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Bozeman Montana Real Estate, wow -

Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:12 pm
Posted by Eurocat
Member since Apr 2004
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Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:12 pm
A friend of mine got a tenure-track professorship offer at a University there but he might have to turn it down because he says the prices to buy or rent are completely crazy. I laughed, thinking he was just being cranky, but yikes.

Not knowing any better I thought for something in the range of 300k-400k he should be able to buy something very nice.

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For a million or close to it, something very nice. This?

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No knock on the state or its fine people, I don't know how people can afford to live there. And I am a guy who rolls his eyes at real estate price complaints usually.
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
91838 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:14 pm to
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Bozeman Montana


Tons of CA money out there buying property and houses sight unseen. Such a beautiful area
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
90895 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:15 pm to
its insane and you have to deal with -40 degree winters.

i love montana but no way in hell i'd spend that kind of money to live somewhere that cold.
Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
34597 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:16 pm to
Apart from crappy snow and ice days, he could live pretty car out (Belgrade etc) and still have a very short commune, time wise.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
128663 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:17 pm to
There are equally “nice” places to live that are much cheaper

Look at St George Utah or Grand Junction CO as well as some areas of Idaho
Posted by Glock17
Member since Oct 2007
23011 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:17 pm to
John Dutton wept ....
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
23882 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:17 pm to
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Tons of CA money out there buying property and houses sight unseen. Such a beautiful area


Yep. Buddy has a house near the university. He’s a fishing guide and she’s a teacher. Bought about 20 years ago at $300k and it’s worth 1.5mil now. And it’s not real nice. They rent out the lower level basement to students to pay the note and to survive.
Posted by ClemsonKitten
Member since Aug 2025
417 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:19 pm to
Yeah, he’s going to commute to Montana from Utah.
Posted by LordSaintly
Member since Dec 2005
41886 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:19 pm to
Beautiful scenery and almost no crime. You get what you pay for.
Posted by Swamp Angel
Somewhere on a river
Member since Jul 2004
9552 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:21 pm to
Get away from Bozeman, Missoula, and the heavily touristy areas and Montana is very affordable. But, as has been said, it gets freaking COLD! Even once it warms up, the runoff from the snowmelt screws up any hopes of fly fishing until June (or longer).

I'd be fine living in Montana from July through early November and then bailing out for warmer climes for a few months.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24644 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:29 pm to
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tenure-track professorship offer

What field? I know a few people in academia. Not really big money especially considering how many years it takes to get there. And those tenure track positions are hard to come by.
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
27142 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:30 pm to
While Yellowstone has a ton of overdramatized crap in it, the film isn't completely a lie.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
31835 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:31 pm to
Nothing adds to the charm better than a built-in window unit supported by a 2x10...

This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 2:34 pm
Posted by johnqpublic
Right here
Member since Oct 2017
796 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:31 pm to
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A friend of mine got a tenure-track professorship offer at a University there but he might have to turn it down because he says the prices to buy or rent are completely crazy.


So the salary for a tenure-track position doesn't take into account the current real estate prices of the area? They may have some issue finding experienced people.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24644 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:32 pm to
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Yep. Buddy has a house near the university. He’s a fishing guide and she’s a teacher. Bought about 20 years ago at $300k and it’s worth 1.5mil now. And it’s not real nice. They rent out the lower level basement to students to pay the note and to survive.

What’s the property taxes on that?
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
1334 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:33 pm to
ITT: people discover white flight ain't cheap.
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
15072 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:33 pm to
All that California money moved out there and are forcing the neighbors out with high property taxes now. Montana may go blue in the next decade from those idiots voting for the same shite they got away from.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38208 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:36 pm to
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They rent out the lower level basement to students to pay the note and to survive.
They need help to pay the remnants of a 20 year note on less than $300K?
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73392 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:36 pm to
Blame Taylor Sheridan
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
26527 posts
Posted on 11/17/25 at 2:38 pm to
Land around Bozeman is a lot cheaper. Definitely don’t live in the city, it’s boring and overpriced.
This post was edited on 11/17/25 at 2:42 pm
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