Julia Thompson- Realtor with DBW Realty

01/06/2026

🏠🔑Let's make 2026 a great year!

If you're thinking about purchasing your first home but aren't quite sure where to start, I would be happy to answer your questions!

12/11/2025

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12/09/2025

Making changes to zoning laws is just plain hard when pleasing all residents is impossible. Park County, Wyoming is currently facing these challenges as they update the Land Use Plan.

Be involved in planning and zoning meetings by attending your local public hearings. Your voice matters.

Remote workers fled pricey hubs for boomtowns. Now they’re reshaping zoning battles that decide who can afford to live there.

12/03/2025

Pre-approval is certainly helpful in conveying to a Seller the Buyer's financial capability. But the pre-approval is just as important for the Buyer. The Buyer excitedly submits an offer on a property they are convinced is affordable, only for the lender to come back after going under contract telling them they fail to qualify. Heartache.

Wyoming contracts allow for a Buyer to submit a pre qualification letter after an offer is accepted; but to avoid the emotional rollercoaster and hearing the dreaded words "failure to qualify," be sure to secure a pre qualification letter prior to placing an offer.

11/17/2025

They say fences make good neighbors.... but I'm not sure this does. 😳😳

Tell me how anyone is supposed to live next door to this.

A three story mega-addition dumped right into a quiet Virginia suburb because one family wanted more space for multigenerational living.

Again, taking care of family is great.

But not when it destroys the look, feel and value of the entire neighborhood.

If this popped up next to my home, I’d lose my mind.

I’d be at every meeting.

Calling every official.

Pushing back until someone explained how this giant structure got a green light.

Homeownership is one of the biggest investments most people ever make.

You should be allowed to protect it.

11/14/2025

The 50 year mortgage proposal on face value sounds good, but when you look at the implications and the amatorization schedule to see how much you’re paying in interest and for how long, you’ll find that building equity becomes very difficult. Essentially, a 50 year mortgage becomes something similar to a forever rental scenario.

11/12/2025

"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die." G.K Chesterton

Veterans, we could never say thank you enough for your service to our country. 🇺🇸

11/07/2025

"By saving just $14 a day, you’ll have over $5,000 more in your bank account at the end of the year. Too much? Saving about $5.50 per day could add up to more than $2,000 after a year."

Check out this article by Fidelity- it's filled with practical ways to decrease some of your monthly expenses.

Find out how to cut expenses and save more money.

11/07/2025

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Therapist: WHAT'S REALLY BOTHERING YOU?

Me:

11/07/2025

Home inspections are privately hired by and performed for the benefit of the Buyer. The due diligence portion of a contract allows a buyer to hire an inspectors as well as other professional contractors to assess and propose, if any, needed repairs.

While a Seller may find an offer waiving inspections quite attractive, this can have significant impact to a Buyer! Waiving inspections means forfeiting discovery of any issues on a property and the ability to back out of the contract over such findings. Findings that could otherwise be very costly. The buyer also loses his earnest money.

Purchasing a home is one of the biggest financial decisions made- protect your investment by doing a home inspection.

REALTOR® associations weigh in as legislators aim to curb sales in which buyers have waived inspection contingencies.

11/04/2025

📈Today’s rates

Interest rates may not be quite where you’d like them to be. If you have the ability, “Marry the house, date the rate”- capture today’s rate and then refinance later if rates go down!