he had for sale including homes outside of the subdivision. After they were finished the builder stated he wanted Dale to Represent him in the Development. This was the start of Dale's illustrious career going on to Represent that builder and several other top builders for the next 5 years.

By 1979 after 5 years of open houses every weekend and listening to hundreds of customers comments about the different builders homes and literally hundreds of build jobs, Dale had established solid relationships with several of the top builders and was supplying their new floor plans and critiquing their existing plans making improvements creating a very symbiotic relationship between customers and builders. By the time of the Recession in 1979 Dale was considered to be the top Builder Representative in the Boise Valley and had a following not only of clients but other Realtors who enjoyed selling his builders re-defined and upgraded products.

When the Recession came in 1979 and interest rates went to 22% and no one could afford to buy homes, the Developer for the Real Estate Brokerage went out of business and Real Estate came to a sudden and grinding stop. Dale's last major piece of Representation was in 1979 when Dale had 16 home sales in escrow and as he watched the rates climb from 8% to 9%, he called his loan officer and requested she lock all 16 loans immediately that day. Within the next few days rates careened out of control ending up 12% then 14% then 18% and within 30 days were over 20% Real Estate was over in the Boise Valley and Nationwide! All of Dale's customers loans were able to close because of his concern and swift action. Most of the other agents sales failed to close as the loans did not get locked before melt down.

In 1980 Dale relocated to Dallas Texas which was one of the Nations only economy's that remained somewhat un-affected by the Recession (as Texas was Oil Money which survived the Recession). Arriving in Dallas with nothing more than the 1st months rent and a Jaguar Sedan Dale set out to try and start over in Real Estate. Unfortunately Texas did not have a reciprocal license and Dale was forced to find work as a Mr. Fix-it for a mega landlord who needed a grunt for remodel and repair in his ghetto neighborhoods. It wasn't a great job but it was a job and it was survival!

By 1981 Dale had managed to convince a major Photography Company to hire him as a manager. It did not work out and after a contest between firing one of the photographers, Dale was fired instead. Several of the outside Photographers then offered Dale a job Representing them and selling their products much like he had represented the builders products a few years before. The money would have been better than what he made in Idaho and the Job was certainly attractive and challenging, however Dale felt if he accepted the positron he would never return to the Boise Valley - the Mountains - and the life he loved, so he called his good friend, Realtor, Cohort and confidant Debbie Sargent Coe, and asked how the Boise Valley Market was doing. Debbie replied that things were starting to pick up and maybe he should come back. Dale decided that he would rather go back to Boise and work the rest of his life, than stay and retire in Dallas, so he packed his car and returned to Boise and the life he loved.

Returning to Boise in 1981 Dale immediately went back to his builder and brought them back fresh plans and building ideas from Dallas. The builders started building the new plans and within a year Dale and his builders were back on track again proving to be the successful building synergy that they had been before the Recession.

By 1986 Dale and Debbie had become the two top Realtors at then Holland Realty, and when Debbie was awarded the top agent of the year and a trip for two to the Miramar in California, Dale and Debbie took the vacation together. At the Airport Dale picked up a small book to read on the flight - it was titled "Full Disclosure" "Discovering the trickery & betrayal in Real Estate Practice. This book disclosed that if you had ever been hurt in a Real Estate Transaction - it was your own fault -because you had not used a Realtor that Represented your interests instead of the Seller's. After digesting the book Dale told Debbie that he was going to become a "Buyer's Agent" to which Debbie replied "just leave things alone were doing great" In 1988 virtually no one had ever heard of Buyer Representation, however after reading the book, Dale realized he had been very successful for over 13 years and had always actually been looking out for the "Buyers" interest foremost even in build jobs where he represented the Seller/Builder, he would try to get the best house for the best price from his builders. He learned that this was called "Undisclosed Dual Agency" and was forbidden by law in most states.

Due to reading the Book, Dale came back to Boise and became a true Buyer Agent. In 1988 no one had even heard of Buyer Representation and Dale had to call every seller and Listing agent ahead of time and advise that he would be representing the Buyer not the seller and was in fact declining Sub Agency. From 1988 until 1990 Dale studied Buyer Representation - earned his Certified Buyer Broker Designation as well as his Certified Relocation Professional Designation and became Boise Valley's#1 Buyer Agent and Relocation agent and had moved his Real Estate license to RE/MAX where he was selected to Represent Corporate Clients like Micron, Albertsons, Washington Group, OreIda, and several other corporate clients.

