Damian Forrester

I've been selling real estate in Billings for 20 years. Before that, I spent eight years in the Marine Corps.

I'm not from here. I grew up in Brooklyn and chose Montana. So if you're moving here from somewhere else, I've already been through the version of this you're going through now — the part where you're trying to buy a house in a place you're still learning about.

If you're selling — I price based on what's actually closing, not what your neighbor listed at in the spring. The first 10 days on the market decide your outcome; the rest is mostly cleanup. I'll give you the honest number even when it's lower than you want to hear, because the alternative is three months of price reductions that cost you more than the honest number would have.

If you're buying — I will talk you out of houses. Inspection problems, resale problems, a neighborhood that doesn't match what you told me you wanted. My job is getting you the right house, not the next house.

If you're a veteran or using a VA loan — this is real for me, not a line on a profile. I know which listing agents in this market flinch at VA offers, and how to get yours accepted anyway.

Credentials, briefly: CLHMS, CRS, GRI, SRS, ABR, ePro, AHWD. I'm also the designated managing broker for eXp Realty in Montana and built that brokerage from nothing into the largest in the state. That matters to you for exactly one reason — when your transaction goes sideways, I'm the person other agents call to find out what to do.

I run a team, so you'll never wait on me for a showing or a signature. But I'm the one you'll be talking to.

Straight answers, fast responses, and I'll tell you when a deal isn't worth doing.

— Damian