Real Estate

If you found yourself with an extra $40 million bucks in your back pocket, and you wanted to spend it on real estate...would you pick the insanely huge home with 23+ acres or would you pick the 418+ acres of prime farmland?

After watching one of those remodeling TV shows, I decided to see what I could get in L.A. vs Bozeman as far as house prices go. I must say, I was a little surprised.

Seriously, who can afford this?

It might need a little polishing but WHO WOULDN'T want to live in a converted fire station? Just THINK of those garage parties you could have...I mean, the building is like, 60% garage. Plus it looks like there are old jail cells in the basement?

I'm not trying to start a political debate, we know that Montana is mostly red with the exception of a couple blue spots in Bozeman and Missoula, but seriously, are you better off now than a year ago?

It's technically $295,000, but you get the idea.

I can't be the only one that thinks, "what in the world do these people do for a living that they can afford these home prices?". Throw in the fact that I see a lot of new cars in the driveways of these homes and I come to the conclusion that I've clearly failed in life.

Imagine waking up everyday and stepping outside only to be surrounded by a million acres of some of the most beautiful scenery in the world? What would something like that cost? Could you even put a price on it?

We're in trouble. This isn't a "shake your head" broken record thing anymore. Montana towns are in deep, serious, fast-moving financial transformation. I've sugar-coated my personal concerns about Bozeman's change up until now. I can't do that anymore.

If you have never been to Helena, you are missing out. It's a quite lovely city.

Who else threw up in their mouths when they saw this number?

You've at least driven right by it 100 times, as this RV campground is smack in the middle of Ennis, Montana. It's been for sale for just a few weeks according to Realtor.com but it's now listed as "Pending".