In 1994 the National Association of Realtors adopted Buyer Representation and did away with Sub Agency as it had been discovered through the courts that Sub Agency was creating liability for sellers and the advent of Buyer Representation was finally born. Instantly, Dale went from being the "Only" Buyers Agent in Idaho, to one of several thousand Buyer Agents, all who could now be called Buyer Agents through the adoption by NAR creating Buyer Representation as a standard of practice. The new accreditation became "Accredited Buyer Representative" (ABR) with the original 234 Certified Buyer Agents Nationwide, automatically bbecoming the first ABR's. Today there are over 60,000 ABR's members Nationwide and Dale remains #70.

During the beginning of Dale's Corporate Relocation experience when working with then OreIda in a Group Move with 13 people relocating at once, Dale invented the "Buyer Score Card" to help facilitate the large number of people all looking for homes at the same time. The Score Card allowed the buyers to score the home in 4 categories: Location - Floorplan- Appeal - Resale. Homes scoring in the upper 70% were considered above average investments and were the ones considered in the final round after analyzing the many options. The Score card allowed Relocating Families to make timely decisions based on logic rather than emotion and became the cornerstone of Dale's future Buyer Representation Business. Today Dale uses the Buyer Score Card exclusively with all buyers to help them realize Real Estate as an investment rather than an emotional purchase. Using the Score Card has caused the majority of homes to be considered as not viable for investment purchase and has earned Dale the moniker of the "Anti Salesman" by several of his clients over the years as he has on many occasions advised his clients to continue to look at the rest of the options when they get over emotionally excited, and think they have found a home they wish to make an offer on. Dale tells all of his client that he is not there to sell a home - he is there to counsel each client as to the future re-sale ability of the homes they consider. If they choose to purchase a home he doesn't recommend, or that doesn't score high it is their choice, however at least they identify the reason for their choice and are aware of the possible outcome, whether it is Positive or Negative. The choice is always the Buyer's - at the end of the search it is their money and their future that is at stake and it doesn't always have to be about the money!

As a true "Buyers Agent, Dale does not take any listings or Represent any Sellers. All Sellers are referred to Dale's Team Boise Partner.... and "wife" Debbie Sargent Coe.....and now you know the "rest of the story" Dale and Debbie were married shortly after the trip to the Miramar back in 1988 which was simultaneously the beginning of their family together - Now Dale, Debbie, Dustin, Dason, & Derek - The 5 D Family!

Client testimonials

Dale,

We just wanted to say "thank you" for being our Realtor and for your time and effort on our behalf. We are loving our new home! We really appreciated having someone that we could trust and that understood our needs and wants. Thanks again for all your help.

Brandon & Raelynn

Dale-

Thank you for all your work and advice in making the purchase of our house possible - We are very happy!

There is no one else that I would of rather gone to, and I will advise anyone who will listen the same! Please thank your family for all the after-hours and dinnertime showings. Enjoy your vacation and paintballing.

The Paulus Family

Testimonial for Dale Alverson by Nelson Hanks:

We were Relocated to Boise by Micron Technology and referred to Team Boise. Micron requested that we delay purchase of a home for 3 months to insure my new positoin would be firm wiht the corporation.

We met Dale Alverson and were promptly given a thorough tour of the Boise Area, as well as the pros and cons of the different locations. At this time we were offered Buyer Representation where we would be represented instead of the seller. This was a 1st for us, but we felt with Dale's experience that it was definitely in our best interest.

Mr. Alverson provided us with access to Temporary housing in a nice fully furnished upscale home in Pier Pointe near the River and Greenbelt.

Three months later Micron gave us the approval to purchase and we contacted Mr. Alverson to advise that we had found a home in Pier Pointe Subdivision close to our rental, and that we wanted to make an offer to purchase. Much to our surprise, Mr. Alverson examined our intended purchase and counseled us that while he felt the quality of the home to be excellent, that he was concerned about the location and floorplan and could not recommend the purchase as a good resale investment. We dismised the property and Mr. Alverson showed us another home similar in size and price in a better location in the same subdivision with an excellent floor plan. We purchased this home and were extremely pleased with the purchase.

One year later I was offered a promotion and a Relocation out of country. We called Mr. Alverson and asked if he would list our home. Mr. Alverson explained that he was an exclusive Buyer's agent and did not list homes, however he referred us to to his wife and Team Boise Partner "Debbie Sargent Coe" who promptly listed our home and provided Home Staging to enhance our home's resale value. The home was put on the market and we accepted an offer three days later that provided us a profit of $30,000 for one year of ownership!

To further illustrate the difference of Mr. Alverson's representation, it is interesting that the original home that we asked to make an offer on that Mr. Alverson could not recommend, had been put back on the market at only $2,000. more than the original price a year earlier, and had been on the market for 3 months prior to our home being listed, and was still not sold!

Had we not been represented by Mr. Alverson as a Buyer Broker we would have lost more than $30,000 over our innocent improper decision.

The purpose of this lengthy letter then, is to highly recommend the services of "Team Boise". Dale & Debbie performed well beyond our expectations. I believe that any person or corporation would be privileged and well served to have these fine professionals represent them.

Sincerely, Nelson Hanks

From RE/MAX Relocation Services:

Our mission and goal is to serve our clients with the best posssible customer service available, and to ensure that our cleint's relocation experience is as stress free as possible. We are able to achieve such a high standard of excellence and renowned customer service because of our RE/MAX agents, specifically, Dale Alverson. Because of Dale's real estate expertise and incredible customer service skills, he has become the preferred agent of choice in Boise for our client, Albertsons. Because of Dale's expertise in the relocation arena, I consistently receive alocades from transferees on the professionalism and the outstanding customer service they are provided by Dale. I highly recommend Dale Alverson as the preferred real estate agent for any company that is in need of Relocation services and real estate expertise.

Megan Cavananagh Account Executive Destination Services RE/MAX Relocation Services, Inc.

**Dale has been since recruited as the Relocation Director for 43Degrees North Real Estate in Boise ID.

Dale,

You worked your magic and in one afternoon found our "Dream Home"

Thank you, Scott & Yanni Jarvis

Dear Dale,

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your help in finding our new home. We apprecite your professionaism and willingness to go the extra mile on our behalf.

As you know, we interviewed several real estate agents before selecting you. It was apparent in speaking with you that you believed strongly in buyer's representation. The fact that you are a certified buyer's agent and work only for buyers convinced us that you were the agent for us.

We were extremely impressed with your knowledge of the area. As we began to look at various properties, your grading scale helped us to recognize features that we might have overlooked. You allowed us the space we needed to make our own decision without pressuring us to make a quick commission. We are firmly convinced that without your help we would not have been able to purchase our home.

Our experience with you was extremely positive and we welcome the opportunity to recommend you to our friends and family. Thank you again for all you did to help make our move go smoothly.

Sincerly, Jed & Cherie Campbell

Thank you for a job well done

When we started looking for a house we were worried that the search will go on for months with no results. We wanted the house to be in the perfect location at the best price, with the best features; afte all, it is going to be the house that we call home sweet home! Well, we realized right away that we cannot do this on our own, we needed a Realtor with a lot of experience, and patient enough to work with us establishing our goal, our dream home.

Dale Alverson was the answer to our problem. Dale was the only exclusive buyer agent in Boise at the time, with over twenty years of experience in Boise, and a passion to helping others. Dale has provided us with end-to-end solution to our problem, and helped us all the way realizing our dream. He has taken the time to understand our needs and our goals, identify a subdivision to our liking and a few lots that meet our needs. Also, he has worked with us to develop a floor plan that is practical and effieient for our needs. Then Dale negotiated with a few builders to get the best price without compromising quality. In the second phanse, Dale made sure that the builder is providing us with the highest quality, and continued to negotiate with the builder any upgrades or changes to the plan. In the last phase, Dale joned us in the final walk through of the house before closing.

Dale has proved to us that he was representing us exclusively. He saved us money, time, and the hassle behind building a new house. At the end, we have accomplished our dream, and found an agent we can rely on for future needs in Real Estate, and we proudly recommend him to all of our friends.

Thank you Dale and best regrads,

Mohamed & Chiraz Belhadj